LG GGW-H10N Super Multi Blue Blu-ray Disc ReWriter & HD DVD-ROM

CD Write and ReWrite Tests - Nero Burning Rom 7.9.6.0 andInCD 5.5.2.8:

For this test I randomly generated 650MB and 700MB of files and directories to test the time it takes the drive to write and close a CD. All of the files are between 1MB and 25MB in size and no more than 10 directories deep.

The GGW-H10N writes to CD-R media at 16x. By looking at the screenshot above, you can see that it writes at this speed from start to finish.

To test the drive's writing times, I wrote our test data to some Taiyo Yuden manufactured Fuji media rated at 48x. The results are below.

To test the drive's writing quality I used Lite-On IT's KProbe2. Written by Karr Wang, this utility can be used to test the number of C1 and C2 errors on a disc. For these tests I used a Lite-On LTR-52246S (firmware 6S0F) and read the discs at 32x.

Fuji 48x (Taiyo Yuden)

Memorex 52x (CMC)

Verbatim 52x

The GGW-H10N's writing quality was very good. By looking at the KProbe screenshots, you can see that the discs burned by the drive had a low number of C1 errors. More importantly, there were no C2 errors at all.

For the rewriting tests I created 400MB of files on the hard drive and wrote them in DAO mode using Nero. To test the packet writing speeds I copied and pasted the same files off the hard drive onto a CD-RW disc using DLA from Sonic. Verbatim's 24x Ultra Speed CD-RW media was used for these tests.

The GGW-H10N also writes to CD-RW media at 16x. Here too, it writes at this speed from start to finish.

LG's new drive did fairly well in our rewriting tests. The GGS-H10N took 3:17 to write 400MB with Nero and 3:37 to do the same with DLA.

The GGW-H10N also erases at 16x. At this speed, it took the drive 25 seconds to do a quick erase and 5:03 to fully erase the disc.