expertreviews.co.uk Updated: 2011-09-25 16:13:26
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Asus's DRW-2014L1T is one of only two internal DVD writers in this group to come in retail packaging with a set of accessories and installation instructions. It's also one of four drives with a SATA interface. It has a white alternative front panel and...
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ASUS. Rock Solid. Heart Touching. An intersting slogan for a great company. ASUS, one of the largest computer part manufacturers is a technology-oriented company blessed with one of the worlds top R&D teams. They are well known for high-quality, innov...
Fast access times," Great burst rates," LightScribe included," Easy to install," Very Silent," The drive works on its side," A different color drive cover included," A vast amount of disc formats supported...
The faceplate colors seem to be off, e.g. black = dark blue," Drive has a lot of slow starts, e.g. slow spinup times," On several different disk formats, disk speeds are slower than our older drive...
This ASUS drive surprised us with its composure in all of the tests we put it through and it showed that it is ready for prime time. Even though it was compared to a BenQ drive that is almost two years old, its performance in the access time tests was...
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ASUSTeK Computer is no stranger to the computer industry. A favorite among computer enthusiasts, this Taiwanese company is recognized as one of the worlds leading manufacturers of computer components. While best known for their motherboards, graphics...
Writes to DVDR and DVDR media at 20x, Writes to DVDRW media at 8x, Writes to DVDRW media at 6x, Writes to DVDR DL and DVDR DL media at 8x, Writes to DVDRAM media at 14x, Reads single layer DVDROMs at 16x, Reads DVD±R and DVDRAM media at 12x, Reads DVD±RW...
High media requirements when writing at 20x, Questionable quality with some DVD±R DL media, Slower than other drives when writing to DVD±R DL and DVDRAM media, Had a hard time reaching its rated speeds when reading pressed CDs, Reads CDR media at only 40x...
Like the DRW-1814BLT before it, the DRW-2014L1T has had its share of growing pains. Early reviews indicated that it suffered from many of the same performance issues as its predecessor. Instead of publishing our own less than flattering review, we put...
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elitebastards.com Updated: 2011-09-25 16:13:26
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With DVD writers in this day and age tending to sport a full hand both compatibility and speed-wise these days, its really rather hard to fault most drives of this ilk in all honesty. Take a look at the pricing of such devices, and the room for crit...
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While doing research for this review, we realized that we had to go back nearly three years - an eternity in the PC industry - to find the last HotHardware article on optical drives. For a comparative look at technologies, back then we were using...
Admittedly, the Plextor PX-810SA would seem to be at a disadvantage when going head-to-head with the other drives, as both DVD and CD writing speeds are rated slightly lower than the newer Asus and Lite-On Models. As it turns out, the PX-810SA not o...
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ASUS presents this high-speed DVD burner that does not have a solution for Blu Ray media reading, but supports the Lightscribe feature (of which you can read a small presentation somewhere amongst the pages of the present review). It also supports DV...
The ASUS DRW-2014L1T drive had left us with a few doubts after completing the tests with the original firmware Ver1.00 installed. However, with the firmware Ver1.02, Asus engineers managed to correct the majority of the remarks we reported in the fir...
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Bootdaily.com Updated: 2011-09-25 16:13:26
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ASUS has done a remarkable job with this drive and if it can keep the price in check with the likes of Plextor, NEC, LG and other competitors, then it should have no problems selling these things like hot-cakes. Using our Pricegrabber search engine, w...
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virtual-hideout.net Updated: 2016-01-24 06:32:15
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This next item up for review is something of a "first" for us here at VH: the Asus DRW-2014L1T. ASUS introduced this drive as an internal DVD rewriter with LightScribe direct disc labeling technology. Along with providing 20x DVD±R writing and 8...
As far as DVD optical drives go, the is right on par with a lot of the other drives in its class. The LightScribe is a bonus for those who like to label their discs. Most drive noise is created when the optical disc starts to wobble and vibrate...
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