View Full Version : Lite-On LDW-401s

fxer80
14th July 2003, 23:36
A half-height dvd+r/+rw? Bastards I thought it was going to be a full size like most of their other stuff. Oh well, any problem with mounting this in a regular 5.25" drive bay, other than it looking funny? How about a price/avalability on them? Haven't seen any news on that front yet.

-fxer
alexnoe
15th July 2003, 19:27
Full size = 9 cm (what hard discs had 20 years ago)
fxer80
16th July 2003, 01:12
in any case, anyone have an real answer to my question?
alexnoe
16th July 2003, 16:55
I have no idea what you talk about. You've asked a question, and I explained that you misunderstood "half height".

If you had looked closely at the drives specs, you would have found that it is 145x41x170, just as any other drive.

You shouldn't confuse half height with slim size.
fxer80
17th July 2003, 00:26
ich bin traurig, if only we used metric in america a lot of problems would be solved :) danke

-fxer
alexnoe
17th July 2003, 09:07
Doom9 did the same error on the main page, so you're not alone :D
erbuk
17th July 2003, 10:53
Maybe someone should tell him ;)
alexnoe
17th July 2003, 10:57
Did that yesterday ;)
erbuk
18th July 2003, 18:30
Didn't seem to help :p
fxer80
22nd July 2003, 14:34
I checked around but couldn't find a release date for this drive, anybody hear anything?

-fxer
erbuk
22nd July 2003, 14:54
A swedish webshop says 24 july and a Danish 1 august :rolleyes:

But the price is still too high. It costs more than the NEC1100. But once it's out on the market in large numbers and bulk-versions then I'm sure it's going to drop.
erbuk
30th July 2003, 21:44
The Danish shop now says 8 august. But the price has dropped $60 to $185 since my last post :)
fxer80
28th August 2003, 04:20
The drive has been out for a couple weeks, but I haven't seen any reviews, but there is a sort of user testimonial/observations here:
http://dhc014.rpc1.org/ldw-401s/

anyone seen some more info on this drive?

-fxer
erbuk
30th August 2003, 17:33
No, but the price keeps on dropping. Down another $50 to $135 :)

The age of the cd-burners is finally over :D
jsl
30th August 2003, 20:44
There is a Korean review of the Lite-On drive here (http://www.storageinfo.co.kr/~innundo/review/ldw401s/ldw401s.htm). Use Babelfish (http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr) if you need a translation ;)
grant_h
7th September 2003, 19:06
I just installed the lite-on 401s, It works great it makes almost no noise at all. The only way I know it's burning is by looking at the lite on the drive. I've only burned 7 discs with it, but so far everyone has been just fine and I'm using sam's club verbatim media which was $45.00 for 30 discs.