Pacific Digita 8X DUAL INTERNAL DVD +/- BURNER ( U-30213 ) review:
4 stars (Really a NEC ND-2500 now!) - As others have commented, Pacific Digita puts their name on other manufactors drives. I purchased this drive because I thought I would be getting the LiteOn SOHW-812S as so many other have. To my suprise, this unit was a NEC ND-2500!



I don't know much about NEC DVD drives and would have done some research on it had I known. The good news so far is that I haven't had any problems. At this point I'm just going to hang on to it and hope for the best.



If you're looking to buy this drive, research both the NEC ND-2500 and LiteOn SOHW-812S. You'll probably get one of those two drives so be sure that you're OK with either.



4 Stars: Switching the hardware again and limited run time with the drive.
4 stars (Know what you buy. This is LiteOn SOHW-812S) - I have to say that I was a little dissapointed when I first opened the box and took a look at the enclosed drive.

I had a LiteOn SOHW-812S on my computer and it was failing to burn my DVDs properly, so I looked on the net until I found this "Pacific Digital" drive. The reviews looked good, and so did the price and dual burning. Finally I bought it and when it arrived, I opened the box and there is was... ANOTHER LiteOn SOHW-812S! I couldn't beleive it. It turns out (so it seems) that Pacific Digital is a branch from LiteOn, so they sell the same products under different names.

Luckily, this new LiteOn works like a charm and burns all my DVDs, so I have no Complaints. I only gave it 4 stars because of the name trick.

In short, it works great

If you like LiteOn, buy LiteOn or buy this. Its the same.

If you DON'T like LiteOn, stay away from this.


5 stars (Fantastic) - I has a similar experience as the first rater. I bought a Hi-Val/IO Magic 8x dual format DVD drive that never worked properly including a warranty replacement. After hours of trying to get it to work time spent with tech support etc. I dropped in a Pacific Digital drive and within 10 minutes I was viewing a buned disk on my TV dvd player. It recognises every disk I put in and am very happy with the unit! The moral of the story is immediately test your electronic gear upon receipt! At least you can return something and get a full refund. I let the old drive sit and now IO Magic is not responding to my second Warranty request.

Pacific Digita 8X DUAL INTERNAL DVD +-- BURNER ( U-30213 ) is the Electronics version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around  75.04USD.