LG GH22NS90 Review

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Article posted 14 Feb 12 11:24

Features

Test machine

For this review we will be using a computer with the following configuration:

Hardware:

  • Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 (Intel P55 chipset)
  • Processor: Intel i7 750
  • RAM: 8 GB Kingston dual channel kit DDR3 
  • GFX: ATI HD 5670 (512 Megabytes GDDR5 HDCP compliant)
  • Hard disk OS: OCZ Vertex 2 64GB
  • Hard disk storage: Samsing Spinpoint F1 1TB
  • PSU: Chieftec 500W
  • Display: FujitsuSiemens 22”
  • Operating System: Windows 7 Premium (64 bit)

System setup:

A screenshot from Nero Infotool 6.

The LG GH22NS90 was connected to one of the SATA2 ports on the motherboard’s SATA controller and it was identified as HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH22NS90.

And screenshot from Opti Drive Control:

In the screenshot from Opti Drive Control above, we can see the LG GH22NS90 supports the main media groups but we can’t see any info about the M-DISC feature and also the SecurDisc feature is missing. The drive came shipped with firmware version GL24.

Installed software:

For conducting our various tests, we will be using the following applications.

Our review PC has Windows 7 Premium 64 bit installed.

Features and techniques

PI/PIF Disc quality scanning

The Lite-On drives have become famous for Disc Quality Scanning and the iHAS624 is no exception. The drive can be used with either Opti Drive Control, CD-Speed/Nero DiskSpeed or K-Probe for disc quality scanning. In our reviews we always use a CLV scanning method at 4x scanning speed. Please note, 8x scanning speed has been set as a standard on the MyCE forum.

BookType (Bitsetting):

The LG GH22NS90 sets the booktype to DVD-ROM only for +R Dual Layer media. You can manually change it on +R Single layer media but are not allowed to change the booktype on +RW media. You can change this setting from your burning DVD burning software, Nero, ImgBurn or Disc Speed.

Here is how you can check if your discs are really written with DVD-ROM book type:

Start Opti Drive Control, click the Disc info button and you should get something like this:

DVD+R with BookType DVD-ROM

DVD+RW with BookType DVD-RW

DVD+R DL with BookType DVD-ROM

Another quick test is to start Nero CD-Speed and look at the disc information:

Writing technique

Now it’s time to take a closer look at the writing technology used by the LG GH22NS90.

For these tests we used Nero CD/DVD Speed and wrote a full disc at the drive’s maximum speed.

CD Recordable:

According to the specifications of the LG GH22NS90, it should be able to write CD-R media at a maximum speed of 48x.

The LG GH22NS90 uses CAV, (Constant Angular Velocity), to write at its maximum speed of 48X. This gives an average speed of 36.04x and a total writing time of 2 minutes and 39 seconds.

For comparison we have made the following table: 

CD-R
Disc
Writing

Supported
Write
Speed

Write
Strategy

Start
Write
Speed

End
Write
 Speed

Average
 Write 
Speed

Write
 Time 
Full 80min

Samsung
SH-W162L

48x

CAV

21.88x

48.36

37.21x

2m:52s

Samsung
SE-W164L

48x

CAV

21.94x

48.24x

37.30x

2m:52s

Samsung
SE-S184M

48x

CAV

21.82x

48.52x

37.21x

3m:00s

Pioneer
DVR-112

40x

CAV

17.83x

40.47xx

30.27x

3m:14s

Samsung
SH-S203B

48x

CAV

21.71x

48.06x

36.86x

2m:54s

HP
DVD-1035i

48x

CAV

22.01x

49.38x

37.43x

2m:37s

Lite-On
LH-20A1L

48x

CAV

21.97x

49.17x

37.31x

2m:36s

Pioneer
DVR-115D

40x

CAV

17.99x

39.91x

30.79x

3m:14s

Optiarc
AD-7200A

48x

CAV

21.63x

48.07x

34.98x

3m:09s

Pioneer
DVR-215

40x

CAV

18.00x

40.29x

30.27x

3m:15s

Samsung
SH-S223F

48x

CAV

21.61x

48.43x

36.78x

2m:49s

Pioneer
DVR-116DBK

40x

CAV

18.10x

41.69x

30.19x

3m:19s

Lite-On
iHAS422

48x

CAV

21.52x

48.08x

36.76x

2m:44s

Optiarc
AD-7240S

48x

CAV

21.40x

48.09x

35.13x

2m:58s

Lite-On
iHAS324

48x

CAV

21,66x

48.44x

36.74x

2m:42x

Lite-On
iHAS524

48x

CAV

20.87x

49.36x

34.70x

2m:43s

Lite-On
iHAS624

48x

CAV

20.85x

49.56x

34.75x

2m:45s

LG
GH22NS90

48x

CAV

21.37x

48.16x

36.04x

2m:39s

As we can see, the LG GH22NS90 is clearly the second fastest drive that we have tested when writing CD-R media.

CD Re-writable:

According to the specifications of the LG GH22NS90, it should be able to write CD-RW media at a maximum speed of 32x. Unfortunately we only had 24x media.

The LG GH22NS90 uses Z-CLV, (Zoned Constant Linear Velocity), to write at its maximum speed of 24X. This gives an average speed of 21.63x and a total writing time of 4 minutes and 12 seconds.

For comparison we have made the following table: 

CD-RW
Disc
Writing

Supported
Write
Speed

Write
Strategy

Start
Write
Speed

End
Write
 Speed

Average
 Write 
Speed

Write
 Time 
Full 80min

Samsung
SH-W162L

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.09x

32.30x

28.44x

3m:35s

Samsung
SE-W164L

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.01x

32.02x

28.28x

3m:38s

Samsung
SE-S184M

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.09x

32.18x

28.44x

3m:27s

Pioneer
DVR-112

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.03x

32.07x

24.97x

3m:45s

Samsung
SH-S203B

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.10x

32.21x

28.09x

3m:23s

HP
DVD-1035i

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.05x

32.10x

24.93x

3m:42s

Lite-On
LH-20A1L

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.02x

32.05x

24.99x

3m:43s

Pioneer
DVR-115D

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.00x

31.82x

24.95x

3m:59s

Optiarc
AD-7200A

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.02x

32.05x

29.09x

3m:21s

Pioneer
DVR-215

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.00x

32.01x

24.93x

3m:58s

Samsung
SH-S223F

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.05x

32.09x

28.01x

3m:32s

Pioneer
DVR-116DBK

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.03x

32.16x

24.96x

4m:02s

Lite-On
iHAS422

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.11x

32.22x

24.61x

3m:55s

Optiarc
AD-7240S

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.00x

32.01x

24.75x

3m:58s

Lite-On
iHAS324

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.07x

32.10x

24.63x

3m:52s

Lite-On
iHAS524

32x

Z-CLV
3 Zones

16.07x

32.28x

22.69x

3m:51s

Lite-On
iHAS624

24x

Z-CLV
2 Zones

16.06x

24.17x

20.92x

4m:12s

LG
GH22NS90

24x

Z-CLV
2 Zones

16.04x

24.07x

20.63x

4m:12s

As we can see, we can directly compare the result with the other drives, but the drive is fast with 24x CD-RW media.

22x DVD+R/-R writing speed:

According to the specifications of the LG GH22NS90, it should be able to write DVD+R/-R media at a maximum speed of 22x.

DVD+R

The LG GH22NS90 uses CAV, (Constant Angular Velocity), to write at its maximum speed of 22X. This gives an average speed of 16.19x and a total writing time of 4 minutes and 24 seconds.

DVD-R

The LG GH22NS90 uses CAV, (Constant Angular Velocity), to write at its maximum speed of 22X. This gives an average speed of 16.18x and a total writing time of 4 minutes and 29 seconds.

For comparison we have made the following table: 

16x
DVDR
Disc
Writing

Supported
Write
Speed

Write
Strategy

Start
Write
Speed

End
Write
 Speed

Average
 Write 
Speed

Write
 Time 
Full 4.38GB

Lite-On
LH-20A1L

20x +R
20x –R

CAV
CAV

8.17x
8.20x

19.63x
19.65x

14.68x
14.70x

5m:02s
5m:04s

Pioneer
DVR-115D

20x +R
20x –R

CAV
CAV

7.69x
6.51x

20.12x
7.74x

14.63x
14.55x

4m:46s
4m:51s

Optiarc
AD-7200A

20x +R
20x –R

CAV
CAV

8.39x
8.44x

20.19x
20.22x

14.86x
14.87x

4m:35s
4m:42s

Pioneer
DVR-215

20x +R
20x –R

CAV
CAV

7.22x
6.07x

20.11x
13.76x

14.66x
14.62x

4m:45s
4m:47s

Samsung
SH-S223F

22x +R
22x –R

CAV
CAV

9.19x
9.21x

22.07x
22.11x

16.39x
16.42x

4m:24s
4m:21s

Pioneer
DVR-116DBK

20x +R
20x –R

CAV
CAV

8.40x
8.37x

20.36x
13.75x

14.61x
14.60x

4m:40s
4m:46s

Lite-On
iHAS422

22x +R
22x –R

CAV
CAV

9.14x
9.18x

21.95x
2.16x

16.41x
15.94x

4m:28s
4m:40s

Optiarc
AD-7240S

24x +R
24x -R

CAV
CAV

10.03x
10.07x

24.07x
24.11x

17.53x
17.58x

4m:11s
3m:57s

Lite-On
iHAS324

24x +R
24x -R

CAV
CAV

10.03x
10.08x

24.09x
24.13x

17.37x
17.51x

4m:03s
3m:55s

Lite-On
iHAS524

24x +R
24x -R

CAV
CAV

10.03x
10.07x

24.15x
24.14x

15.93x
16.66x

4m:11s
3m:55s

Lite-On
iHAS624

24x +R
24x -R

CAV
CAV

10.03x
10.05x

24.15x
23.71x

15.93x
16.19x

4m:20s
4m:15s

LG
GH22NS90

22x +R
22x -R

CAV
CAV

9.21x
9.22x

22.05x
22.08x

16.19x
16.18x

4m:24s
4m:29s

As we can see from our table, the LG GH22NS90 is a very fast drive when writing our test DVD±R media at 22x.

8X DVD+RW writing speed:

According to the specifications of the LG GH22NS90, it should be able to write DVD+RW at a maximum speed of 8x.

The LG GH22NS90 uses Z-CLV, (Zoned Constant Linear Velocity), to write at its maximum speed of 8X. This gives an average speed of 7.48x and a total writing time of 7 minutes and 45 seconds.

For comparison we have made the following table: 

DVD+RW
Drive

Writing
Speed

Average
Speed

Writing
Time

Pioneer
DVR-112

8x Z-CLV

7.83x

7m:42s

Samsung
SH-S203B

8x Z-CLV

7.71x

7m:31s

HP
DVD-1035i

8x Z-CLV

7.20x

8m:07s

Lite-On
LH-20A1L

8x Z-CLV

7.23x

8m:03s

Pioneer
DVR-115D

8x Z-CLV

7.82x

7m:26s

Optiarc
AD-7200A

8x Z-CLV

7.75x

7m:23s

Pioneer
DVR-215

8x Z-CLV

7.82x

7m:29s

Samsung
SH-S223F

8x Z-CLV

7.60x

8m:08s

Pioneer
DVR-116DBK

8x Z-CLV

7.83x

7m:19s

Lite-On
iHAS422

8x Z-CLV

7.72x

7m:27s

Optiarc
AD-7240S

8x Z-CLV

7.74x

7m:52s

Lite-On
iHAS324

8x Z-CLV

7.38x

8m:19s

Lite-On
iHAS524

8x Z-CLV

7.14x

8m:31s

Lite-On
iHAS624

8x Z-CLV

7.26x

7m:49s

LG
GH22NS90

8x Z-CLV

7.48x

7m:45s

Again we can see that the LG GH22NS90 was one of the fastest drives we tested, when writing our test DVD+RW media.

6x DVD-RW writing speed:

According to the specifications of the LG GH22NS90, it should be able to write DVD-RW at a maximum speed of 6x.

The LG GH22NS90 uses CLV, (Constant Linear Velocity), to write at its maximum speed of 6X. This gives an average speed of 6.01x and a total writing time of 10 minutes and 03 seconds.

For comparison we have made the following table: 

DVD-RW
Drive

Writing
Speed

Average
Speed

Writing
Time

Pioneer
DVR-112

6x CLV

6.02x

9m:50s

Samsung
SH-S203B

6x CLV

6.03x

10m:08s

HP
DVD-1035i

6x Z-CLV

5.71x

10m:49s

Lite-On
LH-20A1L

6x Z-CLV

5.75x

11m:05s

Pioneer
DVR-115D

6x CLV

6.01x

10m:16s

Optiarc
AD-7200A

6x CLV

6.01x

10m:02s

Pioneer
DVR-215

6x CLV

6.01x

9m:52s

Samsung
SH-S223F

6x CLV

6.01x

10m:09s

Pioneer
DVR-116DBK

6x CLV

6.01x

9m:53s

Lite-On
iHAS422

6x CLV

6.04x

10m:00s

Optiarc
AD-7240S

6x CLV

6.00x

10m:06s

Lite-On
iHAS324

6x Z-CLV

5.83x

10m:42s

Lite-On
iHAS524

6x Z-CLV

5.63x

10m:41s

Lite-On
iHAS624

6x Z-CLV

5.72x

10m:29s

LG
GH22NS90

6x CLV

6.01x

10m:03s

The LG GH22NS90 was again one of the fastest drives when writing DVD-RW media.

8x DVD+R DL writing speed:

According to the specifications of the LG GH22NS90, it should be able to write DVD+R DL at a maximum speed of 8x.

The LG GH22NS90 uses Z-CLV, (Zoned Constant Linear Velocity), to write at 8X. This gives an average speed of 7.08x and a total writing time of 17 minutes and 15 seconds.

8x DVD-R DL writing speed:

According to the specifications of the LG GH22NS90, it should be able to write DVD-R DL at a maximum speed of 8x, unfortunately I didn’t have any –R Dual layer media to test this function.

For comparison we have made the following table: 

DVD DL 
Drive

Size

Writing
Speed

Writing
Time

Book
Type

Pioneer
DVR-112

8135MB

DVD+R DL 10x
DVD-R DL 10x

15m:07s
15m:31s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Samsung
SH-S203B

8135MB

DVD+R DL 16x
DVD-R DL 12x

10m:33s
13m:22s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

HP
DVD-1035i

8135MB

DVD+R DL 8x
DVD-R DL 8x

18m:17s
18m:43s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Lite-On
LH-20A1L

8135MB

DVD+R DL 8x
DVD-R DL 8x

17m:56s
18m:42s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Pioneer
DVR-115D

8134MB

DVD+R DL 10x
DVD-R DL 10x

15m:07s
15m:41s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Optiarc
AD-7200A

8134MB

DVD+R DL 8x
DVD-R DL 8x

18m:46s
18m:49s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Pioneer
DVR-215

8134MB

DVD+R DL 10x
DVD-R DL 10x

15m:42s
15m:54s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Samsung
SH-S223F

8134MB

DVD+R DL 10x
DVD-R DL 10x

13m:19s
13m:37s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Pioneer
DVR-116DBK

8134MB

DVD+R DL 10x
DVD-R DL 10x

14m:36s
15m:22s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Lite-On
iHAS422

8134MB

DVD+R DL 8x
DVD-R DL 8x

17m:03s
17m:05s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Optiarc
AD-7240S

8134MB

DVD+R DL 8x
DVD-R DL 8x

19m:18s
19m:19s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Lite-On
iHAS324

8134MB

DVD+R DL 8x
DVD-R DL 8x

18m:55s
18m:48s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Lite-On
IHAS524

8134MB

DVD+R DL 8x
DVD-R DL 8x

19m:06s
18m:54s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

Lite-On
IHAS624

8134MB

DVD+R DL 8x
DVD-R DL 8x

19m:22s
27m:23s

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

LG
GH22NS90

8134MB

DVD+R DL 8x
DVD-R DL 8x

17m:15s
No time

DVD-ROM
DVD-R

The LG GH22NS90 was one of the fastest we have tested with +R Dual Layer media.

Summary:

The LG GH22NS90 has very fast writing performance with CD-R/RW & DVD R/RW +DL media.

Let’s head on to the next page where we will check reading performance….

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