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Ok, now I figured the 182M was just the 182D with lightscribe enabled; same actual drive hardware.

But, old 182D:
http://i2.tinypic.com/24axy6d.png

Ok, me like.

And new 182M:
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/3408/18xck9.png

I didn't see much point in finishing the scan.

WTF happened? I am not happy right now. The 182D I had would freeze randomly with Verbatium DVD-Rs about 50% of the time. The 182M does not, but the quality is horrible.

Same batch of discs, too.


Edit:
Double
Seems the quality of the Verbatium discs has been swapped. The 182D did horrible with the +Rs, great with the -Rs. This 182M is the opposite. Although it's +R quality isn't as good as the 182D's -Rs...

The +Rs, at 18x:
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8137/v ... xkptk9.png

the SH-182D and SH-182M both have the same firmware revision (SB02) ?
this supports that they're the same drive basically.
maybe your SH-182M is a bum drive (like your first SH-182D was) ?

dodecahedron wrote:maybe your SH-182M is a bum drive (like your first SH-182D was) ?

I can't be that unlucky, can I?

Oh wait...yeah, I can.

Still, it burns the +Rs way better. And does better on the Maxell DVDs I've got. So I guess I'll stick with it until the LG 18x drive hits the states.

MonsterMan wrote: So I guess I'll stick with it until the LG 18x drive hits the states.

already has.
check the LG forum @ cdfreaks, there's a link somewhere there to a place that sells the GSA-H22N.
here is the topic that discusses the H22N:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=191607
specifically (for purchasing it):
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.php?p ... stcount=80
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.php?p ... stcount=83

also, it's possible to flash H10A/N to H12N (!!!!!) using a modified TDB firmware
check out the discussion @ cdreaks.
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=191401

I'll wait for Newegg to get them in stock. I've never ordered from those places before. Better yet, I'll email my contact at LG.

while you're at it ask him about the H12N too.

also ask him if there will be H22L, H12L versions and E12N/L, E22N/L versions ?

dodecahedron wrote:while you're at it ask him about the H12N too.

also ask him if there will be H22L, H12L versions and E12N/L, E22N/L versions ?

The guys in the US typically don't know what models are going to be available until they show up over here.

Damn, why don´t LG add DVD-quality-scans to these nice drives?

Scour wrote:Damn, why don´t LG add DVD-quality-scans to these nice drives?

If Dell or someone asked for the feature, I'm sure they'd do it. For now though, they don't want to support it.