Drives > LG Electronics Drives > Combo > 49x and faster

Advantages: Affordable, reliable
Disadvantages: none

...but that was not needed as that is included with your motherboard. However it was OEM the one i bought so if you buy a retail one I am sure it will include one. LG is known for its great pricing and reliability which reflects strongly in this product. 10/10 ... Read review

Advantages: Instalation, Supports ALL formats!
Disadvantages: Spped, No Bundled Media.

LG are another of my great cheap and cheerful companies along with (JVC.) If you have a computer with alot of data then the DVD Re-writer allowes you to back up and save those precious documents and those famous holiday snaps then you can put them all on to a computer and make a DVD of your holiday snaps.....but if you are really clever then you can record those magic moments on the holidays and put them all onto one DVD (now thats amazing.) Or what ...
...free up valuable disk space....The LG writes to all formats!!! including +R/RW and -R/RW (if you dont know what they mean then read my review on the JVC DVD player and I reveal all......it allowes you to store up to 4.5GB on a DVD (and if you dont know what that is ....well its a hell of a lot.) The DVD re-writer isnt the fastest in the world because it takes about 13 mins to write a full DVD disk (at its fastest speed.) Their is 1 button on the ... Read review

Advantages: "works" with Mac and Windows
Disadvantages: Too many to list.

...work... (using Taiyo Yuden media bought from Microboards authorised retailers) >Manuals... inexistent! After days of bugging their support, a PDF was emailed over... > Support - rude and unhelpful most of the time. Takes days to get anything out of them In short? Stay well clear from this product! ... Read review

Advantages: Fast Write speeds, wide compatibilty, 20 speed dvd writing and CHEAP
Disadvantages: Not any that i've experienced!!

I found this to be an excellent drive as i picked up one for around £30 and that was when it came out(last year, june). I think that this is an excellent drive for the fact it has a wide range of DVD and CD writing features; 20 speed writing, my favourite feature is the light scribe feature which allows you to design your own cd labels on a special 'lightscribe disc'. The Drive was also quiet, but not too quiet. I found the OEM Box that the drive ... Read review

Advantages: Very Cheap, Changeable cover panels, Fast Speed
Disadvantages: No firmware, Region Locked, Major issues with burning regular cd's

...and thus bought it as LG has become more reputable. The Pros This drive was very easy to install. It was practically a plug and play drive. It also came with different front panels in order to change colors from black and white. Although this may seem pointless it is a factor to take into consideration if you are after certain specification like color for your computer. The drive has never had a problem playing any cd's DVD's and etc. It ...
...this drive as it seems LG has forgotten about this drive and moved on. 3) This final problem is the killer part of this drive and the reason it is ranked so low. When durng xvid files and various other files onto a CD to watch on an xvid player and part of the files which are over 350 mb will not work. Thus typically TV shows are 350 mbs and meaning half the disc is wasted. Despite the cheap prices of CD's these days it still is a waste. Conclusion ... Read review