Thomson Replacement Lens (for Xbox) review 03 May 2003.
We
received
a Thomson
Replacement
Lens for
Xbox from
Lik-Sang.com
(Pacific
Game Technology
(Holding)
Limited).
This
replacement
lens will
only work
in the
Thomson
DVD drives
- so don't
try to
use it
on Samsung
or Philips
drives.
I opened
my DVD
drive
, removed
a small
plastic
'thingy'
on the
backside
of the
laser
and removed
the 2
screws
so I could
remove
a bar
and get
the laser
off. No
idea if
this is
the 'official'
way to
do it
, but
it worked
fine for
me.
Closed
it, and
I tested
if by
chance
it was
any better
then the
original
thomson
lens.
I tried
alot of
different
media
, and
my conclusion
is that
it's still
impossible
to use
cd-r's
, dvd-r's
read at
the same
level
then the
normal
thomson
lens and
cd-rw
and dvd-rw
are working
better
on this
replacement
lens.
Ofcourse
this was
tested
without
tweaking
the lens
pots ...
If you
tweak
your drive
you can
get better
performances,
but that's
done at
own risk.
Also note
that original
Xbox disks
still
work without
any problem.
If xbox
disks
can't
be read
on a PC
DVD drive
it's because
of the
firmware
and not
because
of the
lens.
If you
destroyed
or over-tweaked
you original
lens ,
this is
what you
are looking
for.
For
more information/order:
Lik-Sang.com
XanTium
03 May
2003
