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LG Black 6X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Blu-ray/HD DVD-ROM & 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Model GGC-H20L - Retail

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The LG GGC-H20L 16X Blu-ray/HD DVD drive brings you dual-layer DVD capability, LightScribe creativity, and LG quality. The drive connects via SATA. In dual-layer mode, you'll be able to write 8.5 GB of data to one dual-layer DVD, in DVD±R mode, you'll get 16X write speed, and you can play and burn your DVDs right on the spot! No matter what media you need to work with, you'll have the right tools to get the job done quickly and accurately.

Blu-ray Disc offers an unprecedented 25 GB capacity on a single-layer disc and 50 GB on a dual layer disc. That's enough storage for nine hours of HD movies, 23 hours of standard definition content or 72 CDs on a single disc! In addition to its massive storage capacity, Blu-ray Disc gives you MPEG2 playback, the native compression technique for HDTV broadcasts, or even more capacity with advanced codes such as AVC.

With LightScribe, you can burn silkscreen-quality images of your custom-designed artwork directly onto LightScribe blanks. Dress your business presentations in corporate attire, your music media in album cover art, or your personal photo discs in an original design you create! Whatever your disc-based media needs, this cutting edge drive is the right tool for the job!

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Total Reviews: 550

HDCP workaround

white Reviewed By: on 12/13/2007
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: less than 1 day
Pros: see below
Cons: see below
Other Thoughts: Efflixi: just get AnyDVD HD, it gets rid of HDCP nonsense.
My monitor is NOT HDCP, and I watch them all, blu-ray, HD DVD...
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Well worth the money

white Reviewed By: FATBOY on 11/21/2007
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Quiet, plays Blu-Ray and HD disks without any problems. I upgraded to Cyber Link Power DVD Ultra. Unbelieveable sound from my Bose Companion 5.
Cons: Does not burn Hd or Blu-ray discs.
Other Thoughts: Using a Pny GEForce 8600 GT card. Using component out to my Plasma TV. Will work flawlessly when in the Dual mode without any HDCP Capable problems. In my dual mode I cannot get the monitor and the tv to work at the same time.

The only way I get the movie to play on both my monitor and tv at the same time I have to select clone mode on my video card.

The only problem with using the clone mode is that HDCP Capable will not work and movie will not play. The only thing I was able to do to fix this was to have AnyDVDHD running in the background and it removed any HDCP protection problems.

I also was able to rip with AnyDVD Blu-Ray movie to my hard drive (50 GB) and Hd movie to my hard drive (25 GB) without any problems and was able to play it from my hard drive pefectly.

I wish I could fiqure out how to get it working with my xbox360 through the windows media connect. I tried playing the files through my 360 and did not work.
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Quick Specs (view all30)

ModelGGC-H20L
TypeInternal
Cache4MB
BD-ROM6X
DVD-ROM16X

Review Summary (read all 550 Reviews)

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Nice, but doesn't play BluRay

white Reviewed By: on 7/27/2009
Rating + 1
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Hardware works great. Included software "LG Hi Def Suite" had every feature I could think of and seemed stable and pleasant to use.
Cons: The included software "CyberLink PowerDVD 7.3 Ultra" (part of the LG Hi Def Suite) will not play recent retail BluRay discs. The software will get into an infinite loop of "Update Required", "Update Complete" without actually accomplishing anything on recent BluRay discs. CyberLink PowerDVD Tech support has sent me a specific patch for this drive that failed to resolve the issue, and now they simply say "Sorry".

Note that a trial version of AnyDVD HD software was able to bypass copy protection on the drive and allowed PowerDVD to play back discs, but since it's a 14 day trial and $100 software, as much as the drive itself costs, that's not an ideal solution.
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No problems whatsoever.

white Reviewed By: on 7/24/2009
Rating + 5
Tech Level Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Very fast drive. Coming from a 6 year old DVD burner drive, this thing blew me away with it's speed. Plays Blu-Rays no problem and at an admirable speed.
Cons: Haven't encountered any.
Other Thoughts: Haven't tested HDDVD's because I do not own any, but I'm going to assume it works.
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Not so fast...

white Reviewed By: mE on 7/23/2009
Rating + 2
Tech Level Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: - Plays Blu-ray, I think.
- Burns DVDs ok.
Cons: - Slow read for Blu-ray, DVD, everything.
- Power DVD 7 is garbage.
- A bit too long for certain cases.
Other Thoughts: The only way I am able to watch Blu-ray with these drives, is by placing a Blu-ray disc in it, and ripping it to the hard drive. Otherwise, the video keeps breaking up due to slow read. - DO NOT get the OEM version of this, or you won't even get the bad Power DVD 7 that comes with the retail version. You will eventually have to get Power DVD 9 Ultra.
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General
Brand LG
Model GGC-H20L
Type Internal
Performance
Cache 4MB
Read Speed
BD-ROM 6X
DVD-ROM 16X
CD-ROM 40X
Physical Spec
Form Factor 5.25"
Panel Color Black
Configuration
Load Type Tray
Interface SATA
Features
Features LightScribe Support

Read speed:
HD DVD-ROM: 3X

Write Speed:
DVD+R: 16X
DVD+RW: 8X
DVD-R: 16X
DVD-RW: 6X
CD-R: 40X
CD-RW: 24X
DVD+R DL: 4X
DVD-R DL: 4X
DVD-RAM: 5X
Packaging
Package Contents GGC-H20L
User Manual
Software Disk
SATA Cable
Power Cable

Introduction

The LG GGC-H20L 16X Blu-ray/HD DVD drive brings you dual-layer DVD capability, LightScribe creativity, and LG quality. The drive connects via SATA. In dual-layer mode, you'll be able to write 8.5 GB of data to one dual-layer DVD, in DVD±R mode, you'll get 16X write speed, and you can play and burn your DVDs right on the spot! No matter what media you need to work with, you'll have the right tools to get the job done quickly and accurately.

Blu-ray Disc offers an unprecedented 25 GB capacity on a single-layer disc and 50 GB on a dual layer disc. That's enough storage for nine hours of HD movies, 23 hours of standard definition content or 72 CDs on a single disc! In addition to its massive storage capacity, Blu-ray Disc gives you MPEG2 playback, the native compression technique for HDTV broadcasts, or even more capacity with advanced codes such as AVC.

With LightScribe, you can burn silkscreen-quality images of your custom-designed artwork directly onto LightScribe blanks. Dress your business presentations in corporate attire, your music media in album cover art, or your personal photo discs in an original design you create! Whatever your disc-based media needs, this cutting edge drive is the right tool for the job!

Highlights

newegg Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD-ROM Compliant
Compatible with almost all existing disc formats, the LG GGC-H20L also supports next-generation Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD including single and dual layer BD-ROM, BD-RE, BD-R and HD DVD-ROM for high-definition movie playback.
newegg SuperMulti DVD Burner
The LG GGC-H20L enables users to burn any DVD+R/-R, DVD+RW/-RW or DVD-RAM disc and supports the dual-layer function allowing up to 8.5GB data to be burned and saved on a single dual-layer disc. Burn your own DVD/VCD movies or backup data with ease!
newegg LightScribe Technology
Say goodbye to adhesive labels, paint or ink! With the innovative LightScribe technology, the LG GGC-H20L burns any image or text directly onto the surface of LightScribe-compatible CDs or DVDs to create your own publication-like disc collection.
newegg SATA Interface
With the next-generation SATA interface, the LG GGC-H20L supports up to 1.5 Gb/s bandwidth to provide more stable and speedy data transfer for faster and smoother read and write performance.

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