LG GGW-H20L Super Multi Blue - Blu-ray Disc Burner / HD DVD-ROM Drive w/ Lightscribe - 6x2x6x/3x - Serial ATA - internal - 5.25"
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Manufacturer: LGFormat: CD
Platform: Windows XP
Model: GGW-H20L
Product features:
- Device Type - Blue Ray Disc Writer
- Internal
- LightScribe Support: Yes
Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of LG GGW-H20L Super Multi Blue - Blu-ray Disc Burner / HD DVD-ROM Drive w/ Lightscribe - 6x2x6x/3x - Serial ATA - internal - 5.25"
Customer Review: Highly Recommended
Summary: 5 Stars
This drive was a cinch to install in your computer like any other drive. It was immediately recognized by my computer and I could watch movies from the get go. One gripe I had from the start with the look is the open and close button is flush with a silver strip on the front of the drive. Compared to what the drive can do that is a very tiny gripe of course.
My computer is about two years or so old with a AMD 5000+ processor and a GeForce 8800GTS graphics card and even though its not top of the line it still does a good job of playback. The seek time for movies is actually probably the best I have owned and for the price it should have quite a few great features. The one problem I had was blu ray playback though and I found myself for a few hours searching and finding a fix. After a few updates and problem solving on my end it now works flawlessly. The software it came with is kind of the problem so make sure you have the latest version if you want to watch blu ray or any movie using it which is what I do and its free though limited. The drivers on your graphics card need to be updated as well and make sure your monitor is good to go with it. I don't have my computer hooked to my t.v. or anything but I know I could and have it as my blu ray player. I never really planned on watching to many movies with it since I have a PS3 to do that and the biggest thing was burning home movies in a more uncompressed format . After I figured out what I was doing this thing was simple to use. When burning blu ray from home movies you have to find yourself a good program and I currently use Sony Vegas 8 which does not output to blu ray but the trial version of SV9 I am using does. The only program I could find to allow you make dvd menus for your blu ray movies cost about 2 or 3 hundred dollars. From the reviews I have read most people are using this drive as backup and hooking it to their t.v.'s so this may not be a problem for them or relevant at all. I know you can do back ups and stuff of your current blu rays but I really don't need it since I only own about 4 or 5 blu ray movies in the first place and no HD-DVD's.
The main thing I needed it for was to burn blu ray movies since I have a Sony HD SR12 camcorder and the file sizes are huge. The blu ray it comes with would not work with it so I just trashed it after I found out the burning problem was the disk and not the drive. I think its 4x for dual layer blu ray and 2x for single layer -R or rewritable. Normal dvd burning and dual layer on the other hand is very fast to burn. The blu ray disc can be costly so I stick with rewritable first and -R after I see their are no problems. I have found a one pack of TDK rewritable for ten bucks which isn't too bad but for one disk it is costly after awhile which is why I say make sure it will burn first with a rewritable. I haven't tried dual layer burning yet but I don't see a reason why it would be a problem since so far no problems. Most Sony made disc are expensive for I guess b/c the name on the disc but cheaper ones usually work just as good as well. The reason I say this about the price of blu rays is as I look at reviews of discs made by certain companies some have burn errors or don't work half way into a burn. That almost sounds like smash something worthy if it was a constant problem with such an investment. Do yourself a favor and buy blu ray cheaper first and get rewritables too.
If burning a movie blu ray or dvd it is actually not to bad to sit through. If you are like me I usually wait till overnight to do rendering and burning since my projects are kind of big. That is the other problem I have is rendering video to put it on the blu ray in HD so all together its all very time consuming and depending on your setup it can be very very time consuming but that is a problem on my end and not so much the drive. Seems like with blu ray you have to continue buying to get what you need and I shall explain. First I had a 1080p Sony Bravia than to get 1080p I needed something to display it so I got a PS3 than to watch blu rays. Then next when it came time to upgrade my camcorder to make home HD movies so I had to buy a sufficient camcorder then I had to find a program to work with it and then finally I hope this is the end with buying a burner well next to buying discs. I think I have reached a finish well at least I hope since the journey has been long and costly "O the pain of life". I guess its up to the individual to decide if blu ray is worth it than again that's a discussion all its own.
Cyberlink has a download to see compatibility with blu ray on your computer so make sure your system is good to go before you invest. Even though my system is two years old I have never had jerky playback but it might be more beneficial not to have a lot of stuff running in the background on your computer.
Overall I have a couple tiny gripes but this drive is the best I have ever owned despite the price.
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Description of LG GGW-H20L Super Multi Blue - Blu-ray Disc Burner / HD DVD-ROM Drive w/ Lightscribe - 6x2x6x/3x - Serial ATA - internal - 5.25"
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