Lite-On announces two 16x DVD writers

August 18, 2004

The
product specifications of two new 16x DVD writers are now available at Lite-On's
website. The SOHW-1613S is a single layer writer supporting 16x/4x DVD+R/RW,
8x/4x DVD-R/RW and 48x/24x CD-R/RW while the SOHW-1633S also adds support for
writing 2.4x DVD+R DL.

Lite-On
SOHW-1613S
SOHW-1633S

Write speed

DVD+R DL
-
2.4x (CLV)

DVD+R
16x (CAV)
16x (CAV)

DVD+RW
4x (CLV)
4x (CLV)

DVD-R
8x (Z-CLV)
8x (Z-CLV)

DVD-RW
4x (CLV)
4x (CLV)

CD-R
48x (CAV)
48x (CAV)

CD-RW
24x (Z-CLV)
24x (Z-CLV)

Read speed

DVD-ROM
16x (CAV)
16x (CAV)

CD-ROM
48x (CAV)
48x (CAV)

Access time

DVD-ROM
160 ms
160 ms

CD-ROM
160 ms
160 ms

Buffer size
2 MB
2
MB