LG USA was kind enough to send us the GSA-E50L Slim DVD Super Multi Drive with LightScribe. The LG GSA-E50L is an External USB 2.0 drive capable of writing CD and DVD media including DVD Rewritable, DVD-RAM and DVD Dual Layer media.

In this review we will show the performance of the LG GSA-E50L by running the drive through many tests on a considerable amount of various CD/DVD media.

Corporate Information:

We took a quick look at the company information found at LG Electronic USA sites:

LG Electronics, Inc. (Korea Stock Exchange: 6657.KS) was established in 1958 as the pioneer in the Korean consumer electronics market. The company is a major global force in electronics and information and communications products with more than 64,000 employees working in 76 overseas subsidiaries and marketing units around the world. With annual total revenues of more than US $16.9 billion (non-consolidated), LG Electronics comprises three main business companies: Digital Display & Media, Digital Appliance, and Telecommunication Equipment & Handset.

LG Electronics’ goal is to enable the intelligent networking of digital products that will make consumers’ lives better than ever.

If you are interested in reading more about LG Electronic USA, please visit: www.lgusa.com.

Drive Specifications:

Let us take a look at the detailed specifications of the LG GSA-E50L Slim DVD Super Multi Drive with LightScribe:

What’s inside the box?

Let’s take a look at what comes with the retail package:

As we can see, the retail package contains almost everything you need to get started:

• The LG GSA-E50L Slim DVD Super Multi Drive with LightScribe

• USB 2.0 Cable not shown

• USB Power cable (DC-jack type) not shown

• Installation manual

• Quick Setup Guide and Limited Warranty booklet

• LG DVD Writer Solution software disk, including PowerDVD, PowerProducer, Nero Express with LightScribe, InCD

LG DVD Writer Solution software CD

Next let’s take a look at the details on the retail box:

Front

Back

Left

Right

Now let’s take look at some screen shots of the drive itself:                                                  

Top

 
Bottom

Drive Sticker

On the top of the drive we found a sticker that shows the drive was made in China and has a production date of December 2007.

Now, let us connect the drive and check out the features, program bundle and writing technology on the next page…