hp dvd1160i and dvd 1170i: rebadges???

is the dvd1160i or the dvd1170i (1160i with lightscribe) a rebadge of any of the lite-on drives? so far, it appears to do quality scanning. no jitter tho thanks.

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Overall Maximum Write Speed
22x
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Maximum Write Speed
8x DVD+R DL; 8x DVD-R DL; 22x DVD+R; 22x DVD-R; 12x DVD-RAM; 48x CD-R
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Maximum Rewrite Speed
8x DVD+RW; 6x DVD-RW; 32x CD-RW
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Maximum Read Speed
16x DVD-ROM; 48x CD-ROM
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Interface Slot/Connection Port
Serial ATA
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Average Access Time
130 ms

Not to sound too much like a dummy, but what is "rebadge"? Also, my computer identified the drive as Lite On "1160d"; which is different from the "box" identifying what I had purchased as a HP dvd1160i. Should there be any concerns on my end, is this a "bait and switch", or is there nothing to be concerned about? Thanks and have a wonderful week...

@ 4moondoggie,

Welcome to the Forum.

Hewlett Packard doesn’t manufacture ANY Optical Drives. Hewlett Packard contracts with various Optical Drive Manufacture to manufacture Optical Drives for them and then have the Hewlett Packard stamped on the Optical Drive – this is called ‘re-badging’ the Optical Drive (putting the Hewlett Packard Name on an Optical Drive that was manufactured by a different company).

The reason that your so called Hewlett Packard dvd1160i Optical Drive is identified as a Lite-On 1160d Optical Drive is because Lite-On actually manufactured your Optical Drive and Hewlett Packard ‘ReBadged’ the Optical Drive as their Hewlett Packard dvd1160i Optical Drive.

Regards,
bjkg