ForumLG GSA-H22N detail information
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| Posted on | 18/12/06 21:09 |
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| Manufacturer | LG |
| Product | LG GSA-H22N |
| Description | 18x DVD burner Supports DVD-RAM |
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Review: LG GSA-H22N |
LG Electronics USA was kind enough to send us their new Super Multi DVD Rewriter, the LG GSA-H22N.
LG's latest and fastest Super Multi drive reads and writes all DVD and CD formats: DVD+R/RW/DL, DVD-R/RW/DL, DVD-RAM, and CD-R/RW. Single-layer DVD+R and DVD-R are burned at up to 18x, double-layer DVD+R DL and dual-layer DVD-R DL at up to 8x, DVD-RAM at up to 12x, CD-R at up to 48x, and CD-RW at up to 32x.
LG dubbed GSA-H22N the "World's Fastest 18x DVD Rewriter." In this article we will see if this claim is true by testing LG GSA-H22N's reading and writing performance with a variety of DVD and CD media.
Corporate information:
LG is a South Korean industrial group. The name LG comes from an abbreviation of "Lucky-Goldstar", the company's name until 1995.
LG Electronics was established in 1958. Today, LG Electronics is one of the world's leading electronics manufacturers.
The LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. Information Systems Products division (LGE ISP) markets LG-brand LCD displays, as well as optical storage CD and DVD readers and writers, to reseller and retail distribution channels.
As the world's largest manufacturer of CD/DVD drives, LG CD and DVD readers and writers include such models and CD-Re-Writers (CD-RW), Combo CD-RW/DVD, DVD-ROM readers and DVD writers. LG is frequently first to market with the newest technology and fastest recording speeds.
In the fast-growing area of DVD writers, LG takes the lead with the LG Super-Multi DVD writers, featuring triple DVD format compatibility (DVD+, DVD- and DVD-RAM). LG Super-Multi drives eliminate the issue of which format discs can be read, or to which format you have to write.
LG's stated goal is to enhance customer's life with intelligent features, intuitive functionality, and exceptional performance.
Learn more about LG Electronics U.S.A. by visiting the company website: http://us.lge.com/
Drive overview:
The LG GSA-H22N is a Super Multi DVD burner capable of reading and writing DVD+R/RW/DL, DVD-R/RW/DL, DVD-RAM, and CD-R/RW formats.
"Super Multi" was coined by LG in 2003 and is an informal term describing DVD burners compatible with all existing DVD and CD formats.
Prior to 2003, DVD-RAM and DVD+R/DVD-R drives were separate devices. LG Electronics was the first company to release a drive that supported all three DVD formats. Several companies have since followed this strategy, making "multi" and "super multi" commonly used terms.
Drive specifications:
LG GSA-H22N specifications on LG Electronics website list the following:
LG GSA-H22N supports a 66.7 MB/s ATAPI-5 interface, also known as Ultra ATA/66 or Ultra DMA Mode 4.
This high-speed ATA mode requires the use of an 80-wire EIDE cable in order to work reliably at full 18x speed. Although 80-wire EIDE cables have 40-pin connectors, they can be easily recognized by higher wire density in the cable and differently colored (blue, grey, and black) connectors.
LG GSA-H22N requires high-quality 16x media in order to reliably achieve 18x DVD burn speeds, and the list of approved media provided in the second footnote to the table above is quite short.
Only Mitsubishi/Verbatim, That's/Taiyo Yuden and Maxell media made in Japan are listed as capable of 18x burns.
Fortunately, 16x Mitsubishi/Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden media is widely available in many countries.
What's inside the box?
The drive we received was a retail package. It included everything needed for an easy installation:
- Internal Super Multi 5.25" GSA-H22N drive
- Recording and authoring software disc
- Quick Set-up Guide
- Two-device, three-connector, 80-wire EIDE ribbon cable
- Audio cable
- Four mounting screws
The North American retail package contains a beige drive.
The OEM, or bulk, version of the drive comes in either beige or black color.
Front panel
The front panel has a distinctive LG look with a slightly protruding, contoured tray, common to all recent LG drives. The silver-colored company logo and various DVD, CD, and Super Multi logos indicating drive functionality are symmetrically arranged on the tray. The rest of the panel houses an eject button, an emergency eject hole, and a brighter than usual, round, green activity LED.
Top View
The top cover of the drive has four indentations that redirect airflow generated by fast disc rotation and also help reduce disc resonance and chassis noise at high speeds.
Drive Sticker
The sticker lists the drive model (GSA-H22N), serial number, firmware revision (1.00), manufacture date (September 2006) and country (China), power ratings, and various regulatory compliance logos and notices.
The 12V rating is a low 1.3 A, quite impressive for an 18x drive with a fast motor.
Bottom View
Left-side view
Right-side view
Left, right, and bottom sides of the drive provide standard mounting holes for case or rail screws and attachment points for the removable front panel.
Rear view
The rear side houses the standard 4-pin DC power connector, a 40-pin EIDE/ATA connector, jumper pins that set the drive to IDE master, slave, or cable-select mode, and a four-pin analog audio connector.
Panasonic MN103SD2GSA chip
The drive's electronics is built around a Panasonic chipset.
Conclusion
i cannot burn a dvd multisession because i get "are you sure you want to burn multisession? any further session will not be recognized by your operating sistem" or something like this every time i want to start a multisession disc. if i select to continue i am able to write another session on the disc but this ruins it because it becomes somehow unreadable. can this be because the write mode is "disc at once" and not "track ar once"?
i tried to change it to track at once but the field for this option is not active so i can't
PLEASE help
Glad to see it isn't me! Excellent drive otherwise, reasonably quiet, extreemly fast and doesn't mind my dirt cheap no name disks.
earlier it used to write in 10 mins.
plz help me
lg gsa-h22n firmware update
LG GSA-H22N
favor enviarmelo al mi correo hectorgonzalez29@yahoo.com o decirme de donde lo puedo bajar
hgonzalez
POR FAVOR NECESITO QUE ME AYUDEN TENGO UN GRABADOR DE DVD MARCA LG MODELO gsa-h22n, y no me reconce los discos memorex dvd-r de 16x ya he instalado el firmware recomendado y sigue asi que puedo hacer por favor saludos kathy
puras mamadas con ustedes
I have one of this GSA-h22n Since February... The thing is, that two days ago I tried to burn a CD and the software (Ones) did not recognize the hardware... But, there's no problem at all to read a CD or DVD...
I try to fix it... and I re- installed the driver...but nothing's change...
Who knows what happend? Please, help me...
greeting from chile!
pam
It destroys DVD+RW media: I have new discs that are supposed to be good for 1000 re-writes but after 10 burns or less I started getting a message like, "this disc is nearing the end of its useful life." I have never seen this before in all my years of burning discs, and it does not happen when I burn these same discs in my BenQ. Also, I find that other drives have trouble reading DVD+R's that were burned with this LG. I replaced it with a Sony-NEC-Optiarc AD-7173A that seems to be much better. I will be very reluctant to ever get another LG. [And by the way, I did do the firmware update but it is very hard to find these updates on LG's website.]
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