LG GSA-H55LI detail information
| Posted by | Kip R. |
| Posted on | 22/07/07 19:03 |
| Number of views | 48173 |
| Manufacturer | LG |
| Product | LG GSA-H55LI |
| Description | Super Multi DVD Rewriter with SecurDisc Technology |
DVD-RAM
The LG GSA-H55LI is a so-called Multi DVD Drive; meaning is also supports writing and reading the DVD-RAM format. Writing at 12X and reading at 12X.
Lets us take a look how the drive performs:


Writing the Maxell 12X without verification

Writing the Maxell 12X with verification

Transfer Rate Test
For those of you who are not familiar with DVD-RAM, you may probably think that something went wrong during the write process with the verification turned on, since the 12x media was written at 5x. But don’t worry, that is pretty normal for DVD-RAM discs. The reason for the lower writing speed is the drive constantly reads back the data after writing it to verify that it’s written correctly. We can also call it a “bullet proof” writing/verify technique, with no data loss/errors.









The firmware updates claim to reduce noise during DVD playback, as well as improve write quality on some discs. I'm betting the reduced speed for playing DVDs also applies to ripping DVDs and the original firmware might have been better for DVD ripping.
The drive doesn't cache audio CDs and is an excellent CD ripper for Exact Audio Copy. The read offset is +102. The write offset is +30.
The drive is ATA 66 (UDMA mode 4).


. I bought mine at Newegg and the reason it doesn't support scanning is because it has a Panasonic chipset. If you need a drive for scanning then buy a burner with a MediaTek chipset. You can remove riplock by using MCSE and turn it into a really fast ripper but if you are like me you won't want to void your warranty unless your drive is more than a year old. This drive is they best quality burner that I have ever used! This drive is perfect when matched with a fast ripper like I have. I use the Lite-On to rip and the LG to burn and I haven't had a coaster in the year that I have owned them with at least 800, 4.38 GB disks burned from various brands and MID's. Even came across some fake TYG02 (Sonic brand from shop4tech) and it still came out great.





wont read the disks anymore.
keeps prompting me to put a disk in. oh well next time i will pay the extra money and get a external.
DVD+R DL/-R DL writing performance
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