Techwarelabs.com has tested the 40x writers of Plextor, Teac and Lite-On. These three drives can be considered the top of the 40x writers when you are looking for quality and speed.
We also tested all of these drives and altough we didn't compare the drives, we would probably have to draw the same conclusion. Without the extensive testing Techwarelabs.com came up with the following conclusion:
The Lite-On and Teac drives outdo the Plextor in reading and writing tests, but the Teac falls short of the Plextor and Lite-On with its poor ability to read scratched and burned discs. While the Plextor is considered by many the king of all CD burners, it's above one hundred dollar price on Pricewatch makes it less available to the average poor pc junkie. |
The Lite-On performs top notch in every test, and comes in at around 60 dollars on Pricewatch. The Teac is approximately the same price, but due to it's lackluster read performances the Lite-On is the better buy - if you are looking for performance. Both the Plextor and the Teac come with excellent documentation and technical support, and the same can most definitely cannot be said for the Lite-On. If you are unsure about computer components, or feel safer with technical support available, the Lite-On is probably not the best choice. With that said, the Lite-On is still the top performer for the best price, comes in first in the CD-RW roundup.
As said before, we also tested these drives, you can read the Lite-On review here, the Teac review here and the Plextor review here. If that's not enough for you, read the review of Techwarelabs.com here.
Source: Techwarelabs.com
