LG 24X DVD Burner - Bare Drive 24X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 24X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM Black SATA Model GH24NS95

Pros: Great little drive no issues with it at all I bought one and then several weeks later i needed another one didnt hesitate to grab it again.

Cons: none atm

Overall Review: most folks dont use optical drives anymore but when ya have a client that wants one this one will suit your needs easily without breaking the bank

Pros: Not much to say here - it's a basic DVD burner and it works well in my small form factor HTPC. Haven't had any problems playing back movies or audio CDs.

Cons: None.

Pros: Works! Although this is my first SATA optical drive that has not given me any coasters and is quite and has worked more than 90 days, I'm not that happy with it. -First, it burns discs w/o errors. -It's very quite. But here is the part that annoys me, my old Pioneer PATA optical drive was a 20x and it burned the 16x blank at 20x, no matter what brand. This LG on the other hand says it burns at 24x but I'm yet to have one burned at that speed with the blank disc I put it, and the brands I've used are Sony, Memorex, TDK, Verbatin and none burned at 24x, yet my Pioneer did at 20x every single time.

Cons: No disc ever burned at 24x, despite all 4 most well known brand names.

Overall Review: I really don't know what to think what the problem could be, I've tried new firmware but still slow and wish Pioneer would make decent SATA optical drives but they don't, their PATA drives are rock solid though, I might have to buy a SATA to PATA card just to that I can go back and re-use my Pioneer PATA optical drive, because at least it will be faster than 16x.

Pros: Drawer is responsive - no long delays to open like our old one. Fairly quiet except when scanning a disc at top speed.

Cons: none so far.

Overall Review: Plays music CDs, loads game discs, software discs, DVD movies all OK - no problems. Also, we burned a few DVD-rs and a couple of CD-RWs. All are glitch-free.

Pros: is very quiet compared to Sony Optiarc, HP, and other generic CD\DVD drives I've had.

Cons: has MODISC and other labels in white across the front.

Overall Review: I wouldn't recommend paying over $15 for a internal DVD-R\RW nowadays.

Pros: Read and writes just as expected, no louder then any other DVD burner. Great price compared to a few years ago.

Cons: None

Overall Review: This is my 4th LG DVD Burner and they are still in service. I even have a LG Beige DVD reader that is a good 5+ years old working flawlessly.

Pros: This burner is capable of reading and writing both the -R and +R formats. and on top of that it is capable of writing M-Disc blanks. The price that I paid for this drive unbelievably low ($15.00 with free shipping). I am not complaining, it's just that I don't know how LG and NewEgg can break even at this price point. The drive is reasonably quiet and seems to work just fine. I think a reasonable person would be happy with this product

Cons: It does not have lightscribe. If the drive had contained both lightscribe and M-Disc then, in my opinion, this would be an outstanding product instead of just a good product. It is getting next to impossible to find any lightscribe supported drives anymore so the manufacturers may have stopped supporting the format. It's a shame because I liked to burn the labels on the surface of the disc. The drive was shipped with bios version RN00. The current version is RN01 and for a change I was able to find the new version at the LG website. The new version was released on January 16, 2013 which tells me that the drive has been sitting on the shelf for awhile.

Overall Review: This burner does a respectable job reading and writing discs. It seems to be dependable and quiet. I have several LG burners and they have been very dependable. At this price you can't go wrong buying this burner.

Pros: Very cheap disc burner with decent speed.

Cons: The drive stopped recognizing inserted disc after 6 months of use. I called LG because it was under warranty and it took them a MONTH and 5 calls and countless emails to get them to offer to replace the drive. I am still waiting for the replacement to be sent to me. I do not recommend this item because of their abysmal customer service, they first recommended a fix by plugging in the usb cord for an INTERNAL disc drive. There is not much technical understanding from their customer service and I was never allowed to speak to a manager because they were, "away from their desk" when I called. I do not suggest you buy this unless you have money to waste.