What a great idea for a for a forum - BTW, Lite-On Sucks!

Gregor7777 · May 11, 2002, 06:19 PM

I love a good flaming forum.

I've had three seperate Lite-On optical drives quit on me and I've seen their highly touted DVD 16x drive run like crap.

Any post that say differently are flat out wrong.

(...as I jump into my flame retardant suit..)

illiterateSneak · May 11, 2002, 06:22 PM

Yeah friggin' right! I own a 16x DVD and a 24x10x40 and a 40x12x40 drive! NO PROBLEMS ASS! Don't go making false statements. You ass muncher!

sinjin · May 11, 2002, 06:23 PM

you get what you pay for.

illiterateSneak · May 11, 2002, 06:24 PM

WHERE DO YOU GET ALL THESE FUNNY ASS PICTURES?????

They are funnier that hell.

!

-illiterate.

pfb · May 12, 2002, 11:15 PM

no problems here with lite-on - but then I must be 'flat out wrong'...

Zardon · May 13, 2002, 12:37 AM

Lite-on produce great drives !! Creative SUCK!

Necrosis · May 13, 2002, 11:05 AM

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Originally posted by Zardon
Lite-on produce great drives !! Creative SUCK!

Amen to that...

Creative drives suck beaver butt....their horrible! I think if I could make a better one out of an old 1985 CD Player, chicken wire, and duct tape. Last longer too.

Chris4Prez · May 13, 2002, 11:27 AM

I bought a Lite-On 24x10x40... It is great! Runs fast, smooth and without ANY problems!

JavaFox · May 14, 2002, 02:51 AM

I am thoroughly convinced that one has to TRY to make a shitty drive. Here is why.

I have never purchased a Plextor burner. Or a TDK. Which is to say, I don't buy expensive, brand-name burners. And most of the readers I buy are Afreey. The burners I've owned came from the illustrious Smart and Friendly, Matsushita (Panasonic), and "GENERIC." I swear to God that I have a burner so generic, BIOS detects it as "GENERIC CD-R16P." My Generic drive reads CDs very poorly, but I've another drive to read (Pioneer 10X DVD that I've had since '99) so I don't care. It does its job --burning-- flawlessly. All of those drives are working today. They all perform(ed) admirably. I have a Lite-On I pulled from a 233MHz COMPAQ and it still works great.

In fact, I only have had one drive crap out on me before. And it was a Creative Infra. Well, it hasn't crapped out yet, but it's dying. So, basically, I buy generic ass drives and they give me little to no problems. And the only drive to really FAIL at its job was a Creative. Something that like doesn't just happen -- that takes effort.

Creative really sucks; everything they touch turns to shit, and I will never buy a product made by that Godless company every again.

Oh, wait, that was off-topic.

Gregor7777 · May 15, 2002, 09:15 PM

Yeah, well.

When I posted this I had three dead LiteOn CD-ROMS in my cabinet. Now I have one dead 32x CD/RW on it's way back to NewEgg.

I have built almost 60 systems with the Pioneer DVD 16x, and it's flawless. I have used Toshiba and even Aopen. All great, not one DOA.

Lite On DVD drives are noisy and have a hard time reading SVCD's for some stupid reason.

Creative is definitly worse, but I have much anger for Lite On.

EDIT : I just saw the comment "You get what you pay for." So true, so true. Lite On = cheap, Lite On = suck.

Ryoko · May 15, 2002, 09:21 PM

UberLord · May 15, 2002, 09:23 PM

I was wondering when Richard would show up.....

Ryoko · May 15, 2002, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by UberLord
I was wondering when Richard would show up.....

edperks · May 16, 2002, 03:03 AM

I had a creative drive that sucked donkey dicks

Gregor7777 · Jun 21, 2002, 01:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Zardon
Lite-on produce great drives !! Creative SUCK!

Yeah, Lite-On's are great if you only want it to work for a day or two and you need a drive that's louder than a broken 120mm fan.

Why waste your time with Lite_on junk? Buy a brand that actually takes some time with their products to make sure they work.

Lite On: Eat a fat one. I'm not letting you get away with this. All the n00bs love you because your cheap, but I know the truth. Evil bastards.

Silentst2000 · Jun 21, 2002, 07:17 PM

lite on 32x burner 16x dvd and 52x cd-rom...no problems here.

~~David~~ · Jun 21, 2002, 11:45 PM

ERMMMMM......... every lite on drive i have owned has been a great drive.I have owned the dvd ,24x burner and 40xburner .They can burn things plextor wish they could burn.

Gregor7777 · Jun 24, 2002, 06:21 PM

Well, looks like I may be alone in my opinion of Lite-On. I've had several crap out on me and I find their QA standards (if they even have any) to be very, very low.

I guess I have had bad luck with them, but I can say for sure I will never purchase a Lite-On again.

UberLord · Jun 24, 2002, 07:27 PM

Erm guys

I've seen a few posts saying that Creative drives are better than Lite-On drives aor vice versa.

Do you actually know that most of Creatives drives are made by Lite-On and simply rebadged? I've got a Creative DVD player that I've flashed with the latest Lite-On firmware - which fixes a few probs.....

Jeff · Jun 24, 2002, 07:30 PM

I've had nothing but good drives from Lite-On...Except their trays still feel and sound cheep.

Now my Pioneer A04 - Thats a solid tray!

UberLord · Jun 24, 2002, 07:59 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Cyborg

Now my Pioneer A04 - Thats a solid tray!

Can it hold a cup of coffee?

Jeff · Jun 24, 2002, 08:22 PM

Probably. I'd be willing to bet it would, but I am not going to try it.

Jeff · Jun 24, 2002, 08:23 PM

But I guess a tray of that quality is to be expected on a drive that costs 5 times the price of a LiteOn burner.

May 11, 2002, 06:19 PM	#1
Gregor7777 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	What a great idea for a for a forum - BTW, Lite-On Sucks! I love a good flaming forum. I've had three seperate Lite-On optical drives quit on me and I've seen their highly touted DVD 16x drive run like crap. Any post that say differently are flat out wrong. (...as I jump into my flame retardant suit..) __________________ ------------------- I got two guns...one for the each of ya.

May 11, 2002, 06:23 PM	#3
sinjin the last samurai Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 1,086 Rep Power: 0	you get what you pay for. __________________

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May 14, 2002, 02:51 AM	#9
JavaFox E Pluribus Unum Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,203 Rep Power: 0	Bad Drives Take Effort I am thoroughly convinced that one has to TRY to make a shitty drive. Here is why. I have never purchased a Plextor burner. Or a TDK. Which is to say, I don't buy expensive, brand-name burners. And most of the readers I buy are Afreey. The burners I've owned came from the illustrious Smart and Friendly, Matsushita (Panasonic), and "GENERIC." I swear to God that I have a burner so generic, BIOS detects it as "GENERIC CD-R16P." My Generic drive reads CDs very poorly, but I've another drive to read (Pioneer 10X DVD that I've had since '99) so I don't care. It does its job --burning-- flawlessly. All of those drives are working today. They all perform(ed) admirably. I have a Lite-On I pulled from a 233MHz COMPAQ and it still works great. In fact, I only have had one drive crap out on me before. And it was a Creative Infra. Well, it hasn't crapped out yet, but it's dying. So, basically, I buy generic ass drives and they give me little to no problems. And the only drive to really FAIL at its job was a Creative. Something that like doesn't just happen -- that takes effort. Creative really sucks; everything they touch turns to shit, and I will never buy a product made by that Godless company every again. Oh, wait, that was off-topic.

May 15, 2002, 09:15 PM	Thread Starter #10
Gregor7777 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Yeah, well. When I posted this I had three dead LiteOn CD-ROMS in my cabinet. Now I have one dead 32x CD/RW on it's way back to NewEgg. I have built almost 60 systems with the Pioneer DVD 16x, and it's flawless. I have used Toshiba and even Aopen. All great, not one DOA. Lite On DVD drives are noisy and have a hard time reading SVCD's for some stupid reason. Creative is definitly worse, but I have much anger for Lite On. EDIT : I just saw the comment "You get what you pay for." So true, so true. Lite On = cheap, Lite On = suck. __________________ ------------------- I got two guns...one for the each of ya.

May 11, 2002, 06:22 PM	#2
illiterateSneak Resident Hard-Ass Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 46 Rep Power: 0	Yeah friggin' right! I own a 16x DVD and a 24x10x40 and a 40x12x40 drive! NO PROBLEMS ASS! Don't go making false statements. You ass muncher!

May 11, 2002, 06:24 PM	#4
illiterateSneak Resident Hard-Ass Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 46 Rep Power: 0	WHERE DO YOU GET ALL THESE FUNNY ASS PICTURES????? They are funnier that hell. ! -illiterate.

May 13, 2002, 12:37 AM	#6
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Lite-on produce great drives !! Creative SUCK!

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Chris4Prez It's me! Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 189 Rep Power: 0	I bought a Lite-On 24x10x40... It is great! Runs fast, smooth and without ANY problems!

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UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	I was wondering when Richard would show up..... __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts

May 16, 2002, 03:03 AM	#14
edperks HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 780 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	I had a creative drive that sucked donkey dicks

Jun 21, 2002, 07:17 PM	#16
Silentst2000 Can I be cool? Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 355 Rep Power: 0	lite on 32x burner 16x dvd and 52x cd-rom...no problems here. __________________ P4@2.4ghz Radeon 9700pro DDR 400 Nuff said

Jun 21, 2002, 11:45 PM	#17
~~David~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Atlanta Posts: 959 Rep Power: 0	ERMMMMM......... every lite on drive i have owned has been a great drive.I have owned the dvd ,24x burner and 40xburner .They can burn things plextor wish they could burn.

Jun 24, 2002, 06:21 PM	Thread Starter #18
Gregor7777 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	Well, looks like I may be alone in my opinion of Lite-On. I've had several crap out on me and I find their QA standards (if they even have any) to be very, very low. I guess I have had bad luck with them, but I can say for sure I will never purchase a Lite-On again. __________________ ------------------- I got two guns...one for the each of ya.

Jun 24, 2002, 07:27 PM	#19
UberLord A Legend in Underwear Join Date: May 2002 Location: Unknown Posts: 5,255 Rep Power: 0	Erm guys I've seen a few posts saying that Creative drives are better than Lite-On drives aor vice versa. Do you actually know that most of Creatives drives are made by Lite-On and simply rebadged? I've got a Creative DVD player that I've flashed with the latest Lite-On firmware - which fixes a few probs..... __________________ Gentoo Linux - Developer (baselayout) Read my blog "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours." Stephen Roberts

Jun 24, 2002, 07:30 PM	#20
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,191 Rep Power: 80	I've had nothing but good drives from Lite-On...Except their trays still feel and sound cheep. Now my Pioneer A04 - Thats a solid tray! __________________

Jun 24, 2002, 08:22 PM	#22
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,191 Rep Power: 80	Probably. I'd be willing to bet it would, but I am not going to try it. __________________

Jun 24, 2002, 08:23 PM	#23
Jeff Yarr... I be blind! Join Date: May 2002 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 3,191 Rep Power: 80	But I guess a tray of that quality is to be expected on a drive that costs 5 times the price of a LiteOn burner. __________________