i have liteon's 52x24x52x and i am quite pleased with it, it burns in all modes (DAO, TAO, and SAO) it also burns all subchanels
i have backuped cd's safedisc 1 and 2, securom 1 and 2
i have also ripped dvds w/ my liteon 166s and burned them in vcd format w/ the 52x
everything i have tried to burn burned well, no coasters, and it takes only 2 mins to burn a full cd using 48x media
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