LG Germany was kind enough to send us their Latest DVD Writer for review, the LG GSA-4167B Super multi DVD Writer. This DVD writer supports all currently available CD and DVD recordable formats including CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW and even DVD-RAM. It features write speeds of 16X DVD±R, 8X DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 6X DVD+R DL, 5x DVD-RAM and 4x DVD-R DL. The drive's software bundle consists of Nero Express 6 OEM Suite, PowerProducer Gold and Power DVD.
Our European reviewer coordinator Jan worked on this review and has just published his in-depth hardware review, which as usual, covers reading, writing and disc quality tests of a wide range of media. The review also covers advanced tests such as how well it copes with reading and writing copy protected discs, 99 minute CD-Rs and so on.
Specifications:
| Media Type | Write CLV | Write ZCLV | Write PCAV |
| DVD+R | 2.4X, 4X | 8X | 12X, 16X |
| DVD-R | 2X, 4X | 8X | 16X |
| DVD+RW | 2.4X, 4X | 8X | - |
| DVD-RW | 1X, 2X, 4X, 6X | - | - |
| DVD-RAM (V.2.2) | - | 2X, 3X | 3X - 5X |
| CD-R | 4X, 8X, 16X | 24X, 32X, 40X, 48X | - |
| CD-RW | 4X, 10X, 16X | 24X, 32X | - |
| DVD+R DL | 2.4X, 4X, 6X | - | - |
| DVD-R DL | 2X, 4X | - | - |
| Media Type | Read Speed | Access Time | |
| CD-ROM | Max 48X | 125 ms | |
| DVD-ROM | Max 16X | 145 ms | |
| DVD-RAM | Max 5X | 175 ms |
As with our previous reviews, this review covers in-depth read and write tests on a wide range of brands consisting of DVD plus and minus writable and rewritable media, dual/double layer media, CD writable and rewritable media and even DVD-RAM media. Each write test is followed by a Disc Quality test to show a PI/PIF graph of the performance of each disc.
To find out how this drive performs, including further specifications and details, please check out the in-depth review here. Once you have a look over the review, feel free to comment or ask further questions about the drive or review on this forum thread.
Source: CD Freaks Reviews
