Yarr, Mongo like his Lite-On 16x10x40. At the time, it was a great deal for ~$90. Dunno the details about Lite-On. It was said that their first burner's were all rebadged. If you got REAL lucky, you got a Plextor for peanuts!
AFAIK, they now make their own CD-RW's. And everybody is eager to rebadge them as their own!