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Upgrade Doubles +R Speed For Some Lite-On Drives

Posted by timothy on from the but-don't-blame-us dept.

Binsbergen writes "Owners of a Lite-On 451S (lowest price $ 69.50) and a Lite-On 851S can load the firmware of the Lite-On 832S and burn their DVD+Rs at 8x speed and also write to double-layer media. Before this seemed impossible, because many manufacturers have told us that upgrading a 4x drive to a double-layer writer was impossible due hardware differences. Of course it's important to note that 'overclocking' voids your warrantee and should be done after have carefully read the instructions. Read more about the procedure, the results and others experiences in the official 451S@832S, 851S@832S -- It works! thread. That's a dirt-cheap upgrade!" (Sounds similar to the NEC upgrade mentioned in May.)

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  1. NEC 2500 by Hollins · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I have the NEC 2500 that can be firmware-upgraded to the 2510 dual-layer model. People have been reporting that the new firmware works fine, but no one on any of the message boards has yet verified that dual-layer DVDs burned with the new firmware will play on standard DVD players. I'd be curious about the same issue with Lite-On models until there is more testing.

    Also, dual-layer media is still very expensive. A DL disc costs much more than twice as much as a single-layer.

  2. Re:Don't bother if you don't own one already. by afay · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Actually the 832s at newegg is $86 with free shipping. After you add shipping to the $69 price of the 451, it turns into $79. So you save $7 and void your warranty... definitely not worth it. Also, the upgrade only upgrades burning of +R discs at 8x not -R.

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