darren,
I think the LG's are great drives BUT remember they won't do quality scans if you plan on doing any of that. I did some quick research and it seems that the drive you have chosen is as follows but in an external case. I see that you are from the UK but that shouldn't matter when comparing drives. :)

videohelp link

newegg link

The VideoHelp link shows your model but nothing other than that. :) Sorry...

The Newegg link shows some GOOD reviews but we all know how accurate that can be. LOL. Anyway I think you have chosen a pretty good drive if your main interest is burning. If you want to do some scanning I would look at the Lite-on LH-20A1* series or the Samsung SH-203B {which is SATA but you can get an external case I"m sure....;)}

hth.......

...gm

edit: NOT to confuse anyone but the link from Newegg was the closet thing that I could find with the same read/write characteristics as the LG GSA-E40N that darren mentioned. If anyone has more info please don't hesitate to add something. ;)

@darren22

We meet again. It's too bad that creaky closed down all your other threads and directed you here instead of another as this (greensman's) thread is more directed to media Q&A & discussion of drives than to solving individual problems. But mods are mods and creaky is one of the best in my opinion, so we just say yes sir, yes sir and carry on.

But as that may be...

I purchased an external LH-20A1HX (Lite-On external) drive & love it. In my experience it performs better than the same drive as an internal. Maybe because they designed the enclosure.

It also allows me to burn faster, up to 20x on certain media, compared to 12x max for an internal slim drive.

I got mine from newegg for $57 US plus shipping. don't regret the price to this day. It also allows me to do multiple burns with my desktop.

Hey, go ahead and take the plunge and buy something.

Originally posted by hobbit112:

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Hey, go ahead and take the plunge and buy something.

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OT: Is that directed at me MISTER!! :P My wife said you can no longer link, talk about, mention, or even think about a NEW optical drive. LOL. She says the influence at AD and another forum I visit have corrupted my mind and depleted our pocket book. :P hehehe.

ON TOPIC:
Looked at that LO 20A3* series drive and the GM might have to buy another LO drive soon. :D I want CK to work out the kinks first on the f/w and then GM will have to get one for sure. LOL. Gotta love third person.......

...gm

Where's that bleeder of the RED's fellow at??? :P

@gm

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Hey, go ahead and take the plunge and buy something.
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OT: Is that directed at me MISTER!! :P My wife said you can no longer link, talk about, mention, or even think about a NEW optical drive. LOL. She says the influence at AD and another forum I visit have corrupted my mind and depleted our pocket book. :P hehehe.

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Nope, that comment was still directed at darren22.

I also have itchy fingers for one of these, luckily, I wasn't able to find a 20A3S for sale in the 'States. :D

Originally posted by greensman:

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Originally posted by hobbit112:

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Hey, go ahead and take the plunge and buy something.

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OT: Is that directed at me MISTER!! :P My wife said you can no longer link, talk about, mention, or even think about a NEW optical drive. LOL. She says the influence at AD and another forum I visit have corrupted my mind and depleted our pocket book. :P hehehe.

ON TOPIC:
Looked at that LO 20A3* series drive and the GM might have to buy another LO drive soon. :D I want CK to work out the kinks first on the f/w and then GM will have to get one for sure. LOL. Gotta love third person.......

...gm

Where's that bleeder of the RED's fellow at??? :P

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THE ROB SAY"S
if you dont BLEED RED your not right..
THE ROBS WIFE SAYS
the same thing GM wife SAYS....lmao

gonna do some more reading from the CK and check into those new LO's

God I love show bussiness LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ok i found one the new lite-on DH-20A3P.
there is only 1 review as you will see... and his problem is basiclly the same as i had with the LH-18A1P being so new the FirmWare sucks...but the CodeKing has a patch for it.. here is a link for it at newegg. $26.99 with $5.84 shipping so a total of $32.83 get ya the newest toy out there..lol

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827106078

Yeh I found that one too cincy. :) I looked closely as to what it was and read the review and thought of my little RED buddy. hehehe. I think that hobbit wanted a SATA drive.

CK was testing the IDE version and I only found the SATA version over seas atm. :D

....gm

And THATS the only reason I don't have one in the mail to me right now!

But I did receive my Valueline TYs today. :) They code out as TY03s. I will be giving them a test this evening. :D

(edited to correct spelling)

Originally posted by cincyrob:

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ok i found one the new lite-on DH-20A3P.
there is only 1 review as you will see... and his problem is basiclly the same as i had with the LH-18A1P being so new the FirmWare sucks...but the CodeKing has a patch for it.. here is a link for it at newegg. $26.99 with $5.84 shipping so a total of $32.83 get ya the newest toy out there..lol

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...7106078

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I'll wait for the FREE shipping and see what it ends up at.... ;) If it hits under $30 shipped I might be sporting yet another LO drive. :)

Hey hobbit how's those TYG03's (or are they YUDEN000 T03's??) working out. Got to 18X yet?? I still think for the MONEY the MCC 004's are really hard to beat. Sometimes you can get them for under $25 with tax at B&M stores for a 100 pack. That's pretty danged good I think. :P

...gm

@gm,

they're TYG03s, I went with the -Rs this time. Burn one so far @ 8x and not great. Got another in the burner now, trying @ 12x.

Originally posted by hobbit112:

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@gm,

they're TYG03s, I went with the -Rs this time. Burn one so far @ 8x and not great. Got another in the burner now, trying @ 12x.

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hobbit try them babies at 16X with the LH-20A1S and see what you get. :D I normally got better burns at 12X and 16X when I used the TYG03's. To tell you the truth they were all pretty good at 8X, 12X, or 16X. :P

What "setttings" do you have your drive set up with SmartBurn?? That might make a difference. :D

....gm

If I remember correctly, I have everything "on" in smartburn.

I am burning them with the LH-20A1S. The one I mentioned was the first one for the drive. #2, burned @ 12x, was better, something I'd actually keep. #3 is in process, will try 16x for Ss & Gs.

hobbit I have SmartBurn enabled and eos enabled but everything else un-checked. :)

It works best for now but I haven't done a lot of serious comparisons. I found something that worked more than once and stuck with it. :)

..gm

Hey all Cincy just catchin up on the reading were the papa6 Verbs in the new packaging and how did your scores show? At Micro Center but had to pass them up Another benq started to bow out that i made as a reader so bought another mobo, case,memory hard drive to put the plextor 716 sata I picked up the other day in.Duh like I needed another build.The Epson 260 took a nose dive so Epsons sending out another one and don't even want the old one back. Chris

Just read what I said and didn't mean for it to be a one person conversation.

Playin' with my Valueline TYG03s. PIFs are kinda high but my drive is still learnin' them.

Here's the second burn (1st was sad), burned @ 12x via shrink:

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s102/...xBurn4xScan.png

Here's the 3rd burn, burned @ 16x via shrink, love the PIEs but the PIFs suck!:

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s102/...L08_15-Sept.png

Interesting thing about Shrink, the max I could set the burn speed on these is 16x. CD/DVD Speed reports th