CDFreaks presents: The LG GSA-H62LI Super Multi DVD-Writer Mini-Review
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| CDFreaks presents: The LG GSA-H62LI Review You can read the review here Please feel free to comment on the review in this thread |
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| Thanks for the nice mini review, Kipper! |
Thanks for that nice review on the drive.
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| Welcome guys, and thank you |
| Thanks Kipper, another great review! Can't wait to see your next one! ![]() Personally I really like this drive.
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| does all LG have this minor issue? Quote:
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| Great mini review Kip, keep up the great job your doing! |
| Nice mini review, but I'm curious about this: Quality issue when burning a sample of our Taiyo Yuden CD-R media which resulted in 400+ C2 errors. Will future firmware fix that hopefully? I have a lot of TY CD-Rs I got from Kmart and would like to know if it was better to get another drive if all the H62s were like that. Thanks. |
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If you plan to burn TY CD-R you will be better off with an LG drive based on a Panasonic chipset: H22N or H50N or [even] H55N. P.S. I wish I had a dime for every time somebody mentioned a "future firmware fix."
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This drive does a good job with most CDR and does a great job with most DVD media; I would say this drive is a keeper regardless of how it handles TY CDR discs. |
| thanks for the mini review...the verbs did good at 18x...looking forward to see how it does at 12x and 8x |
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| H42 hasn't got an issue with TY CD-Rs, as far as I know (and I own one). It has got an issue with ALL brands of CD-Rs, but ONLY when burned at higher speeds (48x, 40x, 32x for sure, 24x still not certain). If you can live with burning your CDs @ 16x, it's a great drive. Mind you, the drive does not make C2 errors every time it burns a CD at high speed, but it does so approximately 50% of the time. New firmware may or may not be able to fix it, so if you do mind burning CDs @16x - skip it. As far as I know, the only difference between H42 and H62 is the interface (IDE-SATA), so H62 probably has got similar problem.
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| [QUOTE=Explicitez]I have over 500 and that is considered a lot to me, it may not be to others. I agree that its a nice drive, but if you were a one drive owner and had a lot of the type of media that this drive doesn't burn well, it probably wouldn't be a good idea to get it. Point taken, 500 discs of one MID is a lot for most folks. I seldom burn CDR except for reviews and when I do I do burn them at a much slower speed and do find quality burns with the H42 and H62 as long as I am not trying to break speed records with it. It is after all a DVD burner and it does a sweat job with most DVD media. |
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Quote: Reads pressed DVD-Video SL/DL media at 4.8x. Any answers to this question?
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| not all LG. Just the Renesas drives. The Panasonic drives are rip locked at 8x speed ^^ |
| I have a question. I have an old LG DVD Burner. Installed it myself roughly 3 years ago. Its an old 4x burner. Been working with no issues until recently. As always I used DVD Shrink to create an ISO image of a DVD. When trying to burn this DVD, my burner freezes at 2%, and an error occurs while recording. I've uninstalled and reinstalled drivers, and tried updating it. Any suggestions? |
| hi the problem most likely is a mechanical one. i had a richo cd burner years ago that exibit the same kind of problem the fix was to open it ant lube the guide rails inside. hope this helps benz ps good luck Last edited by benz; 12-07-2007 at 17:13. Reason: wrong area |
| did LG ever released an firmware to GSA-H62LI ?
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- Bob (I donated to the Tsunami fund and all I got was this lousy title)
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- Posted: 28-07-2007
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| i would buy H62, but would preffer if FW would be released to remove riplock (if possible)
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| The H62 needs firmware not only for riplock but also because of audio extraction issues and slow initialization when reading media -- this also throws off many PC's while they are booting (SATA initialization screens, etc.) It is a really buggy drive at the moment and the lack of LG's response (firmware) at this point is unbelievable. I might just junk this thing and get a LH-20A1S if they don't release firmware SOON. |
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Thanks for that nice review on the drive.