Posted by Adrian A on 04/14/06 09:51

Brendan R. Wehrung wrote:
> Everybody seems to recommend Liteon, so when Office Max reduced their
> clearance price on the SOHW-1673SX external burner to $60 (from
> Monday's $80) I bought one. If somebody has one, could they tell me
> if it will work with DVD Shrink 3.2, DVD Decrypter (and Fab
> Decrypter), 123 Copy DVD, I copy DVD 2, DVD X Copy (although old,
> weems to work better in handling scratched discs) and basic Record
> Now! (OEM version). I also use WinOnCD5 to copy CDs.
>
> I have bought Nero Ultra 7, but there's been enough talk about it
> that I'm waiting until I upgrade to Win XP SP2 before installing it,
> since it seems to be mentioned as the cause of other burning software
> not working after the SP2 patch is applied. I'n hoping some or all
> of the other software will continue to work with the Liteon burner
> and when I install Nero won't make a difference.
>
> Suggestions appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Brendan
>
> Ps They _say_ USP 2 for connection (apparently no Firewire), but
> would it work at a slower burning speed with USB 1? I have a 733 MHz
> Pentium III running on Win '98SE that is theoretically within the
> minimum requirements on the Liteon box.

If you have a spare PCI slot in your computer, then get a USB2 card, they're
not very expensive.
--
Adrian

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