LG GSA-H62LI detail information

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-H62LI reached 45.42X.  So how does that compare with other newer drives, let’s take a look below:

The LG GSA-H62LI read on average with the other drives

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-H62LI reached the speed of 48.18X when reading a full CD-R disc. Let’s take a look on how that compares with other drives.

The LG GSA-H62LI was among the fastest drives reading this media.

CD-Rewritable discs

For the CD-Rewritable tests we created a Data CD using Nero CD-DVD Speeds’ “create data disc”.  We used a Memorex Ultra Speed 24X CD-RW manufactured by Infodisc Technology Co.  (We thank Memorex for sending us this media)

The LG GSA-H62LI reaches a read speed of 41.03X at the end of the disc. Let’s compare this with other drives below:

The LG GSA-H62LI performed about on average at reading this CD-RW disc.

Audio – Digital Audio Extraction

To test digital audio extraction performance with the LG GSH62LI 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-H62LI reached 40.15X while reading the Audio-CD; let’s compare the results with our other drives:

The LG GSA-H62LI was not the slowest at reading this disc and it does read Audio Discs at its specified speed.

DVD reading performance

We utilized Nero CD-DVD Speed to measure the reading performance.  We will do 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 4.8X speed.

DVD-Video Single Layer

DVD-Video Double Layer

The LG GSA-H62LI reads both Single and Double Layer pressed video discs at just over 4.8X speed as LG states it will 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-H62LI reads DVD+R/RW media as compared with other drives:

The LG GSA-H62LI was the fastest of our test drives on both types of 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-H62LI compares with other drives at reading these media:

Once again the LG GSA-H62LI was the fastest at reading both the DVD-R and the DVD-RW discs.

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-H62L 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-H62LI will read DVD-RAM at 12X; reading this disc in 5 minutes and 37 seconds.

Disc Writing Technology

CD-R/RW writing performance