 Good drive--while it still works Strengths: Handles almost every disc I can throw at it, including DVD-RAM; relatively fast; fairly quiet; inexpensive
Weaknesses: No Mount Rainier support; reliability questionable
Summary: I got one of these almost 16 months ago for $66.99 including shipping. I had been looking for a drive that could do DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD-RAM, and Mt. Rainier CD-RW's and DVD+RW's, as I expect to be using them all periodically. I could not tell from the specs on LG's website whether it could do Mount Rainier discs or not, so I contacted them; they said it could. They are WRONG. This drive does not do Mt. Rainier discs at all. That's not such a big deal for me at the moment.
I used this drive for the next year or so with no problems at all. If your computer supports it, this drive can let you boot from nearly any bootable disc at all: DVD+RW, DVD-R, CD-R, CD-RW are some discs I have tested with this drive. It burns, as far as I can tell, flawlessly (I have personally burned DVD+R's, DVD+RW's, DVD-R's, CD-R's, and CD-RW's with mine). Some music CD's burned with this drive had glitches and 'dead' tracks which I have attributed to the burning software I was using. For the most part, this has been an excellent drive.
HOWEVER, just after the warranty expired (and I had burned maybe 20-30 discs in this time), the drive just DIED. It started with not being able to read certain discs (either CD's or DVD's, I can't remember), and then a few days later, NOTHING. I spoke with LG and they said they would not do anything since the warranty (1 year) had expired.
Basically, it is a good unit, save for its lack of Mount Rainier support, BUT it might not last as long as a burner should.
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