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Lite-On SHM-165H6S burn-everything LightScribe E-IDE writer

by Bob Crabtree on 16 August 2006, 11:45

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Lite-On is now selling across Europe a burn-everything internal E-IDE DVD-writer, the SHM-165H6S, that's able to create labels directly to disc using the LightScribe system.

The unit is said to write to DVD-RAM at 5x, burn to both types of dual-layer media - at 8x for DVD+R9 and 4x for DVD-R9 - and create labels on LightScribe CDs and DVDs at 1.6x.

Burn speed for single-layer DVDs is claimed to be 16x for DVD-R and DVD+R - Lite-On has resisted the move to 18x - while speeds for rewriteables are reckoned to be 8x for DVD+RW and 6x for DVD-RW. Write speeds for CD are 48x (CD-R) and 24x (CD-RW). Full specs are included below.

The SHM-165H6S also uses an intelligent burning technology that we talked about in our wide-ranging interview at CTS 2006 with Lite-On's Jelmer Veldman.

Back then in May, it went under the working title of HyperTuning but now has a different and permanent name - Super AllWrite. Inclusion of Super AllWrite is reckoned to increase the likelihood that a burner will successfully write to a disc of poor quality or from a lesser maker whose discs haven't yet been added to the firmware's compatibility list.

What a drive equipped with Super AllWrite apparently does is carry out a series of test burns – the success of which it checks – to try to figure out the best burning strategy for that particular disc. This is said to happen in just a few seconds and be totally transparent to the user.

The inclusion of such technology - assuming it works well - is of considerable benefit. It should mean far few disappointments for users who don't realise that not all blank media is created equal. And that should be good news not just for novice users but also for resellers, distributors and manufacturers because it ought to mean that fewer burners are returned as faulty when in fact the real problem is that they've been used with dodgy blanks or those from lesser-known brands.
 


Lite-On SHM-165H6S




Lite-On SHM-165H6S - specifications

DVD Family

Write

DVD+R

16X (21600KB/sec) maximum by CAV

DVD-R

16X (21600KB/sec) maximum by CAV

DVD+R9

8X (10800KB/sec) maximum by Zone CLV

DVD-R9

4X (5400KB/sec) maximum by CLV

ReWrite

DVD+RW

8X (10800KB/sec) by CLV

DVD-RW

6X (8100KB/sec) by CLV

DVD-RAM

5X (6750KB/sec) by PCV

Read

16X (21600KB/sec) maximum by CAV

Access time

160ms

 

 

CD Family

Write

CD-R

48X (7200KB/sec) maximum by CAV

ReWrite

CD-RW

24X (3600KB/sec) by Z-CLV in UltraSpeed disc

Read

48X (7200KB/sec) by CAV

Access time

160ms

LightScribe labeling  

CD-R Media

1.6X

DVD+R Media

1.6X

Buffer Size

2MB (MAX)

PC Required

Pentium 4 1.3GHz or higher CPU and 128MB or higher RAM are
required.

HDD must have access time < 20ms; with a minimum of 650MB free
space.

9GB free space for creating a DVD image file (9GB for double layer;
5GB for single layer).

Compatibility

Microsoft Windows XP / 2000 SP4

MTBF (Life)

70000POH

S/N Ratio

> 75dB

General

Environment

Operating

5deg C to 50deg C; Relative Humidity: 15% to 80%

Non-Operating

-40deg C to 65degC; Relative Humidity: 15% to 95%

Dimension

145(W) x 41.3(H) x 170(D) mm

Weight

< 0.9Kg

Voltage Requirements

+5V +/-5% and less than 100 mVp-p ripple voltage

+12V +/-10% and less than 200 mVp-p ripple voltage



Check out Lite-On's take on page two - where you'll find the press release about the SHM-165H6S - and let us know your own thoughts in this thread in the HEXUS.lifestyle.news forum.

HEXUS.links

HEXUS.community :: discussion thread about this article
CTS - 2006 :: interview with Lite-On's Jelmer Veldman 

External.links

Lite-On Europe - home page