LG GSA-4120B: High Speed Multi-format Champion
by Kristopher Kubicki on June 17, 2004 6:05 PM EST- Posted in
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Burn Tests DVD-R Media
We repeated the same benchmark from the previous page with DVD-R discs of varying quality.MCC 02RG20:
Here is how the burner performed using Verbatim 8X DVD-R discs. These were the only discs that we could find which would burn 8X DVD-R on the burner.
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According to the burn and read charts from the GSA-4120B, this looks like a flawless burn. Below, you can see how the burner read the discs back.
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Like the DVD+R counterpart, the Mitsubishi DVD-R was readable, but just barely. We were fairly certain that the read would fail on us until the 2.5GB mark. Why the read decided to level off at that point does not seem clear. The Q-Check benchmark seems to suggest the inverse is true; that disc quality was lower near the end of the disc, rather than the beginning.
CMC MAG AF1:
Here, we used store-bought Imation discs to test DVD-R capability.
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Below, they are played back in the Plextor.
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The PX-712A does a good job reading this disc - we would consider it a good burn. The Plextor drive limits the read at 10X, something it does not do for other media.
AN31:
Again, we used low quality Platinum discs that we found in a bargin bin at Microcenter.
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Here, we attempted to read the discs in the Plextor.
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Our LG drive was barely capable of reading the disc about 1X speeds, and the read process actually failed using the Plextor drive. Unless you plan on burning coasters with your GSA-4120B, stay away from this media.
Below are a set of write descriptors that we could find for DVD-R media:
- MCC 01RG20 : 4X
- MCC 02RG20 : 8X
- PRINCO: 4X
- PVCR001002: 4X
- RITEKG04 : 4X
- CMC MAG AF1: 4X
- AN31: 4X
- TYG01: 4X
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MysticMan1 - Wednesday, July 7, 2004 - link
Update: I see in another review that the reviewer was able to burn 2 DL disc and play them back successfully.MysticMan1 - Friday, July 2, 2004 - link
What I find odd is that on the LG web site it says that the LG GSA-4120B "supports" DL disc, but it doesn't say you can burn a DL disc with this the GSA-4120B burner, maybe that's why all the test on DL media ended with coasters :Pmino - Sunday, June 27, 2004 - link
Kris: 3x RAM media would suffice as ViRGE allready pointed out.You also benchmarked DVD+R 8x and didn't skip these tests just because no 12x media were present.
AtaStrumf - Sunday, June 20, 2004 - link
Missing images here as well!As for LG's DVD burners. I and a friend both have LG GSA-4081Bs and we're quite happy with them. It writes quickly, reads quickly, the only complaint is that it sucks for burning CDRs. Very slow, very picky with media, simply no good. I put my TEAC 24x CD-RW and friend's LiteOn 48x CD-RW back in after a week or so.
As for the need for DVD burners that araczynski was asking about. How do you suppose I burned 105 GB I downloaded last month? This month I'm already at 72 GB and there are still 10 days to go. I'd go crazy if I didn't have a DVD burner.
ViRGE - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
Kris: Are you asking where the 5x DVD-RAM media is, or just DVD-RAM media in general? Newegg carries DVD-RAM discs, although a 5-pack is $20.PS I'm getting the same missing image problem as MadAd
MadAd - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
I have 2 images missing on page 1, nero_identify.gif and dvdinfo.gifZORAX - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
I wonder why LG keeps using Z-CLV for burning...ZORAX - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
KristopherKubicki - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
mino: Where is the DVD RAM media?Kristopher
mino - Friday, June 18, 2004 - link
hmm, where is DVD-RAM test boys ??