The LiteOn SOHW-1653S supports 48X CD-R and 24X US-RW recording speeds.

• CD-R Format

According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive confirmed the maximum 48X speed. The test started at 21.64X and finished at 49.04X, having an average speed of 37.10X.

• CD-R Recording Times

For the burning tests, we created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom, recording the data on several 700MB discs.

The writing performance varies according to the inserted media, as our tests showed. Below is a chart demonstrating all recording times with various manufacturers media.

- Other features

• CD-RW Format

The LiteON SOHW-1653S supports 24X Z-CLV rewriting speed with Ultra Speed Rewritable Media (US-RW). Below you can see the Nero CD-DVD Speed writing simulation test with blank 24X US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

The drive starts the writing task at 16X and reaches a maximum of 24X at the 13:00 min address mark on the disc. The test started at 16.00X and finished at 24.02X, having an average speed of 22.49X.