As a result I would question the idea that this is a "liteon thing". I have another Liteon based drives, a Sony CRX195, and there is no issue turning protection on and off with it. Its just that it is pre-checked (enabled) and greyed out so I can't change it. But Buffer Underrun Protection shows up (both where Action Jackson refers to, as well as in the final burn dialog), the box is there. As I say, SMART-BURN can be enabled and disabled. My main concern was/is that if this should be a changeable option with my drive then the fact that I can't change it signals a problem somewhere. I agree that for the most part there is not benefit to turning protection off, but there are a couple cases. cfitz CD-RW Curmudgeon Posts: 4572 Joined: Sat 10:44 am In this case links might really be undesirable, so generating a coaster instead of working, but linked, CD-R may be better. Now that I think a little more about it - turning off buffer underrun protection might be important to someone making a master for duplication. Of course, if they can't hear that link anyway, then why should they care. Such a person might rather have a coaster (so that they know a buffer underrun occurred) than an apparently flawless disc that has a link or two embedded in it. The only reason I can possibly think for wanting to do it (and this is really stretching it) is for audiophile fanatics who think links in the CD are abhorrent. I can do it on my Yamaha CRW3200EZ, but never do. I agree with Inertia that there isn't any point in turning off buffer underrun protection anyway. You can turn off SMART-BURN to allow choosing of higher burn speeds than SMART-BURN would allow, but you can't turn off the buffer underrun protection. It is normal for newer LiteOn or LiteOn based drives.
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