Burn your data onto various discs, including DVD+R, RW DVD-R, RW DVD-RAM and Blu-ray. When you choose BDXL discs, more data can be stored on a single disc. With up to 16x BD-R writing speed, data backup can be achieved in short order. You can also choose M-DISC to store data longer. Media playback is silent and will be operated at optimal speed to ensure performance. You can also use the Blu-ray Burner to enjoy the full impact of Blu-ray 3D.
Eggxpert Review
Pros: Love the eject button as it isn’t a single small button like most disc drives, it is the entire bottom right section on the front panel of the drive. This makes it a breeze to find and press when not looking. The notification LED is a very subtle blue color that is helpful but not obnoxiously bright. Firmware update process was quick, easy and worked without issue. Supports the next Blu Ray disc standard which is BDXL. Supports M-Disc which is pretty cool but currently not that useful as its limited to DVD’s only which do not hold much. According to their website though, they will be shipping Blu Ray M-Disc’s as of March of this year which should prove a lot more useful. It took 29 minutes and 46 seconds to burn a 25 GB disc which equates to 22.5 GB’s worth of material. Below are some benchmarks: Blu Ray (Disc Rated Speed = 6X) • Average: Read = 9.05X (39.73 MB/s) Write = 3.02X (13.26 MB/s) • Start: Read = 5.13X (22.52 MB/s) Write = 2.12X (9.307 MB/s) • End: Read = 12.02X (52.77 MB/s) Write = 3.11X (13.65 MB/s) • Access Time: 150 ms • Burst Rate: 65.0 MB/s DVD (Disc Rated Speed = 16X) • Average: Read = 11.39X (15.38 MB/s) Write = 11.41X (15.40 MB/s) • Start: Read = 6.63X (8.950 MB/s) Write = 6.70X (9.045 MB/s) • End: Read = 16.08X (21.71 MB/s) Write = 16.15X (21.80 MB/s) • Access Time: 124 ms • Burst Rate: 48.2 MB/s CD (Disc Rated Speed = 52X) • Average: Read = 34.96X (5.24 MB/s) Write = 33.60X (5.04 MB/s) • Start: Read = 21.26X (3.19 MB/s) Write = 1.51X (0.23 MB/s) • End: Read = 48.85X (7.33 MB/s) Write = 50.01X (7.50 MB/s) • Access Time: 140 ms • Burst Rate: 29.7 MB/s
Cons: The LG logo has a shiny finish and can be annoying as it is reflective. A matte finish would be better.
Overall Review: To sum things up this is a great disc drive but I am still disappointed by the poor writing performance of Blu Ray discs. I was hoping by waiting that by now they would be adequate but unfortunately they are still quite awful. This is no fault of the drive as it supports a good writing speed of 14X which translates to roughly 61.46 MB/s which is great but sadly the discs are not ready for this yet. Thankfully though by buying this it is a somewhat future proof investment as I don’t see discs outpacing the writing speed of this drive any time soon. To put this in perspective it took about 30 minutes to fill up a 25 GB single layer disc at the presented speed of roughly 3X (Despite the disc being rated for 6X). If this were a dual layer 50 GB disc the time to completion is now 1 hour and if it’s a BDXL 100 GB disc now its completion time is 2 hours. That is awfully slow but if it were to run at the rated maximum speed of 14X as the drive supports the time would be much faster and more ideal. So after doing some simple math, if I had a disc that ran at the actual 14X limit of the drive it would take roughly 6.43 minutes to complete a 25 GB disc and a more respectable 12.86 minutes to complete a 50 GB disc and finally 25.71 minutes to finish a 100 GB quad layer disc. This kind of performance I approve of. And look forward to and thanks to this drive I am prepared. Disc Speed Rates: CD 1X= 0.15 MB/s DVD 1X= 1.35 MB/s Blu Ray 1X= 4.39 MB/s *All tests were conducted three times to ensure accuracy and repeatability of results.