are verbatim cd-rw lite-on rebadges?

[LS20]

Officemax has a deal where you can get a 48x12x48 Verbatim burner for 19.99$ after rebate



deal

The print ad says that the drive features burnproof technology, which should be exclusive to lite-on drivers, shouldnt it?


im really prudent in picking cd-rw drives now because my 24x QPS drive is really taking a dump on me while my former 16x lite-on was a champ. if this is a lite-on drive, would it also be reliable if flashed to 52x24x52? (speed of the other "verbatim" drive at officemax)

 

[Macro2]

Verbatims used to be all Lite-ons but recently I've seen reports of other rebadges. You can always buy it and check it out. Take it back if it isn't a liteon. I've taken them back to OM up to 14 days no problem...opened too. Recently took back a Cendyne which was a Benq.
Got another Cendyne over Christmas that was an Aopen. I kept that one since it only cost $10 after rebates from Staples. I burns fine but is as noisey as a freight train.
Like you I prefer the Lite-ons but they are getting harder to find as rebadges. I think the Buslink this week at BB for $29.95 after rebates is a liteon...at least the one I got a month ago was. The tech guys at BB will know.

Also the guys at OM were wise to the Liteon thing too. Apparently the word is out.

 

[LS20]

the old Liteon 16x that i had was actually in a Cendyne package.

and the QPS that is giving me problems right now is apparently a BENQ.

all name mixing and matchign really, really sucks! =[

 

[Macro2]

cendyne IS verbatim.....

 

[Macro2]

You can tell the OEM by the case...and serial numbers so don't worry, just ask.

Cendynes that have a box serial number that starts with LTR are liteons for instance. Now, Verbatims I dunno without looking at the drive.