LG GSA-H62LI detail information

Test machines

For this review we are testing the LG GSA-H62LI mounted inside of our Intel based system with the following components:

• Motherboard: ASUSTek, Basswood
• Processor:  Intel Core 2 Duo E6300, 1.86GHz
• Memory:  2GB, DDR2-533
• Video: Integrated NVIDIA, GeForce 7500LE
• Sound:  Realtek High Definition Audio, onboard
• Hard Disks: 320GB Western Digital Caviar SATA-II
• Optical Drives: Lite-On SHW-165P6S, Pioneer DVR-212D, Memorex DVD+RAM v1, BenQ DW1650, NEC DVD-RW ND 4550A and the LG GSA-H62LI

We will also be doing some comparison burns and scans on our second system; AMD based:

• Motherboard: Abit, KN8
• Processor: AMD 64X2 4400+
• Memory: 2GB, 4X512MB
• Video: NVIDIA GeForce 6800XT
• Sound: Realtek AC97 (onboard)
• Hard Disks: 250GB Seagate X2
• Optical Drives: Lite-On SHM-165H6S, Lite-On SOHR-5239V, Plextor PX-760A, ASUS DRW-1814BL, Sony DRU830A, BenQ DW1655.

Software

Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit installed on the Intel system and Vista Business 32-bit is installed on the AMD system; we will also be using the following software for this review:

• Nero Burning Rom 7 Ultra Enhanced 7.9.6.0
• Nero CD-DVD Speed 4.7.5.0
• Nero InfoTool 4.4.1.0
• Slysoft CloneCD 5.3.0.5
• K-Probe 2.5.2

The LG GSA-H62LI retail ships with the software bundle which includes:

• CyberLink PowerDVD
• CyberLink PowerProducer
• Nero Express
• Nero InCD

We have included some screen shots of this Installation CD and its contents below:

As you can see, LG is very generous with their included software bundle.

Installation and Supported Features

The installation was smooth and without problem; we hooked the drive up via SATA.

Here is the Nero InfoTool screen for the LG GSA-62LI:

Book type (bitsetting)

Automatic bitsetting is supported by the LG GSA-H62LI.  DVD+R, and DVD+R DL will burn with the DVD-ROM booktype; the drive will remember these settings so once you have them set you won’t need to change them unless you want to make future changes.

Using Nero CD-DVD Speed we can see that the Booktype settings are now set to DVD-ROM.

We can ensure that our discs were truly written with DVD-ROM book type by checking the “Disc Info” section from within Nero CD-DVD Speed.  The information should look like this:

We will now move on and take a look at the Disc Writing Technology of the LG GSA-H62LI.

Introduction

Disc Writing Technology