CDFreaks Presents the LG GSA-H10A Super Multi DVD Burner Review

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We at CDFreaks are proud to present the LG GSA H10A Super Multi DVD Burner Review. You can find it here: http://www.cdfreaks.com/article/272

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eltranquil

Nice job crossg, I've just ordered one some minutes ago...

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Wischmop

"The CD-RW writing quality is not great on the selected media but the read back produced a smooth curve."

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IMHO the CD-RW-writing-quality is excellent

Only the DL-part and the MCC03RG20 should be improved, the other things are excellent

TheDangerousBros

Need to look into that Rip-Lock thing, before everyone come to rattle our cage about it.

Brother Vlad

karangguni

Oh dear, poor TDB.

crossg

You are right of course and I have corrected that bob boo. However I did have issues with some Infodisc CD-RW 24x but decided not to add the results because they were inconclusive and varied from bad to worse with many C2 errors.

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FactFinder

A job well done, crossg.

Bishop74

Nice write up, my H10A has been great so far, I can recommend TDK TTH02 media for anyone who reads this thread, so far it's given me my best scan results.

_chef_

Nice review.

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TOSHIBAer

Well done, crossg!
Thanks for the nice review!

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daza

hi i got the oem dvd rom but cant seem to find a driver for this dvd rom can someone please help as i tried to burn a dvd and it has failed a few times

crossg

Hmmm. Are you sure it's a DVD-ROM? Or is it the H10A DVD Writer? You should be able to find a FW for your drive at this site.

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daza

it is the dvd writer model number hl-dt-st dvdram gsa-h10a
thank for quick reply by the way

daza

[QUOTE=daza]it is the dvd writer model number hl-dt-st dvdram gsa-h10a
thanks for quick reply by the way

tried to download driver but having problems

colindale

Mine did an automatic Firmware update whilst on the Internet, one thing I liked about this H10-A.

ano102

very good writer,
I am a little lost with the numeros lg burner
someone is able to sum up the evolution of lg burner ?

I know the 4163 and 4166, and 4167B but how to positionate this GSA H10A in the LG offer ?

karangguni

Please don't post stuff unrelated to the topic of this discussion, which is about the review of the drive. If you want help on the drive, please start a new discussion thread. You will also get more replies that way as people who are knowledgeable about your problem will see your thread and can respond if they can. Over here you're really just hoping that someone here happens to know about your problem.

karangguni

Think of these writers in terms of two lines of a family tree, one carrying the deadly lightscribe gene, and the other without

The 4163B, 4167B and H10A seem to be part of the same line of writers (which have no lightscribe ability), each being an update to the previous. They all based on a later model of the same chipset (renesas) and so have similar features. In order of succession (from earliest to latest) :

4120B->4160B->4163B->4167B->H10A

The 4166B has lightscribe ability, which the above writers do not have. It is based on a different chipset (Panasonic) and has slightly different features. Its successor is probably the H20L, which also uses a Pansonic chipset.

Wesociety

@TDB: Great news that you are looking into the riplock.

@crossg: Great review! I agree with you on the Infodisc CD-RW tests, they are unreliable and do not work well in almost every writer. crap media!

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ano102

thanks for information

Naith

Can anyone tell me if I should update my LG GSA-H10A's firmware from JL02 to JL03 and if so, why?

Many thanks :-)

_chef_

Why? ?? If you don't know why, then you don't have to.

The safest path is to follow the instruction made by LG itself.

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Naith

I was under the impression that the newest firmware was the best, being improved for various types of media.

So am I best updating?

Thanks :-)

karangguni

Make an informed choice :

Go to one of LG's service websites (e.g. http://au.lgservice.com), get to the section for downloading firmware and find JL03. Now instead of clicking on the name of the file to download the firmware, click on the bit that says "New firmware (JL03) for only GSA-H10A....". It will show you what has changed with JL03. You can decide based on that.

idolclub

I don't like LG GSA-H10A uses Z-CLV to write CD-R. The 4160B/4163B/4167B also uses Z-CLV to write CD-R, why LG always like Z-CLV??