Lite-On iHBS212 may give the good debate but for taking the plunge. Which is actually the case if price is a determining factor. At 160 the iHBS212 is the less expensive Blu-ray burner we’ve viewed till know.

That 40 inferiority than our capabilities of the Best ability Plextor’s B940SA a savings you could put toward the buying of Blu-ray media. And the dual drives have similarity in speed ratings 12x BD-R 16x DVD+/-R to point a certain key specs. On the other hand it is likely to have same level given that Lite-On and Plextor utilize the similar production line.

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Even drives made on the similar line can get difference by way of industry and work tweaks as done to be the case here. While Plextor drive is made to reach 12x BD-R write speeds with both Panasonic and Sony media. When examining the iHBS212 with a Sony disc the drive helped to write 22.5GB worth of data in 12:04 .With a Verbatim disc our standard for drive testing the iHBS212 filled a single strategy BD-R in 23:12. Those numbers aren’t as attractive as Plextor’s 12x drive 10:57 and 11:13 for Sony and Verbatim.

In standard DVD+R work the two drives appear less turning. Both are rated at 16x with no importance given to any particular media. The Lite-On iHBS212 filled a single layer disc in 5:36 compared to the Plextor’s time of 6:01. Our double layer write test viewed the Lite-On drive hit a time of 19:19 compared to the Plextor’s 15:29. Both drives made strong showings in DVD ripping taking just over 10 minutes to copy the matter of a double layer movie disc.