LG GSA-4040B DVD Writer


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LG GSA-4040B


OEM:
Hitachi-LG
Chipset:N/A
24xCDR ZCLV
16xCDRW ZCLV
4xDVD-R CLV
2xDVD-RW CLV
DVD-RDL
4xDVD+R CLV
2.4xDVD+RW CLV
DVD+RDL
3xDVD-RAM ZCLV
BD-R
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BD-R DL
BD-RE DL
HDDVD-R
HDDVD-RW
HDDVD-RDL
HDDVD-RWDL
HDDVD-RAM
32xCD
12xDVD
BDROM
HDDVD
EIDE, 2MB
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DVD Media comments for this DVD Writer (click on the link to read the comments):
1 3A Media 2xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 3A Media 4xDVD+R (POMSC001002) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 A 2xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Arita 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Arita 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Aterra 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 BeAll 1xDVD-R (BeAll G00001) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 BeAll 4xDVD-R (BeAll G40001) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 BenQ 4xDVD+R (DAXON...AZ1) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
4 BenQ 4xDVD-R (SONY04D1....) comments, 4 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 BenQ 8xDVD-R (SONY08D1....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 BestMedia Platinum 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 BestMedia Platinum 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 BestMedia Platinum 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
4 BestMedia Platinum 4xDVD+R (RITEK...R02) comments, 2 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor.
1 BMI 4xDVD-R (GSC001......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Budget 4xDVD-R (INFOSMART01.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Budget 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Bulkpaq 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 Bulkpaq 4xDVD-R (INFOSMART01.) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Bulkpaq 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Bulkpaq 8xDVD-R (TTG02.......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 C2 Tech 8xDVD-R (TYG02.......) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 CD Media 4xDVD-R (4M SYS 202C1) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 CD Media 1xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 CD Media 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 CompUSA 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Conmark 2xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Creation 1xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Cursor 4xDVD-R (GSC001......) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Cursor 2xDVD-R (GSC001......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Cursor 8xDVD-R (GSC003......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Datasafe Media 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 DataTrack 4xDVD+R (DT-D02..02.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Datawrite 2xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor.
1 Datawrite Classic 2xDVD-R (PRODISCG02..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Datawrite Red (V2) 4xDVD-R (INFOSMART01.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Datawrite Yellow 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Dotcom 2xDVD-RAM (MXL7) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Dr. Hank 4xDVD-R (GSC002......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Dr. Hank 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Dynex 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor.
1 E3Works 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
4 E3Works 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 2 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor.
2 Eagle Media 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 EMTEC 1xDVD-R (4M SYS 202C1) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 EMTEC 4xDVD-R (MCI4XG01....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 EMTEC 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 EMTEC 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 eProformance (epro) 2.4xDVD+R (PRODISC.R01) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 eProformance (epro) 4xDVD-R (ProdiscS03) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Eternity 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Fortis 1xDVD-R (Auvistar....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Fortis 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Fortis 4xDVD-R (SONY04D1....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Fotis 1xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Fujifilm 1xDVD-RW (MCC 00RW11N9) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Fujifilm 4xDVD-R (ProdiscS03) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Fujifilm 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Fujifilm 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Fujifilm 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Fujifilm 4xDVD-R (TYG01.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Fujifilm 8xDVD+R (YUDEN000T02) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Generic/Unbranded 4xDVD-R (INFODISC-R01) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
7 Generic/Unbranded 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 5 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor.
3 Generic/Unbranded 4xDVD-R (ONIDTECH....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Generic/Unbranded 1xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Generic/Unbranded 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Generic/Unbranded 4xDVD-R (VANGUARD....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Generic/Unbranded 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Go Tech 4xDVD-R (AN30........) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 GQ (Great Quality) 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 H2O 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Hi Space 2.4xDVD+R (MPOMEDIA001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Hi Space 4xDVD+R (MPOMEDIA040) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 HP 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Hypermedia 4xDVD-R (AN30........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Hypermedia 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
3 Imation 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Imation 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Imation 2.4xDVD+RW (CMC MAG.W01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Imation 1xDVD-RW (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Imation 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
4 Imation 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 4 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Imation 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 Imation 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Imation SoHot 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Imation SoHot 2xDVD-R (PRODISCG02..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Infiniti 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Infosmart 4xDVD-R (INFOSMART01.) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Intenso 4xDVD+R (DDDessauV20) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Intenso 4xDVD-R (MBI 01RG20) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Intenso 2xDVD-RW (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Intenso 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCR004) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Intenso 2xDVD-RW (OPTODISCW002) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 IOTA 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Jamba! 1xDVD-R (MBI.........) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 JVC 8xDVD-R (MJC ME......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Kapi 4xDVD-R (SKC Co.,Ltd.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 KHypermedia 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 KHypermedia 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 KHypermedia 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
5 Kodak 4xDVD+R (MEDIA ID001) comments, 2 good, 2 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Kodak 4xDVD+R (PRODISC.R02) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Kodak 4xDVD-R (ProdiscS03) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Kodak 4xDVD-R (VANGUARD....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Laser 2xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Laser 4xDVD-R (VANGUARD....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Lead Data 1xDVD-R (LD..........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Legacy 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Legacy 2xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Legacy 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Legacy 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Legacy 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Legacy 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
5 LG 4xDVD-R (BeAll G40001) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 3 poor.
3 LG 4xDVD-R (LGE04.......) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Liquid Video 2xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 Magnex 1xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Matrix 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Matrix 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 MaxData 4xDVD-R (GSC001......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
4 Maxell 1xDVD-RW (JVC/VictorT7) comments, 4 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Maxell 1xDVD-RW (MCC 00RW11N9) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Maxell 2.4xDVD+RW (MCC.....A01) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor.
5 Maxell 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 5 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
8 Maxell 4xDVD-R (MXL RG02....) comments, 8 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
5 Maxell 3xDVD-RAM (MXL8) comments, 4 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
4 Maxell 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 4 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Maxell 4xDVD+RW (RITEK...004) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Maxell 8xDVD+R (RITEK...R03) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Maxell 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
7 Maxell 2xDVD-RW (TDK502sakuM3) comments, 6 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Maxell 4xDVD-R (TYG01.......) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Medianca 1xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 MediaPro 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Medicool 2xDVD-R (Auvistar....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Melody 1xDVD-R (GSC001......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Memorex 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
9 Memorex 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 7 good, 2 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Memorex 16xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AM3) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
5 Memorex 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 3 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor.
3 Memorex 4xDVD+RW (PHILIPS.041) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
8 Memorex 1xDVD-RW (ProdiscDVDRW) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 8 poor.
4 Memorex 4xDVD-R (ProdiscS03) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor.
10 Memorex 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 8 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor.
3 Memorex 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 Memorex 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor.
2 Memorex 2xDVD-RW (TDK502sakuM3) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Minis 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 Mirage Recordable Media 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Mirror 16xDVD-R (TTH02.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Mirror Platinum 4xDVD+R (IS01....001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Mirror Platinum 2xDVD-RW (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Mitsumi 4xDVD+R (........001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Mitsumi 4xDVD+R (AML.....001) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 Mitsumi 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 2 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
4 Mitsumi 2.4xDVD+RW (INFODISCA01) comments, 4 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Mitsumi 4xDVD+R (MEDIA ID001) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Mitsumi 4xDVD-R (SKC Co.,Ltd.) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
2 MMore 4xDVD-R (MCC 01RG20) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor.
1 MMore 1xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Montereal 2xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Msonic 4xDVD+R (MCC.....002) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Msonic 4xDVD-R (ProdiscF01..) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Octron 2xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Optimum 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Optimum 1xDVD-R (CMC00RG300..) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 Optodisc 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Optodisc 1xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Optodisc 1xDVD-RW (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Optodisc 2xDVD-RW (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Optodisc 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Optodisc 2.4xDVD+R (OPTODISCOP2) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
3 Optodisc 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCR004) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Optodisc 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCR004) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Optodisc 8xDVD-R (OPTODISCR008) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Optodisc 4xDVD-RW (OPTODISCW004) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 OSI Disk 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Panasonic 2xDVD-R (MEI 00V001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Panasonic 4xDVD-R (TYG01.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 PC Line 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Philips 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Philips 2.4xDVD+RW (PHILIPS.010) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Philips 4xDVD+RW (PHILIPS.041) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
5 Pine 4xDVD-R (AN30........) comments, 4 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Pine 4xDVD-R (AN31........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 Pine 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 1 good, 2 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Pine 4xDVD+R (MEDIA ID001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Pine 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Pinnacle 4xDVD-R (SKC Co., Ltd.) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Piodata 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Plextor 4xDVD+R (YUDEN000T01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 PrimeDisc 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 PrimeDisc 2.4xDVD+RW (RITEK...001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 PrimeDisc 2xDVD-RW (RITEKW01....) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Primeon 4xDVD-R (MAM4XG02....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Primeon 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
24 Princo 4xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 21 good, 3 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Princo 2xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor.
1 Princo 1xDVD-R (PRINCO......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Princo 1xDVD-RW (PRINCO......) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Princo 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Prodye 4xDVD-R (MJC ME......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Prodye 4xDVD+R (POMSC001002) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Reset 4xDVD-R (LONGTEN 001.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Ricoh 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 RiData 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 RiData 2xDVD-RW (RITEKW01....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 RiDisc 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 RiDisc 8xDVD-R (TTG02.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Ritek 2.4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR00) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Ritek 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Ritek 1xDVD-R (RITEKG03....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
7 Ritek 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 6 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Ritek 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 Ritek 2xDVD-RW (RITEKW01....) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 S-MAC 2xDVD-R (TAROKO-X2...) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Samsung (DigitAll) 2.4xDVD+RW (CMC MAG.W01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 Samsung (Pleomax) 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCR004) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor.
1 Sentinel 4xDVD-R (OPTODISCK001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Shintaro 4xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AF1) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 SK 2.4xDVD+RW (OPTODISCOP1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Sky 4xDVD+R (........001) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Sky 8xDVD-R (CMC MAG. AE1) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Sky 2.4xDVD+R (PLASMON.001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 Sky 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 1 poor.
2 SmartBuy 2.4xDVD+R (PRODISC.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Sony 4xDVD+R (MCC.....002) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Sony 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Sony 1xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Sony 8xDVD+R (SONY....D11) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Sony 8xDVD+R (YUDEN000T02) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Speer 4xDVD-R (MCI4XG01....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Speer 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Speer 2.4xDVD+RW (SENTINELW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 StarMedia 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 StarMedia 4xDVD-R (VDSP.SAB 01.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Storquest 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Strathfield 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB01.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Sunstar 4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.F01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Sunstar 1xDVD-R (LD01........) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Sunstar 4xDVD-R (LEADDATA01..) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Sunstar 1xDVD-R (SONY........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 SUPER 2xDVD-R (PVCR001002) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 SUPER 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Swisstec 4xDVD-R (VDSPMSAB 01.) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 TDK 8xDVD+R (CMC MAG.E01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 TDK 16xDVD+R (CMC MAG.M01) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 TDK 8xDVD+R (MBIPG101R04) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 TDK 2.4xDVD+RW (MCC.....A01) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 TDK 2xDVD-R (MXL RG01....) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 TDK 4xDVD+RW (PHILIPS.041) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
7 TDK 4xDVD+R (RICOHJPNR01) comments, 6 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 TDK 2.4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 TDK 4xDVD+RW (RICOHJPNW11) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 TDK 2xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
5 TDK 2xDVD-RW (TDK502sakuM3) comments, 5 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 TDK 2xDVD-R (TDKG02000000) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
2 TDK 4xDVD-R (TTG01.......) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 TDK 4xDVD-R (TYG01.......) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Team5 4xDVD-R (............) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Team5 4xDVD-R (AN32........) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
2 Tevion 4xDVD+R (RITEK...R02) comments, 1 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 That's Write! 4xDVD-R (VANGUARD....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Tkeia 2xDVD-R (FORNEX001) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Tkeia 2xDVD-R (FT M01......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Traxdata 1xDVD-RW (RITEK000V11A) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
5 Traxdata 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 5 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 UL-Tran Media 4xDVD-R (ONIDTECH....) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Vakoss 4xDVD-R (GSC001......) comments, 0 good, 1 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Verbatim 16xDVD-R (MCC 03RG20) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
1 Verbatim (DataLife) 2xDVD-R (CMC MAG.....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Verbatim (DataLife) 2.4xDVD+R (CMC MAG.R01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2xDVD-R (MCC 00RG200) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 1xDVD-RW (MCC 00RW11N9) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
4 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 4xDVD-R (MCC 01RG20) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 2 poor.
2 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2xDVD-RW (MCC 01RW11n9) comments, 2 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
4 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 4xDVD+R (MCC.....002) comments, 4 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 8xDVD+R (MCC.....003) comments, 0 good, 0 mixed, 1 poor.
5 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) 2.4xDVD+RW (MCC.....A01) comments, 5 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
3 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) / Pastel Disc 4xDVD-R (TYG01.......) comments, 3 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) / Pastel Disc 8xDVD-R (TYG02.......) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Verbatim (DataLifePlus) / Pastel Disc 4xDVD+R (YUDEN000T01) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Verbatim (Pearl White) 8xDVD-R (RITEKG05....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 Verbatim DigitalMovie 4xDVD+R (MCC.....002) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
1 YS Power 4xDVD-R (RITEKG04....) comments, 1 good, 0 mixed, 0 poor.
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A big thanks Paul Chan ! This MediaCodeSpeedEdit works great and save me time and money. Thanks again.


Comments posted by Bernard Couture from Canada, June 27, 2006. Rated this writer 10 of 10.





Thanks to the prior comments from Paul Chan. With the information he gave, I was able to utilize MediaCodeSpeedEdit along with DVD Identifier to update my firmware so that I burn at 4X with the faster blank media that is out these days. Literally took me 10 minutes to update and then flash it.

Great burner....had it for 2 or 3 years and will probably keep using it until it dies.


Comments posted by Pat F from Canada, April 20, 2006. Rated this writer 10 of 10.





This DVD Writer is now discontinued when I requested a firmware updated by e-mail to the LG web site.

MediaCodeSpeedEdit is a Firmware Editor and used along with DVD Identifier that reads the media code of the the DVD's.
I have successfully replaced some of the media codes to use Verbatim 16x, Memorex 16x as well as Maxell 8x DVD-R Media's to burn at 4x.

I believe you can make any DVD media work out thier in the market to work with the LG GSA-4040B super multi writer.

Enjoy using the DVD burner until it dies.


Comments posted by Paul Chan from Canada, March 17, 2006. Rated this writer 10 of 10.





Had problem with Verbatim 16X MCC 03RG20 with this drive. Only see them as 2x. Other then that drive has been great. using 304A firmware. Is there any new firmware out there?


Comments posted by Doogie from United States, November 16, 2005. Rated this writer 8 of 10.





reading some the comments since my last post
I burn 4X media on this burner @4X, and my experiences with 8X media has been an average burn rate of 5X (pretty damned amazing for a 4X burner!!!)
I will admit that it is starting to slow down a bit, after unknown hundreds of successful burns.
average burn speed on 4X media is now down to about 3.8X, with 8X media "only" burning at 4.5X.
isn't that a horrible shame?


Comments posted by Xylob the Destroyer from United States, June 04, 2005. Rated this writer 9 of 10.





As a larger scale user and company tech, this drive never fails to amaze me. The original one I purchased(Nov 03) in an extremely high usage machine is still functional and is known to be the dependable burner around the office. This burner has burned over 1000 (minimum)DVD-R's (Sony,Maxell) with an extremely small ratio of coasters and most of those were user related. Unfortunately, most of our machines came with BENQ drives (HP factory installed) which were immediate throw aways .If they worked at all it was only for a few disks. I only hope LG has maintained the same quality since this drives apparent success.


Comments posted by Thomas Lee from United States, May 16, 2005. Rated this writer 9 of 10.





I bought 8x media but only write in 2x in this burner.

Where I can write 8x dvd media in 4x?? Is there a hacked firmware that solve this?? I use the latest original firmware A304.


Comments posted by Joel from Brazil, May 03, 2005. Rated this writer 9 of 10.





When I first purchased my LG 4040B just over a year ago "I have to admit" I had few problems burning. I put this down to being a novice and media compatability issues with the firmware at that time. But one year on and armed with the latest firmware (A304,) this burner fails to disappoint me. This is truly a great burner. Want some DVD burning tips, then visit my website @ http://uk.geocities.com/telso@btinternet.com/dvd.html


Comments posted by pilsbury101 from United Kingdom, April 13, 2005. Rated this writer 10 of 10.





Has worked great for about 1.5 years, it had some trouble with 4x discs until i updated to A303

the burn protection is awesome, it has saved my ass many times.

(ps. i only burn dvd-r's. so my comments only apply to those)

Im thinking of selling it while i can still get some cash for it and buying a faster one.


Comments posted by timmeh87 from Canada, March 22, 2005. Rated this writer 8 of 10.





I've had this burner for over a year now burns and plays everything i've ever put in it. came as an oem to a gateway i purchased from hsn.


Comments posted by coachop94 from United States, February 01, 2005. Rated this writer 9 of 10.





I have had this drive for quite some time now and have for the most part had nothing but positive experiences.

The first thing I have to say is this: Keep in mind that when you install this drive AND when you flash/update the firmware, you MUST have it installed as the master device on the 2ndary IDE bus. MUST!!
If you wish to have another device installed on that bus, simply install it afterward.
Don't forget to disconnect your other device when you flash the firmware!!

After many failed attempts to get the DVD-RAM features of this device to work, I simply gave up (i realized that i really had no use for the DVD-RAM features anyway!), so i can't comment on those features.
I have burned literally hundreds of DVD's with this burner - DVD back-ups, DVD data discs, DVD's that i've authored from downloaded video files as well as files i've captured myself. I've fixed the problems i posted about earlier regarding CD's too.
All in all, i'd say i've burned about 6 coasters with this drive, and all of them were because i didn't know what the hell i was doing (playing around with new software, experimenting/trying something new with software i was familiar with).

I was just about to update the firmware to 303 when i saw herny's post about 304.
Now i'm confused.........
LG says the 304 version is for "only GSA-4040_A"
has anybody here successufully used version 304 on their 4040B??

because i'll never give anything a '10', i give this drive a 9.8 out of 10


Comments posted by xylob from United States, September 18, 2004. Rated this writer No rating.





LG 4040B firmware A304 Improve readability of 8cm media
Posted by Dan Bell on 23 July 2004 - 14:45 - Source: LG Electronics


hernygo used our news submit to tell us about the new firmware that is out for this drive.

New firmware (ver. A304) for only GSA-4040B(4X Super multi DVD Writer):

What's new:

Supports 4X speed for LG DVD-R 8X Media
Improves the readability for 8cm DVD-R/RW media


http://us.lgservice.com


Comments posted by herny from Italy, July 23, 2004. Rated this writer No rating.





Before upgrading the firmware, the PLATINUM DVD+R 8X could burned with 4x, but the player Thomson DTH-5200 couldn't read them: "No disk". After upgrade to A303 I burned with 4x, the player could play them fine. But now I cannot burn these DVDs with 2.4x.


Comments posted by Bernd from Germany, July 10, 2004. Rated this writer 9 of 10.





During 6 months of use and firmware upgrade (A303) I only found problem with this kind of DVD-R (and not all the time)

00000000 00 6A 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 50 00 02 7A 0D 11 .j...@....P..z..
00000010 88 88 70 00 03 4F 50 54 4F 44 49 00 04 53 43 4B ..p..OPTODI..SCK
00000020 30 30 31 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 001.............

All of the other media I use (Verbatim +/-, LG) produce stable and vieweable DVD on my 2 DVD player (Samsung and Pioneer)


Comments posted by Ricky from Italy, July 09, 2004. Rated this writer 9 of 10.





After burning some DVD-R (Princo) and not being able to play tem on my player i has disapointed with it, but after readin in the forum that princo is a bad media, i went for shop, bring verbatin dvd-r and all work fin, my player can read them without problems.

Player: LG 3525


Comments posted by spikyxpto from Portugal, June 02, 2004. Rated this writer No rating.





I bought LG 4040 for less than US$100 (after the company rebate). I am very happy with it. So far I was only using 2 brands - DVD-R (Mitsumi) and Memorex DVD+R, both say on the package it is 4X, however, for Mitsumi I was offered x1 writing speed by DVD Architect. It took 28 min to burn 4.5G of data. So it is, obviously, not x1, it is closer to x2.4.
I was using DVD+R as data disks only. For some DVDs I save the video-audio assets for possible future use, that's why I burn them as data. I use Roxio easy CD creator for that. As in the case of DVD-R, 4.5G was burned in 28 min.
I am very happy with my purchase, not a single coaster so far! If I make one DVD per wk on average, I can manage with x1. But, as I mentioned already, it seems to be burning at 2.4.
I have not tried to burn any CDs with it, I burn those on a CD writer, which I have on the same computer.
I am tempted to give this burner a perfect 10, but that would mean an absolute perfection, which only exists in nature. That is the only reason I give it a 9.
If you are happy with this speed, look no further.
The only problem I am having with it, is that Sonic ReelDVD does not recognize my LG4040. So far my way around this problem was to use DVD Architect to burn a DVD from the disc image file and the DVD video files prepared by ReelDVD.
But that is probably the driver problem. As soon as I get some free time, I'll try to sort it out.


Comments posted by walter from Canada, May 08, 2004. Rated this writer 9 of 10.





I don't know about others, but this drive has helped convince me that DVD-R is viable!

Tested one DVD "backup" using DVD Shrink 3.1 and Nero 6.3, worked beautifully. Rented dozens more, backed them all up with no problems.

The only downside to this DVD writer is that, when I bought it, it was slow (4x +-R), but hey...$90 CDN can't be beat!


Comments posted by Jules from Canada, April 30, 2004. Rated this writer 9 of 10.





OK. I have burnt and formatted DVD-RAM withouth problems, Written CD-R/ISO with no problems, and watched many DVD's and VCD's on this burner. I also wrote a DVD+R data CD fine, and used Nero's verification option after finished burning. Things were still going great.

I ejected the CD, and and reloaded. But I am not able to read drive. Whe nthere is no DVD of any sort in the drive, it is labelled as xxx, but when the DVD+R that I burnt is in the drive, it shows up as "CD Drive". The error message I get when trying to view the contents of this CD is..."E:\ is not accesable. Incorrect function."

I can clearly see that this ("DVD+R 4X Ritek Arita") disc has been fully written with something, but other than that, I am at complete dismay.

Any help would be great. // :)


Comments posted by efod from Canada, March 29, 2004. Rated this writer No rating.





Bought it in Dec 11, 2003 and 2 days ago burning gave me Tracking Servo Failure (5 coasters) and yesterday it finally had it....couldn't play DVD movies nor see any DVD blank, music cd is ok tho. Called LG Canada service and they were fast sending me a exchange request form by fax, have choice to either recieve replacement unit first (require credit card number) or request for return authourization number, in any case they are not going to fix it but send me another one instead. Knew someone who had the same problem and his replacement was a 4081 so hopefully I'll get the same treatment.

Anyway, this 4040 doesn't looks like it'll last very long, hopefully the 4081 is better built.


Comments posted by apvm from Canada, March 29, 2004. Rated this writer 5 of 10.





I bought it on december 2003. Until now, everything was working smooth, but now it isn`t finishing to record with Nero or CloneDVD2, the message is: "Focus or tracking error" I don't know what it really means, but I'm tired of that so I'm gonna change it.


Comments posted by Pablo Morales from Chile, March 28, 2004. Rated this writer 5 of 10.





got the drive since dec. no problems with dvd+r, writes at
4X but mixed with dvd-r. will stick with +r's. using firmware 302 on a OEM....


Comments posted by vinny from Canada, March 23, 2004. Rated this writer 6 of 10.





Follow up on cheap media, found local stores which sell Silver top Longten 4X DVD-R and Silver top ONIDTECH 4X DVD-R for C$50 & C$45 for spindle of 50 tax included, the Longten burn at 4X without problem but he ONIDTECH only at 2X without problem with either A302 or A303 firmware.

And according to Nero CD/DVD speed test both media is better than Princo and on par with Memorex CMC, so I am staying with these cheap media, I must say the LG 4040 now rocks.


Comments posted by apvm from Canada, March 20, 2004. Rated this writer 10 of 10.





a good player for RAM, DVD-R, DVD+R


Comments posted by www.videooncd.de from Germany, March 17, 2004. Rated this writer 9 of 10.





New firmware D303 for LG 4040B:

http://de.lgservice.com/jsp/common/download.jsp?DOC_ID=ECSWL000012805&FILE_NAME=ECSWL000012805-b1-a1.zip&ORIGINAL_NAME_b1_a1=GSA4040BD303.zip&FILE_GUBUN=B

Anyone can translate the deustche page about it?
Watch the info at http://de.lgservice.com and then go to
--> GERATETREIBER
--> CD/RW-KOMBO
--> FIRMWARE A303 für GSA-4040B


Comments posted by c_dans from Spain, March 14, 2004. Rated this writer No rating.





New firmware D303 is available at LG support by the way. Haven't tried to flash it yet :-)


Comments posted by Wintermute from Czech Republic, March 12, 2004. Rated this writer No rating.




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OEM
Original Equipment Manufacturer.


Chipset

The manufacturer of the main chipset the DVD writer/recorder is based on.


Write support / Read support
DVD-R
= Works
DVD-R = Is not supported
DVD-R? = Not tested


Single Layer(4.7GB) write speeds
1x (CLV) = about 58 minutes
2x (CLV) = about 29 minutes
2.4x (CLV) = about 24 minutes
4x (CLV) = about 14.5 minutes
6x (CLV/ZCLV) = about 10-12 minutes
8x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 8-10 minutes
12x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 6.5-7.5 minutes
16x (CAV/ZCLV) = about 6-7 minutes

Dual/Double Layer(8.5GB) write speeds
1x CLV = about 105 minutes
2.4x CLV = about 44 minutes
4x CLV = about 27 minutes

Single Layer (4.7GB) read speeds
1x read speed is 1.321MB/s = ~56 minutes
6x CAV (avg. ~4x) read speed is max 7.93MB/s = ~14 minutes
8x CAV (avg. ~6x) read speed is max 10.57MB/s = ~10 minutes
12x CAV (avg. ~8x) read speed is max 15.85MB/s = ~7 minutes
16x CAV (avg. ~12x) read speed is max 21.13MB/s = ~5 minutes


DVD Write types
CAV = Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is written at a constantly increasing speed.
CLV = Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is written at a constant speed.
ZCLV = Zone Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is divided into zones. After each zone the write speed is increased.
PCAV = Partial Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is being written at an increasing speed until a certain speed. After this speed it will not increase anymore.


Connection
Desktop = Standalone desktop DVD Recorder
EIDE = Computer DVD Writer with EIDE/IDE connection
SCSI = Computer DVD Writer with SCSI connection
USB = Computer desktop DVD Writer with USB 2.0 or/and 1.1 connection
FireWire = Computer desktop DVD Writer with IEEE 1394/FireWire/i.Link connection (some standalone desktop dvd recorder supports this also but then it is usually to connect your DV camera to the recorder)


Rating
The first rating is based on a weighted rank (the true Bayesian), it requires at least 5 votes to get a weighted rating.
The second rating between the ( ) is a normal average rating.


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