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

... Introduction As with most drives they do not last long, thus when it was time to give up the old one i went shopping for a new one. I came across this one which was extremely cheap 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 is also very quiet unlike many drives out there. It dvd writing speed is 18x which thus means it takes less than 3 minutes to burn an entire dvd. Ironically the box states it can record approximately 100... Read review

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Advantages: Dual Layer
Disadvantages: Slow loading Vista with setup screen and overall poor

...I really dont like these LG Drives. I will explain why They are so slow I loaded vista on one of my pcs and it took ages to even get though the setup screens. Its quite fast burning dvds however i have notice that the NEC Drives are alot faster in both loading software, vista and doing cds and dvds. I am quite disapoinent with these as i brought serveral and the performance is naff. I would recommend using a NEC Drive or one simular. Big disapointment. I would not recomeend this drive at all and would like to let you all know my experience. Its good that it does Dual Layer but still would go for another make I got mine from Ebuyer and Paid £23.00 for it im debating weather to send these back, i build machines for customers and i certainly wouldn't put one of these in a customers machines. I took the time last night to run... Read review

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Advantages: Read just about any DVD/CD media
Disadvantages: You need a powerful PSU to get it to burn DVD's

...The LG GSA 4167B 16x DVD writer is an excellent writer if you can get i to work. I bought one of these in December 2005, I installed it with ease, as it comes with a manual. Windows XP found and installed it with no problems at all. I placed a blank CD in the tray and wrote to it with no problems but when I placed a Verbatim blank DVD in to burn, it would not read it? I bought some Datawrite blanks and tried those again with no luck. I browsed the net and found that alot of people had the exact same problem, the problem seemed to occur when the PSU (Power Supply Unit) in the PC was 350kw or less. I installed a new 450kw PSU and Bingo it worked with everything I put in it. I've now had it for nearly 4 months and had about 2 bad burns out of countless DVD's and CD's This is a great writer, probably one of the best *IF you can get... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, especially DVD-RAM, reads and writes everything
Disadvantages: No lightscribe

...The LG GSA H22N Super-Multi is one of the first drives to up the maximum speed to 18X for DVD writing. Whilst not a huge increase on the 16X drives, it's a welcome boost. The various speeds and media types supported are: Read speed: 48x (CD) / 16x (DVD) Write speed: 48x (CD) 18x (DVD±R) 8x (DVD±R DL) Rewrite speed: 32x (CD) 6x (DVD-RW) 8x (DVD+RW) 12x (DVD-RAM) Far more of interest is the support for DVD-RAM which many consider a superior format for data archival due to its built in error correction. Until recently DVD-RAM trailed badly in speed terms but this drive provides an astonishing 12X writing for DVD-RAM. If you are creeating DVD's for long term backup or archival then DVD... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, reliable, writes to all formats and dual layer
Disadvantages: there is one newer model

...I've reviewed the excellent LG GSA 4120B DVD-writer, and having owned it for 1.5 years, i got a new computer and needed some DVD-writers, so Sept 2005, i bought two of these, thats how much i trusted the quality of LG Super Multi Write Technology, and i haven't been let down. The only difference between the these and the slightly newer GSA 4167B is that these can only write to DVD+R dual layer, whereas the 4167B can write to both DVD+R dual layer and DVD-R Dual layer, not a major problem really, especially since dual layer media is quite expensive. The beauty of these machines, apart from their smart black exterior is that they can write to all three formats, DVD-,DVD+ and DVD-Ram. Almost everybody else does not support the DVD-Ram format, which is surprising since it is actually technologically much more advanced. Unlike normal CD... Read review

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Advantages: Stylish looking, easy to use, supports every format, cheap
Disadvantages: None

...This drive is undoubtedly one of the cheapest DVD Dual Layer drives available. LG have done well with this drive, and have made it look stylish and work well. This drive has support for up to 48x burning speed for CDs, 16x speed for DVDs, 6x for DVD+R DL and 4x for DVD-R DL. These speeds are correct, and I have extensively tested all these media in this drive. It has burned perfectly each time and I have never had a problem. I have also owned this drive for a year now, and had absolutely no problems with it - it was simple to install with an IDE cable to the motherboard and normal molex connector to the power supply, and worked simply as plug and play. When installing the drive it is also possible to place it into the case either extruding, level or slightly into the case depending on where you want the drive to be. The drive is quiet... Read review

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Advantages: reliable, fast, good quality, not-too-picky, handles all formats
Disadvantages: limited to 8x reading from some formats, missing some 'expert' features eg cannot do disc quality scans or report C2 errors

...I bought my LG 4166B drive because it was reccomended as being reliable and I was anxious to avoid having some of the problems that I'd been having with a Sony dvd-writer. I was also interested in its capacity to deal with all different kinds of media, including DVD-RAM. Many people might think that all DVD-writers are pretty much the same, but unfortunately that is not the case. I've found that drives vary considerably in their ability to burn without serious errors on different varieties of media. Some drives are extremely picky about the media they can burn on and are not compatible with that many discs. You might find that your back-up material burnt to DVD is pretty much useless because the drive that burned it couldn't handle the type of disc you used and produced so many errors the disc was unreadable (this happened to me... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Reliable, Nice Design
Disadvantages: Slightly big, and a little noisy

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Advantages: DVD-RAM capability, and fast for other formats
Disadvantages: None

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Advantages: Permanent disc labelling
Disadvantages: Monochrome and media is hard to find

...LG Super Multi DVD Rewriter GSA-E60N These days most new PCs come supplied with a built-in DVD writer, indeed the last PC I bought more than a year ago provided one in the standard price. So with a perfectly good writer already in my tower case why do I need this rather blocky external one taking up space on my desk? Well this writer comes with the nifty bonus of being a LightScribe drive, a permanent disc labelling system that provides a high quality finishing touch to my home made DVDs, but more of that later. Why do you need a DVD writer? Storing data is the obvious answer. And with 4.7GB available on standard DVDs (8.5GB on dual layer) you can pack a lot of data on each disc. This makes them essential tools for backing up those memory hungry and irreplaceable photos and videos. They can also be used for creating DVDs that can... Read review

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