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LG GGW-H20L

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Best Price: £139

  • User Score (10)
    8.5 8.5 from 10 reviewers
  • Expert Score (12)
    8.8 8.8 from 12 reviewers
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  • quiet drive operation, very fast audio extraction, has lightscribe support

LG GGW-H20L

The LG GGW-H20L is an optical internal super multi blue blu-ray disc rewriter and HD DVD-ROM drive. It offers Serial ATA technology which is a 1.5 Gbps replacement for the Parallel ATA physical storage interface used to connect storage devices such as hard disks, DVD and CD rewriters to the PC motherboard. Serial ATA is scalable, enables design of smaller PCs and will allow future enhancements to the computing platform. The LG GGW-H20L also incorporates LightScribe technology which is …

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LG GGW-H20L

The LG GGW-H20L is an optical internal super multi blue blu-ray disc rewriter and HD DVD-ROM drive. It offers Serial ATA technology which is a 1.5 Gbps replacement for the Parallel ATA physical storage interface used to connect storage devices such as hard disks, DVD and CD rewriters to the PC motherboard. Serial ATA is scalable, enables design of smaller PCs and will allow future enhancements to the computing platform. The LG GGW-H20L also incorporates LightScribe technology which is a laser printing technology on the exclusive LightScribe disc used to create labels directly from your PC.

Features

The LG GGW-H20L has an access time of 180 ms for BD-ROM, 150 ms for CD-ROM, 160 ms for DVD-ROM and 180 ms for DVD-RAM version 2.2. It uses a motorized loading tray and a Serial ATA interface as well as incorporates a 4MB buffer size. The LG GGW-H20L uses a disc at once, incremental recording and layer jump recording writing method for DVD –R DL and disc at once, incremental recording and restricted overwrite writing method for DVD-RW. The LG GGW-H20L can support the following compatible formats which include BD-ROM SL (25 GB/ 50 GB version 1.2), BD-ROM DL (25 GB/ 50 GB version 1.2), BD- RE SL (25 GB/ 50 GB version 2.0), BD-RE DL (25 GB/ 50 GB version 2.0), BD-R SL (25 GB/ 50 GB version 1.2), BD-R DL (25 GB/ 50 GB version 1.2), HD DVD-ROM SL (15 GB/ 30 GB version 1.2 except 8cm disc), HD-DVD-ROM DL (15 GB/ 30 GB version 1.2 except 8cm disc), DVD-ROM (DL) 5.7 GB/ 8.5 GB version 1.1, DVD-RAM 1.46 GB/ side, 4.7 GB/ side (version 2.2), DVD +R (DL) 8.5 GB version 1.1 and DVD+RW 4.7 GB (volume 1/ version 1.3, volume 2/ version 1.0) as well as CDs in the form of CD-ROM Mode-1, Mode-2 data disc, CD-ROM XA, CD-I, Photo-CD Multi-Session, Video CD, CD-Audio Disc, Mixed mode CD-ROM disc (data and audio), CD-Extra / CD-Text, CD-R (Conforming to “Orange Book Part 2”: read & write) and CD-RW (Conforming to “Orange Book Part 3”: read & write). It is compatible with Windows Vista: Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate Edition; Windows XP: Home, Professional and Media Center Edition.

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Manufacturer's Specs

Writing Method

  • DVD-R DL
    Disc at Once, Incremental Recording and Layer Jump Recording
  • DVD-RW
    Disc at Once, Incremental Recording and Restricted Overwrite

Compatible Formats

  • BD-ROM SL
    25GB / 50GB (Ver.1.2)
  • BD-ROM DL
    25GB / 50GB (Ver.1.2)
  • BD-RE SL
    25GB / 50GB (Ver.2.0)
  • BD-RE DL
    25GB / 50GB (Ver.2.0)
  • BD-R SL
    25GB / 50GB (Ver.1.2)
  • BD-R DL
    25GB / 50GB (Ver.1.2)
  • HD DVD-ROM SL
    15GB / 30GB (Ver.1.2: except 8cm disc
  • HD DVD-ROM DL
    15GB / 30GB (Ver.1.2: except 8cm disc

Review Summary

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The award winning Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Disc Rewriter and HD-DVD Rom Drive 6x BD-R, 3x HD DVD Rom, 16x DVD+R/-R, Serial-ATA.

  • HD Read Technology
  • Interface
  • Ultra Fast Blu Ray Writing Speed

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  1. LG GGW-H20L Blu-ray/HD DVD drive

    Reviewer: Vnunet
    11 June 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Its 18.9cm length may be unsuitable for smaller media PCs, but otherwise it’s well priced, comes with decent Cyberk playback and writing software and happens to be the fastest Blu-ray writer around. Read more

  2. Reviewer: CRN
    11 June 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    This six-speed Sata Blu-ray writer and three-speed HD DVD reader is packed with features. As a result, it has appeared in many retail PCs and external optical drives, including the Buffalo BRHC-6316U2 Blu-ray drive . Its 18.9cm length may be unsuitable for smaller media PCs, but otherwise it’s well priced, comes with decent Cyberk playback and writing software and happens to be the fastest Blu-ray writer around. Read more

  3. Review: LG GGW-H20L Blu-ray/HD DVD drive

    Reviewer: Infomatics
    11 June 2008
    Overall 10
    10
     

    Competitively priced and fast combination drive Read more

  4. LG GGW-H20L Blu-ray HD DVD combo drive

    Reviewer: Register Hardware
    07 May 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Blu-ray writing has a certain appeal but ultimately it’s a bit pointless. Most people can't read a Blu-ray video disc, especially on their PC, and the format doesn’t have enough capacity and write-speed - an a low enough cost - to put DVD-R in the shade. For movie playback, a combo drive with both Blu-ray and HD DVD in a high-end media centre is a winner, but the GGW-H20L falls betwixt and between, as you pay £50 for a feature that may only get occasional use. Read more

  5. LG GGW-H20L

    Reviewer: PC Pro
    01 March 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    Add high-definition reading and writing capabilities to your PC with a Blu-ray drive, or save money with a plain DVD writer. Read more

  1. THE LG DRIVE.

    Reviewer: apatra, Ciao
    31 May 2008
    Overall 8
    8.0
     

    In terms for value of money it is very affordable. In my own case, I bought mine at the price of £162.32 at Amazon. Uk. Read more

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