First look: LG GSA-4165B DVD Burner

Positive:

• Supports P-CAV DVD±R writing at 16x
• Supports DVD+RW/DVD-RW writing at 8x/6x *
• Supports CD-R/RW writing at 48x/32x
• Supports bitsetting on DVD+R/+R DL media
• Supports the DVD-R DL and DVD-RAM format
• Can read 99 min CD-Rs

* DVD-RW at 6x was not accomplished

Negative:

• Does not support Mt. Rainier
• Reads CD-DA/RW only at 40x
• Reads DVD±R/±RW/±R DL only at 10x/8x/8x
• Green LED for both reading and writing
• Did not write 6x DVD-RW at 6x with RiTEK/MKM MID (with the tested firmware)

Conclusion:

To sum it all up, this is what we would say: ‘One of the worlds fastest DVD±R Writer that supports writing on all available DVD format, and there for the name ‘Super Multi Drive”. One drawback though, is the slow read-back speed of some media types, which the competition supports at a higher speed”.

By using our price grabber feature cdfreaks.pricegrabber we did not find any offers, but at getprice the drive is listed at 46.93 €. (12. September 2005).

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Thanks to: 

Ricoh Europe BV ‘“ Germany for providing the media used is this article.

SVP Communication ‘“ The United Kingdom for providing the media used in this article.

Conrexx Technology B.V./RITEK Europe ’“ The Netherlands for providing the media used in this article.