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LG ELECTRONICS GH22NS50 CD / DVD Burners
Customer Reviews for LG Black 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 22X DVD-R 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-ROM 2MB Cache SATA DVD Burner - OEM
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groundglass
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/6/2010 6:26:51 AM

Rating + 5 Great product


Pros: My drive was build Dec 2009 with ROM ver TN02. This no longer has BlueBird functionality (criticized here multiple times). If you have a prior ROM version, just update the firmware from LG's site. The software if previously installed can also be uninstalled.

Drive is cheap and does what its supposed to do.

Cons: None

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/5/2010 3:52:12 PM

Rating + 4


Pros: It's a DVD drive. It reads DVDs, burns DVDs, etc.

Cons: The drive can get loud when it spins at full speed.

Other Thoughts: There is no "virtual software" installed with the drive. This is a DVD drive, plain and simple.

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PhatAdam
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/5/2010 6:42:55 AM

Rating + 4 It Works


Pros: It works as stated.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: It's a DVD burner and it works.

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Coop73
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
2/2/2010 8:04:14 AM

Rating + 5 Excellent Product


Pros: Very easy install, easy operation, great quality.

Cons: None as of yet.

Other Thoughts: The other reviews about some firmware on drive is false. As long as you dont install software there is no popup on operation of drive. I have used this drive almost 30 time in the two days I have had it and get no such popup.

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Giles
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/30/2010 1:17:30 PM

Rating + 4 Just as good as any


Pros: Nothing special, but good value and no problems

Cons: none that I have seen

Other Thoughts: is as advertized, but these to me seem like a dime a dozen

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MaineRacing
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/27/2010 8:07:37 PM

Rating + 1 Cheap


Pros: Maybe price? Okay DVD reader.

Cons: Poor performance and makes a lot of coasters. Found firmware update that helped, but still a low quality drive. LG on-line/email tech support is as bad as the drive.

Other Thoughts: Firmware upgrade helped but still has issues reading Disc's it wrote.

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Alex
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/25/2010 7:22:41 PM

Rating + 4 Works fine, what else to say?


Pros: It works. Works in Win7 x64, which is more than I can say for my last burner.

Cons: None really.

Other Thoughts: Not giving it 5 stars because it hasn't done anything to exceed my expectations. It works, which is what it should do. Good drive.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/25/2010 1:31:54 PM

Rating + 5 Still Working


Pros: does what its needed to do without any issues. havent had it fail or not complete a task i set it for

Cons: not Blu Ray? haha

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Bob
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/14/2010 2:13:13 PM

Rating + 1 Good drives as long as you have no problems


Pros: Used nothing but LG drives for 8 years and they have worked great.

Cons: Had a problem with this drive locking my computer up when I accessed data. Replaced the drive and problem went away. RMA'd the drive and they shipped it back to me (same drive). They could not re-create the problem. Put it back into my computer and it did the same thing. By then, it was outside the 1 year warranty.

Other Thoughts: The whole LG RMA process was confusing and long winded. All LG had to do was to replace the drive (it cost more to send the drive back to me than it did to replace the drive). Since they stuck me with a defective drive and did not honor their warranty, I will look into other brands to buy from now on. Emailed their support explaining that the drive still had problems. So what did they do, they sent me a survey to tell how they did. They failed miserably. No more LG drives until they make things right and take care of their customers.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/10/2010 11:50:42 AM

Rating + 4 beware but good


Pros: it comes with adware, stupid bluebird or whatever. there is a software update to get rid of it, its decent. burns CD's pretty fast. i was hesitant to install it but when i did i had no problems removing that pesky software. other then that, i bought it for really cheap and got a deal.

Cons: comes with annoying adware

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The Mattmeister
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/10/2010 9:07:46 AM

Rating + 4 Good


Pros: Works well. Fast compared to IDE. Comes with nice NERO and CyberLink software.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Dont install the firmware updater program unless you want YET ANOTHER thing loading at every startup and connecting who knows where on the internet reporting who knows what about you to who knows who. Really, how often does a firmware upgrade happen for a burner anyway? If it stops doing what it should after an upgrade you can seek it out then.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/10/2010 5:26:43 AM

Rating + 5 good


Pros: Dos what is supposed to and its quiet

Cons: none

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Plastic Baggins
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/9/2010 12:11:37 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Works great, reads all the homemade CDs and DVDs that my LiteOn balked at. No trouble burning either.

I have not tried the SecureDisk feature.

Mine didn't have that ad thing, so I guess they've started shipping them with the upgraded firmware.

Cons: None

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
1/8/2010 4:48:04 AM

Rating + 1 Buzz Saw


Pros: None

Cons: It burnt 2 corrupt DVD's then wouldn't eject the disc. After rebooting the computer, the drive continued to make a loud vibrating noise like it was spinning as fast as possible....almost sounding like a chainsaw. Door would not open. RMA'ing it for NON-LG.

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dilinger
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
1/8/2010 12:20:48 AM

Rating + 5 Very Good Product


Pros: Very quiet burner and very fast, Easy installation no software needed.

Cons: none so far.

Other Thoughts: i was lucky my computer never installed the bluebird that other people are complaining about.

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anathema05
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/5/2010 9:58:13 AM

Rating + 5 Great Product


Pros: Fast, dependable. I've never had any problems with this drive. The annoying BlueBirds firmware is easy to get rid of with a simple firmware update. Check the LG website for updates.

Cons: None.

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/4/2010 3:47:56 PM

Rating + 4 good


Pros: good drive as i see in other review there was a problem with some software none here all good to go

Cons: none

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
1/1/2010 12:00:53 PM

Rating + 5 Beautiful


Pros: Newegg sent it fast and it works lol

Cons: no lightscribe, but its still worth every penny

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/29/2009 9:27:36 PM

Rating + 5 Good Price, Good Drive


Pros: It's a DVD writer.. It works. It's fast. It's inexpensive. Can't say much more, haha.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Came with a gouged software CD (looked like it got sliced by a knife when someone opened the bulk box at the Egg), but I didn't care since I use other software. I just tossed the CD and didn't bother asking for a replacement. From what I've read, I'm not missing anything worthwhile. My drive came with version 01 of the firmware (which has the Bluebirds software removed). Nonetheless I upgraded to 02 firmware without a hitch.

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Chemist9999
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
12/27/2009 2:23:10 PM

Rating + 4 Bye ye bluebirds


Pros: Good read and write speed for the price.
Beats other drives in the price range.

Cons: There is the small bit of adware when there is no disc in the drive but it can be easily removed by doing a simple firmware update which is on the LG website

Other Thoughts: I continue to buy these drives because the minor hassle of removing bluebirds is worth getting the drives at this price

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phixious
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/26/2009 4:52:12 PM

Rating + 5 LG Super Multi


Pros: Fast drive... SATA

Cons: came with old software QQ

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Rob_NC
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/26/2009 4:50:06 PM

Rating + 5 Drive works fantastic, ignore bad reviews


Pros: Drive came with TN01, quickly updated to TN02 (both have autorun out of the firmware). SATA is amazingly faster than my EIDE drive (also 22x). I assume that this must be mostly due to command queueing and less overhead for SATA than EIDE.

Cons: Media arrived with cut mark along the diagonal of the disc (back-side). Imagine someone using a box cutter and the disc took the brunt of it nearly along the disc's diagonal. Fine-pitch screws didn't come with the drive (but I have plenty from retired drives).

Other Thoughts: Amazingly, the drive read the damaged disc fine, and I verified the media twice with CDCheck! My other optical drives have difficulty reading the damaged CD. Unfortunately, no way to RMA just the install CD (comes with burning software, PowerDVD, YouCam, Norton Internet Security and other stuff which comes to 603MB). Contacted Newegg, but there's no way to RMA just the disc. However, since the disc was still readable, I should be okay, and this was definitely not Newegg's fault.

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Sumbody
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/25/2009 6:48:42 PM

Rating + 3 50 percent at best?


Pros: I have two of these, one has been service about three months without a hitch, the second see below. PROS: Easy connection, picked up by BIOS no problem, performs back-ups, quiet.

Cons: The second drive only installed Windows 7, a drivers disk, and then Spore, then it never read another disk, just a flashing light and 100% CPU utilization? causing explorer to crash.

Other Thoughts: I read that support sucks from LG, but I'm going to try anyway. Too bad I missed the 30 day return policy!

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serdus
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/22/2009 6:53:43 PM

Rating + 3 budget device with mixed feeling


Pros: Indeed, it is a SATA DVD Burner, so it's quick and very easy on your system. But,

Cons: suddenly, it started to write with 1.5x speed on 16x media... sent e-mail to support, got quick response (kudos to LG support). Except regular suggestion to update firmware I've got this: "did you use a memorex media cd? Memorex is not compatible with LG." That is creepy...

Other Thoughts: solid 3 eggs, could be five if it supports memorex.

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alur
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/21/2009 12:55:18 PM

Rating + 3 Rediculous LG website encounter


Pros: Low price, SATA, same features as other brands on the market. You get exercise jumping through hoops when you try to talk with LG customer service.

Cons: It never played a video DVD on an ECS G31T-M7 motherboard. At first, we thought the problem was with the mobo. After updating drivers and bios, we switched it for a Sony Optiarc. Then we tried it in a Biostar TPower mobo, and it worked for a few minutes, then the screen was scambled. 30 days past, so I have to return this to LG...what a runaround I got trying to submit a warranty claim. Go to LG.com and see if you can submit a warranty, LOL, have fun.

Other Thoughts: I originally gave this model 5 stars because DVDRWs are mature products and most work like any others. I downgraded because of LG's website. I defy anyone to find how to submit a warranty return. For a company as large as LG, the website cannot be the fault of amateurs. It is purposely hard to navigate. I finally had to call a general number (800) 243-0000 and wade through their menus to find someone to issue an RMA which takes 24 - 48 hours. Not too customer friendly, would you say? No more LG for me!

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PastaParty
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/21/2009 8:40:33 AM

Rating + 5 Good Value DVD Burner


Pros: Works as advertised.
Good value.
Easy installation.

Cons: none.

Other Thoughts: I have purchased several similar LG DVD Burners for customers. In my experience, LG DVD drives consistently deliver excellent quality and value for money.

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GuilT1
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/19/2009 7:22:15 PM

Rating + 5 Good, cheap, awesome


Pros: It works like a champ, and runs very quiet. Not much to say about this other than it was the cheapest at the time of purchase and does everything it's supposed to. Newegg rocks, but you already knew that.

Cons: None.

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aznloverboi
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/19/2009 3:07:38 PM

Rating + 5 Cheap


Pros: -its a DVD burner wats more to say??
-matches the front of the HAF 932 perfectly

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: u don't have one
update to the latest firmware for the best performance

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/16/2009 5:17:14 PM

Rating + 3 Not The Best


Pros: I like it Enough to pay $23 for it.
with free shipping .cant beat that

Cons: none

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Dale
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/16/2009 1:56:12 PM

Rating + 5 Works fine


Pros: Works fine I burned several DVDs

Cons: none

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
12/14/2009 4:25:22 PM

Rating + 4 If your drive comes with "BlueBirds"


Pros: Great drive, relatively quiet, auto firmware update with LG Update software

Cons: Adware built into firmware (TN00).

Other Thoughts: If your drive ships with firmware revision TN00, there are two updated firmwares available for the drive. TN01 removes Bluebirds (the adware), and TN02 updates it for "Windows 7 compatibility."

Just Google GH22NS50 TN02 and grab the firmware from the LGE website.

According to LG, they had no idea this drive had the Bluebird software in the firmware when it went out.

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Dustin
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/13/2009 3:49:28 PM

Rating + 5 good drive!


Pros: This drive has worked well since I installed it in July
It's very quite! The first time I used it, I wondered if it was working!
It's fast!

Cons: I think it overheated while burning a DVD once, but only once.
If you can avoid installing the included software, do so! It's quite annoying when a balloon pops up to tell you the tray is open. Yes, I know! I opened it!

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/12/2009 7:28:24 AM

Rating + 5 Excellent Product


Pros: Great product. Burns DVD's fast and without errors. Cyberlink software included is pretty good as well. Well worth the money spent.

Cons: None that I can find at the moment.

Other Thoughts: I own two of these drives. Both of them work perfectly and are simply plug and play. Nothing else needs to be done to work. The included software is very good considering it is included. Sometimes the included software stink and you end up having to buy new software, or the software is just a trial version. Not the case here. Great product. Pair this thing with the GTX 275, X58 mb and the i7 920 and you have flawless blueray performance among other things.

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Altecfour
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/11/2009 8:46:37 PM

Rating + 5 Nice


Pros: Nice and silent. Reads cds really fast. Burns dvd's audio cd's without fail

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Remember to order, or to have a SATA connector. Thinking that this brand would come with one, like usual ones you would buy at other store, this one doesn't. So make sure you have one.

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Jimbo
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/11/2009 1:59:09 PM

Rating + 4 Windows 7 bluebirds update


Pros: Fast drive, cheap on black friday

Cons: I didn't release it at first but the firmware on my drive did have the bluebird junk on it. It attached itself to the explorer shell and caused explorer under windows 7 to occasionally stop working. I upgraded the firmware

Other Thoughts: google shexview.zip to remove it from the explorer shell
This drove me nuts for awhile since this computer was a new build and wasn't sure if it was completely stable yet. No other symptoms appeared under windows 7 like popups, but I use firefox mostly

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graybeard
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/10/2009 11:37:41 AM

Rating + 3 It"s OK...


Pros: Works.

Cons: Noisy, with ratttles and clanking sounds when in use. Tray made with tissue paper. (OK, not really, but it is VERY flimsy.) Software CD insists on loading more than you want. Bloatware.

Other Thoughts: Too much hassle to RMA this, given the modest price and shipping costs. Otherwise, it would have gone back.

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Reaper
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/9/2009 10:37:23 PM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: Amazing burner.
Firmware has been updated.

Cons: None - yet.

Other Thoughts: Don't forget to purchase a SATA cable.
It was fortunate for me that my mobo came with a second SATA cable.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/8/2009 7:30:02 PM

Rating + 5 LG never fails


Pros: LG drives have been in my computers for many years and they never let me down. This is my first SATA drive and it burns flawlessly and plays flawlessly. Newegg continuously delivers top of the line products at great prices.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Many people are reporting bluebirds on these drives, i have not encountered it, maybe they changed the firmware, NO BLUEBIRDS NOW.

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Wiseguy
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/8/2009 5:04:01 PM

Rating + 5 Great Drive For The Money


Pros: Super fast access time....Very quiet even when their winding up.You can't tell their even running...Amazing!....Nice and short in case you have a problem with space,their about 3/4"
or more shorter then my old IDE drives....Burn times are very quick...Smooth mechanism on the loading tray....Buy this drive and you will be a very happy camper!

Cons: From what I can see on the loading tray it looks as though it has very small tabs for mounting vertically.There isn't much there to hold a disk in place so I don't think I would use these for a vertical installation.

Other Thoughts: These drives were quite a surprise.I have to say I was apprehensive about buying this drive with the bluebird thing and all.It had great specs and I knew I could get rid of the bluebirds so I took the plunge and bought 2......Guess What?....No Bluebirds!On the new drives the bluebirds are disabled so don't be afraid.These are the best drives I ever had bar none.I purposely waited a few weeks to write a review to make sure they lasted for awhile...So far so good!

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Swishegg
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/8/2009 3:04:17 PM

Rating + 5 Cheap, does what it should


Pros: So far, it's a quiet drive (thank goodness). Drive came with TN01 firmware (with the BlueBirds crapware disabled!) There's a newer TN02 firmware for Windows7 support on LG's site. Drive works well. Have not tried LightScribe yet but it should work! For the price ((27-28 shipped?) it's a good deal. For more, better off waiting for a BluRay model (at least one that reads BluRay)

Cons: None. Minor annoyance might be flashing it to work with Windows7. I'm not sure if you can flash it _from_ Windows7 or if you need to flash it from XP before installing it in a Windows7 box... do your research! :)

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muen7629
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
12/8/2009 2:14:44 PM

Rating + 5 works good


Pros: inexpensive, sata, dvd/cd burner, plug and play

Cons: didnt come with any cables, disk that came with was scratched up from shipping

Other Thoughts: not the loudest but not a quitest drive either, would purchase again, system: GIGABYTE|GA-MA785GM-US2H, Thermotake 430W TRM-7317, CPU AMD|ATH II X2 240 AM3 2.8G, memory 2Gx2|Corsair xms2 ddr2 800, HD 500G|WD SATA2 32M WD5000AADS, DVD BURNER LG | GH22NS50 BK SATA

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Jimbo
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/7/2009 11:42:10 PM

Rating + 5 Will burn double layer disk


Pros: Low cost fast drive in my last review I said it would not burn double layer disks but it will

Cons: None really - this model does not support lite scribe

Other Thoughts: I had a hard time getting the specifications on this drive but they are here
http://www.lge.com/us/support/product/support-product-profile.jsp?customerModelCode=GH22NS50#

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Yakove
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/7/2009 11:07:26 PM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: This is my first time with a Sata DVD writer... Im very impressed with the write speed and the reliability. My old PATA's used to give me quite a few "bad burned" CD/DVDs. Hardware was plug and play, and was recognized Immediately.

Cons: none really...

Other Thoughts: Firmware needed an update so that it's "blue bird" software would be deleted...

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Syrendyr
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/7/2009 11:03:44 AM

Rating + 5 FAST!!


Pros: I bought 2 of these guys when they were going for $25 each and i couldn't have asked for more. My dvd rip/burn time is now a third of what it used to be. there was NO annoying software that came with the burners, although i read a few reviews before i bought them that said there was. must have been updated. Also the body of the DVD is shorter than my previous IDE drive, so i gained about an inch and a half clearance......very happy!

Cons: one minor con----it doesn't come with SATA cables, but at this price it's hardly worth mentioning. I found 2 SATA cables on an auction site and with FREE shipping, only paid $2.00 for both.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/6/2009 8:03:33 PM

Rating + 5 works great


Pros: good at what its supposed to do, no coasters, use it on daily basis sometimes up to 8 dvd's in one day for work and no problems. gets the job done. some people complain about the bluebird thing, all you have to do update the firmware, i know it might be complicated for some or maybe some people are too lazy to do the update but other than that i would buy this drive again.

Cons: other than doing 2 minute update, no cons.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/6/2009 1:46:41 PM

Rating + 4 Bluebirds already gone on drives I bought


Pros: Good price for a SATA DVD burner.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: I bought two of these on sale on Black Friday. Despite worries about the Bluebirds thing, both drives already had the firmware update version TN01, which removes Bluebirds. TN02 was availablefrom LG - needed for Windows 7 I guess - didn't need that now but flashed the update on both drives anyway, while I was thinking about it. Used only one drive in a Windows 2000 system briefly and it worked fine.

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Jimbo
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/5/2009 12:47:58 PM

Rating + 5 Low cost with free shipping


Pros: Works
Black friday special with free shipping

Cons: Not double layer

Other Thoughts: No spyware on my drive firmware

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T3hderk
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/4/2009 1:18:35 PM

Rating + 2 Excellent...if it actually worked.


Pros: It installed Windows XP without flaw. Fast and not noisy.

Cons: It died shortly after installing said Windows XP. Would not load a disc even if i gave it flowers...and i tried.

Other Thoughts: Business Build:
Amd 6000+ windsor core
Gigabyte GA-MA785GM
Mushkin Enhanced Blackline DDR2-1066 ram 2gb
WD Eco line 750gb hdd
Roswill R363-M-BK
Hanns G HH-251HPB

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/4/2009 1:06:37 PM

Rating + 5 Great


Pros: Great data I/O speeds. SATA has a significant speed boost over IDE drives, in my own experience.

Cons: None so far

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1031982
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/1/2009 8:24:02 PM

Rating + 4 It works, flash the firmware!


Pros: The drive works just fine. Reads disks with no issue, and it writes disks with no issue as well.

Cons: The drive has a delay when a disk is put in, forcing the user to wait about 5 seconds before it starts reading the disk at all.
This is not counting the spin-up time, which is entirely different.
Some people NEED to update the firmware, and LG does not make a note about it.

Other Thoughts: For anyone commenting on the "BlueBird" function, there is an official firmware update that removes it's function on LG's website.
Just go to there website or search using the fallowing without quotes in google "LG GH22NS50 firmware".
Download the newest version and install it. It completely disables it, and then you have nothing to complain about.

I believe the firmware simply disables it, which is why there is a delay when a disk is inserted.

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tkin
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/1/2009 4:15:32 PM

Rating + 5 works as intended


Pros: good affordable drive, dependable

Cons: none so far

Other Thoughts: blue bird issue seems to have been fixed, ignore and do research on most things you buy on here. A majority of the time most reviews are done by raging nerds who have no experience.

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Shawn
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/1/2009 3:11:52 PM

Rating + 5 LG DVD!


Pros: WOW Fast buring on DVD-R in like 5 min! Awesome! Work on window XP pro 32 bits! I can't believe some review have problem with "bluebird" here nothing happens yet! heh heh

Cons: N/A

Other Thoughts: nothing do any update for DVD at all. Work fine to me! :)

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/1/2009 2:48:13 PM

Rating + 1


Pros: ___No Comment on actual unit.

Cons: Have put in for a refund so I can returned the unit as it has
pop up software in-beded in the installation software of the unit.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
12/1/2009 9:27:07 AM

Rating + 2 ...What you pay for.


Pros: Worked out of the box...(bubble wrap)

Cons: Trying to conserve my money to construct the actual rig, I picked up two of these. One started making a real high pitched ringing about 1month in then stopped working all together. This firmware Bluebirds is annoying adware as all others have stated. No use just takes up taskbar space. Oh did I mention they didn't come packed in a nice box, but instead came in huge balls of bubble wrap.

Other Thoughts: LG never let me down until I bought these drives, but I guess you get what you pay for.

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Trafficman
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/29/2009 10:29:47 PM

Rating + 5 Perfect


Pros: Is a SATA dvd burner. Not much to say, it burns dvds and reads them.

Cons: None. That whole bluebirds or whatever thing got fixed apparently because my drive doesn't do any of the described things.

Other Thoughts: Works great. Ran my Win7 install disk without a hitch.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/29/2009 5:20:53 PM

Rating + 4 Its Working!!


Pros: it was cheap and packaged up real good

Cons: Firmware update needed, thank heaven no spy-ware after updating the firmware.

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Patrick
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/29/2009 4:56:52 PM

Rating + 5 Its a DVD burner . . . .


Pros: What can I say, its a standard average CD/DVD drive. Its worked so far. And for that, 5 eggs!

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: Pretty much the only way you can be dissatisfied with this is if doesn't work when you get it. Mine worked just fine. Who uses CDs/DVDs anyway these days.

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Longshanks
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/28/2009 6:31:59 AM

Rating + 5 No Birds Yet


Pros: Does what every other drive I have does. Cost was lowest amongst DVD burners.

Cons: None so far. No "birds", but I also haven't installed the OEM software, so maybe it's in that. However, there are plenty of available options, including using Windows itself, so I doubt I will.

Other Thoughts: I used it on a new build, or rather I put together a computer using spare parts and a few new ones, and this was one of the new parts. I installed Windows Vista Home Premium, with the Windows 7 upgrade, and I have yet to see any Bluebirds business. Either Vista has blocked it (and I looked in the task manager to find it) or this drive shipped without it. Either way I'm happy enough.

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dj
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/27/2009 10:30:36 PM

Rating + 5 Fast, No Bluebird


Pros: Very, very fast drive, reliable, absolutely no problems burning CDs or DVDs, including dual layer DVDs. Writes faster than many lower-rated disks are rated for but they verify and work fine in other drives. The Bluebird issue is a thing of the past. My drive, purchased on 10/20/09, had the newer firmware already installed.

Cons: None, zero, zip, zilch.

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Simstim
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/22/2009 7:32:50 PM

Rating + 1 DOA = Dead On Arrival


Pros: not sure really... Came packaged in bubble wrap with tape and surrounded by packing peanuts. Got here quickly!!! yeah courier!!! don't want to cause trouble.

Cons: My drive had a large crack on the backside of the drive.
Didn't work. Wouldn't let my system boot when attached to my system. Bios is as far as the system got, and I couldn't even enter setup.

Other Thoughts: Came with 5 of the same installation disks.? why? don't know. Strange yet over kill.

I have always trusted Newegg and LG. Newegg helped with RMA with extreme ease. I did a return. I wish it worked, I was looking forward to using this? but I can wait.

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Ronnie
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/20/2009 8:14:36 AM

Rating + 5 DVD


Pros: Quiet

Cons: None

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OrbitalGun
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
11/19/2009 7:11:38 AM

Rating + 3 Firmware fix makes it a good drive


Pros: Does exactly what you expect it to do. It has read every DVD I've put in it, and so far has never given me a bad burn.

Cons: As stated many times before, the factory firmware comes with an auto-launching software called Bluebirds, which is essentially spyware. It can be removed with a firmware update, but that seems like an unnecessary step to have to take with a brand new drive.

Other Thoughts: LG has released a firmware update (since I can't post a URL here, just Google "LG+Bluebirds", and it should be the first result) that removes the Bluebirds software.

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Jim
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/18/2009 11:14:02 AM

Rating + 4 Actually can work


Pros: Nice looking and works well.

Cons: Item comes without cables or software. This should be clear but isn't. Also the Blubird software referenced in other reviews can be removed with a tool from LG. The address for the tool is. http://www.lge.com/us/support/product/support-product-profile.jsp?customerModelCode=GH22NS50&initialTab=documents&targetPage=support-product-profile
Just download the update file for Bluebird removal. There is also a new firmware update for working with Windows 7 available

Other Thoughts: I really wish the product description had been better but over all I'm happy with my pruchase.

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Sean Pilgrim
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/17/2009 8:18:35 AM

Rating + 5 Nice


Pros: Does its job have had no issues with burning/reading transferring. Fast transfer rates

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: It's a CD/DVD player/burner. Does its job very well.

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RichMe1ster
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/17/2009 5:44:37 AM

Rating + 1 Stick to Phones LG


Pros: Looks like what I bought

Cons: 3 Things:

1 Doesn't work unless special steps taken to trick the BIOS from SATA to IDE

2 Comes with adWare on the Flash Memory of the Burner

3 more Hassle than it was worth. you would have to pay me 20 dollars to use this

Other Thoughts: Stick to LG phones

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bill
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/16/2009 8:08:05 PM

Rating + 5 nice


Pros: none of that spyware on here that everybody is talking about, i guess they got rid of it.

was the cheapest drive available at the time.

Cons: of course samsungs went on sale a day after i got it for 5 bucks less like always.

Other Thoughts: whats with the ddr2 prices? i build ddr2 computers for poor people, and now when they want more than 2gb of ram, they gotta pay with blood.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/13/2009 7:12:16 PM

Rating + 4 The birds are dead


Pros: -Bluebirds is nothing
-No errors or anomalies yet

Cons: -Remember that this is OEM - no cables or instructions included

Other Thoughts: I would like to address the Bluebird thing again. While I DID have Bluebirds on my drive, unlike many others, I received no popups to install anything or links to LG or annoyances of ANY kind. Bluebirds literally did nothing! I saw the icon in Windows where the drive would be but it's like somebody deactivated it. A trip to the LG website easily flashed it all the way away after, but don't forget to keep the disc tray open while you do it. Even if I did not remove it, I doubt it would be a problem. It reminded me of how in vaccines they tamper with viruses, so while it's technically there, it isn't going to do harm (though I don't really vaccines). Reading some of the negative reviews, they are quite extreme in nature. LG didn't know this was being done and it was a slip up, evidenced by the super easy fix on their part.

Don't read or write many discs but the ones I have done worked fine.

I like the price of this too, I think the bad publicity of Bluebirds knocked it down a bit.

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DennisC10853
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/11/2009 5:58:24 PM

Rating + 5 WOW Guess I Was Lucky!


Pros: None of the LG drives that I received and installed had this "Bluebird" thing. I didn't install anything from the disc that came with it and I don't get anything when I close the drive door. Must have been certain ones or something.

Cons: None, they work great.

Other Thoughts: The only thing that I install with a DVD burner in the computers that I sell is the full retail version of Nero for my customers since it works so well. I never install anything that comes with the burners. Maybe that's a good thing?

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/11/2009 3:11:59 PM

Rating + 5 Great buy


Pros: Cheap, fast, and quiet. Fits perfectly in the case. LG hasn't disappointed me ever.

Cons: No cables or screws, but it's OEM so make sure you have your own.

Other Thoughts: The newest revision no longer has that Bluebird adware so it is safe to buy. If you have an older one, you can download new firmware on LG's website to get rid of it.

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Buddhaman
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/11/2009 11:19:48 AM

Rating + 5 Works as a dvd drive and has been fixed


Pros: It's a dvd drive that works out of the box....can't ask for more

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: I bought two of these drives a couple of days ago (yes even after reading the bluebird reviews)(I'm not afraid to do a flash :P) well I had everything ready to go when I started up the computer and lo and behold.....NO BLUEBIRD......so I opened and closed the drives, and have been doing so for the past hour thinking bluebird will pop up eventually...but it hasn't. So all I can think of is LG knew they messed up by putting the bluebird firmware on their drives and fixed it because mine have no hint of the firmware, and they work perfectly.

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Raidskinsfan
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/8/2009 10:01:21 PM

Rating + 4 Solid


Pros: Does what it is supposed to do, at an excellent price.

Cons: None

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CW
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/8/2009 8:00:29 PM

Rating + 5


Pros: Works as advertised. Faster and quieter than my old IDE burners. No sign of the annoying BlueBirds software that others were complaining about.

Cons: No Lightscribe?

Other Thoughts: Newegg was kind enough to include a 4GB microSD card for free. Thanks!

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N/A
Tech Level: somewhat low
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/7/2009 7:48:00 PM

Rating + 5 Excellent!


Pros: -Fast.
-Easy installation.
-Pretty, matches my monitor! =D

Cons: None so far!

Other Thoughts: Would be cooler if it was shiny, it would match my case.

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Good Knight
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/6/2009 11:24:34 AM

Rating + 5 I like it


Pros: Pretty quiet, not silent, but much more quiet than my old one. My system seems to boot faster with the SATA vs. the old ATA. DVDs burns significantly faster.

Cons: None so far.

Other Thoughts: The move from ATA to SATA seems to be well worth it.

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Encognitoe
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
11/5/2009 11:27:34 PM

Rating + 3 Remove Bluebird Software


Pros: Did not buy.

Cons: Did not buy.

Other Thoughts: Here is a link to LG's page with a download and instructions to install NON bluebird firmware, if anyone needs it.

http://www.lge.com/us/support/product/support-product-profile.jsp?customerModelCode=GH22NS50

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Virtualgod
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/5/2009 10:14:40 AM

Rating + 5 No more blue bird


Pros: I bought 4 of these to replace my 5-y.o. dru-120A that started spitting out coasters 25% of the time. This was shipped to me in 2 days in styrofoam insert with 6 missing (factory box) to keep em from banging together.
I have an i7 920 (4.2ghz with ht on) and can rip/burn 4 dvd's every ~40 min instead of 1 now. Long live Newegg! Oh and don't let the ~3 month old bluebird reviews scare you off. Mine were made in aug 09 and I don't think they ship with bluebird anymore, guess LG learned from that fiasco.

Cons: Not really a con, someone mentioned they were loud. Personally I can't really tell as I have vacuum cleaner fans on my cpu and gfx card. Noise canceling headphones f.t.w.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/5/2009 8:46:06 AM

Rating + 5 fast!


Pros: good overall, just so everyone knows there is a firm ware update for the blue bird junk that comes on it, not hard to get off once you do its a great burner :)

Cons: suspiciously works too well :o

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binkie
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/4/2009 4:32:27 PM

Rating + 4 little noisy


Pros: great price , fast enough, sturdy, good drive

Cons: little noisy, makes a rattling noise when starting up

Other Thoughts: for this price, hard to beat

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redwngsrul
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/4/2009 11:23:17 AM

Rating + 5 Works great


Pros: It works just as it should, no problems. SATA connections, faster than an IDE I'd imagine.

Cons: None yet.

Other Thoughts: Other folks have said that there is some blue jay software or what not, but I had no issues with it in Windows 7 Pro, maybe its just other OS's

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Ray H.
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/2/2009 8:28:51 AM

Rating + 5 LG Black 22X DVD


Pros: Its fast its black it burns and Reads and it was cheap.

Cons: None

Other Thoughts: It has software built into it and loads when it doesnt have a disc in it...Kinda strange.
The Software is for direct Drag and Drop like a Floppy, so some people will like it, I always think I have a disc in the tray so its kinda annoying to me.
U can disable it but the icon is always there haven't found a way to disable that but oh well, its good if u dont have a Good burning program I use Nero.

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allanon1965
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
11/1/2009 7:22:56 AM

Rating + 5 LG does it again


Pros: Always works, very quiet, burns every type of dvd/cd I throw at it. Not made a single coaster

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: Buy these LG drives, you wont be disappointed

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^^
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/29/2009 11:19:19 PM

Rating + 4


Pros: I almost didn't buy this drive due to the reviews, luckily I did. It works great has done everything I need. The bluebird while annoying that it was put there is no problem to remove or ignore.

Cons: bluebird, reviews based upon that and not the quality of the drive.

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/29/2009 10:29:35 PM

Rating + 4


Pros: No longer ships with "Bluebird" adware.
Very fast.

Cons: Software supplied with burner is marginal at best and crippled my machine.

Other Thoughts: I haven't seen this one before, but as soon as I inserted the LG cd into the drive, my computer slowed to a crawl and had to be shut down and unplugged. I mean absolutely crippled. Felt like I was on a 286 waiting for the floppy drive to spin up. The software isn't necessary, so I just ditched the disc. I'd recommend you do the same. All the other discs I have read and burned just fine, but that particular one was possessed.

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Mechashiva
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/29/2009 9:22:21 AM

Rating + 5 No spyware included


Pros: Good burner, fairly quiet, does what it's supposed to do.

Cons: None this far, bought this to replace my Sony burners which both died. No mas Sony products for me.

Other Thoughts: This did not include any hidden spyware. I read the reviews about the spyware and found a removal tool on LG's website, so I decided to buy it, but there isn't any spyware anyway. Good deal.

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Okiedew
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/28/2009 11:36:53 AM

Rating + 3 Okiedew


Pros: Just for your information of those on this web site having problems with this blue bird you can get rid of it easy just enter the model number of the drive into Google and there will be options to download software that will remove it with in 5 seconds it saved me from trashing several drives my customers.

Cons: LG should know better than this as long as they have been in business and pulling a Microsoft trick this probably cost them 10 times what they could have made on these good drives.

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Cilinyar
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/28/2009 10:57:34 AM

Rating + 5 Great Drive


Pros: Does what its supposed to, no problems installing Windows 7.

Cons: None

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frag_68
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/27/2009 1:20:07 PM

Rating + 5 Performed as expected


Pros: Worked like it should

Cons: none - no funny business firmware problems

Other Thoughts: New drives must be shipping without the previously mentioned issues.

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AC
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/27/2009 7:42:49 AM

Rating + 2 Failed up install


Pros: Easy to install

Cons: Didn't come with cables, upon install, wouldn't work, didn't read or burn anything, didn't even turn on

Other Thoughts: Had to return these two, never again will I buy LG burners, its back to Lite-on for me

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/26/2009 10:46:09 PM

Rating + 5 Great Drive - No Bluebirds


Pros: Faster than my old IDE drive
No bluebirds firmware
Works great
Great deal - 27.99 & free shipping

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: I bought this knowing there was a 50/50 chance of the Bluebirds being in the firmware and i got lucky and got one of the good ones

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alur
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/26/2009 6:10:18 PM

Rating + 5 Easy install, no issues


Pros: No issues. Works fine with W7, Vista, and XP.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: DVD RW/players are a mature product. There are no issues with this brand. I shop for the lowest price with free shipping and this is fit the criteria this week.

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Regnis
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/26/2009 2:48:26 PM

Rating + 3 They kept the Software !


Pros: Great Burner that does many extra things like SilentMode, SecurDisc, etc..

Cons: Cannot do this if NewEgg employees do not give us the Software that comes bundled with the oem drives. When you order 10 pcs and they send you a sealed box there is a Software Disk and a SATA cable. Ok, so if you do not order a whole box I can live with them keeping the SATA cable. The Software is important and comes with every drive (oem or Retail Box) LGE ships.

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INK
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/26/2009 2:03:45 PM

Rating + 5 No BlueBirds


Pros: I bought two of these drives knowing there was a firmware update. My drive came with the TN01 Firmware (No Bluebird). Great Drive, cheap price. Does what I want it to do. No problems! Thanks LG :)

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: I would buy this drive if I were you.

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Sid 6.7
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
10/25/2009 4:38:54 PM

Rating + 2 Doesn't last


Pros: Worked great...when it did.

Cons: I had it for about 3 months. I admit I did use the hell out of it. Burning & what not. The generic drive I got with the case is still running. So U can see why this thing is so cheap.

Other Thoughts: I mean the dive itself did run fantastic but I really prefer a dive w/o SATA. Less issues which might be the main reason why this drive crapped out.

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deux_anges
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/24/2009 8:30:48 PM

Rating + 3 Noisy


Pros: It works, and is pretty cheap.

Cons: Rather noisy.

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sweeper2
Tech Level: high
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/24/2009 10:25:17 AM

Rating + 5 great PRODUCT !!


Pros: great speed, easy install, looks great... no problems !!!

Cons: none !!

Other Thoughts: did not get any "spam" with the firmware ... installed, ran a few cd's to install some drivers for my pc... running Windows 7 and works great with it...

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kingsmill
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/23/2009 6:52:38 PM

Rating + 5 Nice basic drive


Pros: Burns Verbatim 16X DVDs at 18X using Img Burn. Decent performing drive for a great price and free shipping.

Cons: It is a bit noisy spinning discs. I have a GH22NP20 on the same PC and it's good deal quieter.

Other Thoughts: Snap to install, instant recognition in XP. You'll need a SATA cable. Shipped with the TN01 firmware installed. There was no Bluebirds adware to worry about.

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N/A
Tech Level: average
Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/22/2009 10:17:36 AM

Rating + 4 Quick.. and loud.


Pros: Fast, works well, looks pretty good.

Cons: Haven't used a lot of drives, so I can't make a comparison to them, but at high-speed this thing is looooud. It sounds like one of those RC cars spinning up.

Wouldn't burn dvd's in Ubuntu 8.10. I got 9.10 and added a 5gb swap partition thinking it might use it as temp space, and then it worked. Not sure which was the problem.

Wish it had a gloss-black cover, but I haven't seen any that come with something like that.

Other Thoughts: I don't see Bluebirds or anything. It just works like a burner should in Windows (and the latest Ubuntu, now).

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CSCn3rd
Tech Level: somewhat high
Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/21/2009 4:08:46 PM

Rating + 5 Very Good


Pros: Does everything it should.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Nothing happens when you close the drive with no disk, there is no Bluebird adware, that I have found. I don't get prompted to install anything, and there is nothing in the startup folder. The drive seems normal, and does exactly what it's supposed to, and nothing else. I am using Windows 7, if that makes a difference (about the adware problem).

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N/A
Tech Level: high
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/20/2009 7:07:07 PM

Rating + 3 LG DVD/CD Burner


Pros: Made by LG.

Cons: Seems a little cheaply made when opening and closing. The plastic disc trade seems like I will break it.

Other Thoughts: I thought this product would be great seeing as it's an LG but other than the cheap plastic, it works as any other one.

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Catman
Tech Level: average
Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
10/20/2009 8:58:33 AM

Rating + 5 OK Now


Pros: SATA. Plugged in, recognized right away; performs flawlessly (unlike the [new] Pioneer it replaces; only worked about a week).

Cons: None. Perfect. Ordering more.

Other Thoughts: LG must have read previous reviews. "Bluebird" does not appear to be present; at least on the drive I got.

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