LG GSA-H55LI detail information

Reading performance

We will using Nero CD/DVD-Speed to read various CD and DVD Discs; both burned and pressed for the Reading Performance section of the review. 

Pressed CD-ROM discs

We used an original pressed CD-ROM disc containing 72.39.55 minutes of data.

The LG GSA-H55LI reached 45.21X.  So how does that compare with other newer drives, let’s take a look below:

The LG GSA-H55LI reads on averages with the other drives in speed and seeks times.

CD-Recordable Discs

For this test we used a Data CD-R that we created with Nero CD-DVD Speed in “create data disc” mode.  The disc was a Maxell 48X certified disc manufactured by Ritek.  (Thanks to Maxell for sending us this media.)

The LG GSA-H55LI reached the speed of 48.30X when reading a full CD-R disc. Let’s take a look on how that compares with other drives.

With our CD-Recordable disc the LG GSA-H55LI performs a little better than average compared with our other test drives.

CD-Rewritable discs

For the CD-Rewritable tests we created a Data CD using Nero CD-DVD Speeds’ “create data disc”.  We used a Verbatim 32X CD-RW.  (We thank Verbatim USA for sending us this media)

The LG GSA-H55LI reaches a read speed of 42.46X; let’s compare this with other drives below:

The LG GSA-H55LI was among the fastest at reading our CD-Rewritable disc.

Audio – Digital Audio Extraction

To test digital audio extraction performance with the LG GSH55LI we used Nero CD-DVD Speed to measure the transfer rate; the audio disc we used is 74:00:00 in length.

The LG GSA-H55LI reached 41.05X while reading the Audio-CD; let’s compare those results with our other drives:

The LG GSA-H55LI performs on average with our other tested drives.

DVD reading performance

We utilized Nero CD-DVD Speed to measure the reading performance.  We will to the reading performance testing on various types of DVD discs.  This drive should be able to read single layered and double layered pressed DVD-Video at 8X speed.

DVD-Video Single Layer

DVD-Video Double Layer

The LG GSA-H55LI read the SL DVD-Video disc at 6.05X and the DL DVD-Video disc at 7.58X; slightly less than the available read speed for this type of media as stated in the specifications.

DVD:  DVD+R/RW

For testing the read speed of DVD+R and DVD+RW discs we used Verbatim 16X DVD+R and 8X DVD+RW.  Both Discs were written with 4.38GB of data using Nero CD-DVD Speed.  (Thanks to Verbatim USA for sending us this media.) See the results below:

DVD+R

DVD+RW

We have prepared this table to show you how the LG GSA-H55LI reads DVD+R/RW media as compared with other drives:

The LG GSA-H55LI was the fastest at reading our DVD+R media and second to the fastest on our RW media.

DVD:  DVD-R/RW

For testing the DVD-R and DVD-RW reading performance we used Verbatim discs we used Verbatim 16X DVD-R and 6X DVD-RW.  (Thanks to Verbatim USA for sending us this media.) Below you will find our test results.

DVD-R

DVD-RW

We have also provided this table to show how the LG GSA-H55LI compares with other drives for reading these media:

The LG GSA-H55LI performs on average with our other test drives for both the DVD-R and DVD-RW media.

DVD:  DVD±R DL

For this test we used a Verbatim 8X DVD+R DL disc and a Verbatim 4X DVD–R DL disc filled with 7.96GB of data.  (Thanks to Verbatim USA for sending us this media.)

DVD+R DL

DVD-R DL

The LG GSA-H55LI reads both media at just above 12X which are the specified capabilities for Double Layered media.

DVD-RAM

For this part of our test we are using a Maxell 12x DVD-RAM filled with 4.27GB of data. Our test results are found below:

The LG GSA-H55LI will read DVD-RAM at 12X; reading this disc in 5 minutes and 36 seconds.

SecurDisc

CD-R Writing performance