LG GSA-4120B - The Plextor 712A Killer?

[zArt]

Hi.

...and what do you think about the review?

[raygay27]

how about an article from a normal user like me?

[Kennyshin]

how about an article from a normal user like me?

Thank you for sharing your resules with others. The review is very easy to read.

It took more than 9 minutes to burn Ricoh 8x DVD+R at 12x speed. Your HDD needs defragmentation?

[Kennyshin]

Hi.

...and what do you think about the review?

What can I say about this?

Rightly named SuperMulti Drive, LG's GSA-4120B is compatible with all the existing DVD formats, both for playing and burning. Its top speed is 12x in DVD+R mode. But it is also capable of burning DVD-Rs in 8x, DVD-RWs and DVD+RWs on 4x, and DVD-RAMs in 5x. This last format is not often found in Europe and is generally confined to professional use. So it's a real multipurpose burner that also has double-layer technology (DVD+R DL).

They don't want Asian and American readers to waste their servers maybe.

THG review compares 8x vs. 12x vs. 16x and they conclude BenQ 16x is the fastest. The review style's from their typical CPU tests comparing the newest Intel or AMD processors against all the predecessors.

[digitaldoc]

If that's the kind of testing Tom's is going to do, they should stick with chip testing. This is the equivalent of testing cars for only 0 to 60 mph performance, and nothing of how the car will handle around the track, or how usable the power is. Just speed testing w/o knowing how usable the power is becomes useless. Sorry Tom, great web site, but you're best at testing Intel chips.

[Kennyshin]

Why not AMD? THG's the site that really made AMD K5/K6 overclocking very popular.

[Kennyshin]

Manufacturer : YUDEN000 T01
Code : -
Disc Type : DVD+R (Book Type: DVD-ROM)
Usage : General
Recording Layer : -
Recording Speed : 2.4 X - 4 X
Capacity : -

Additional Capacity : -
Overburn Capacity : -

Not sure what recorder I used but the reader is a GSA-4120B connected to IDE-to-1394 case. I wanted to test the 1394/USB case rather than the drives. The case is very big and heavy. As large as a small PC from Shuttle. The price is also very high, about US$100. I bought two units. Each case has two IDE connectors and two 4-pin power connectors. 6-6 and 6-4 IEEE 1394 cables and USB 2.0 cable included.

[Justin42]

how about an article from a normal user like me?

Wow, thanks for the work you put in. I am going crazy trying to figure out which DVD burner to buy for my new computer. I really want DVD-RAM so the LG is way out in front, and it's good to see "real" results...

Any ideas why you have a big spike of errors at the same place in almost every test disc?

[Kennyshin]

how about an article from a normal user like me?

Wow, thanks for the work you put in. I am going crazy trying to figure out which DVD burner to buy for my new computer. I really want DVD-RAM so the LG is way out in front, and it's good to see "real" results...

Any ideas why you have a big spike of errors at the same place in almost every test disc?

I read raygay's review a while ago but the images are not displayed now. Everyone should have at least one static IP and multi-MB/s bandwidth.