Picked one up a couple of days ago and it is as stated, even though the box is the exact same as it was a year ago when I got the 163.
I wanted to try it out and see if it's better then the older one so I took a chance, seems better and it can rip the tracks from my More Fast and Furious CD that none of my previous Liteons could do.
Anyways a heads up in case it wasn't all ready commonly known here.