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- LG GP08NU20 Portable Super Multi Drive General Features: Black color External DVD Rewriter
- USB 2.0 interface 2 MB buffer Buffer under run protection technology
- Average access time (1/3 Stroke): CD-ROM 220 msec; DVD-ROM 210 msec; DVD-RAM (Ver 2.2) 260 msec
- Emergency eject support Supports Region 1 playback Supports region playback control Phase II
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Product Description:
LG GP08NU20BK 8x DVD-R DL/24x CD-DA USB 2 Slim External Super-Multi DVD Rewriter, black | | | | |
Rating:  - Worst drive ever
By T. Smith ()
You have to install the upgrade from cyberlink which is an additional 50.00 if you have windows 7. After this is done the drive works perfect but it may be easier and cheaper to buy a better drive. I will never buy a LG product again. Rating:  - Ultra-Compact Portable DVD Burner
By Alan Houston (Houston, Texas, United States)
I recently got an Aspire One netbook to have an ultra-light computer in my briefcase on a daily basis. I soon realized it would be nice to have a DVD drive to play and burn DVD\'s and CD\'s.
The LG Portable Super Multi-Drive is slim and light, just like my Acer Aspire netbook. Its glossy black top attracts fingerprints, just like the Aspire...they look like they were made for each other.
The LG Drive plugs into a USB port on my netbook, so no bulky power pack is needed. The USB cord has two power plugs, because some USB ports may not put out enough power, so the cord allows plugging into two USB ports to get a higher level of power, if needed. One plug was enough with the Acer.
Because the unit is designed to draw a minimum of power, the DVD tray only pops out about an inch when you press the button. You pull it out the rest of the way manually. It also has a tiny \"bobby pin\" hole for an emergency release, to open the tray if a DVD gets stuck in the tray.
I used it first to watch a DVD movie I had rented. Windows Media Player with Window 7 produced a terrific picture, but no sound. I downloaded the free VLC media player, and the LG then played back the DVD movie with both a great picture, and nice stereo sound.
When I then played the DVD again using Windows Media Player, WMP also was producing stereo sound. I suspect the VLC player installed an audio codec that Windows 7 was missing, and that codec is now being used by both VLC and Windows to play back DVD movies.
I also used the LG to copy some of my favorite CD\'s to the Acer\'s hard drive. The LG did the job quickly and quietly. The LG is small enough and light enough to carry along on a vacation. It converts my Acer netbook into a nice movie player, and lets me listen to music CD\'s when the movie is over.
I am guessing that a lot of folks using Windows 7 may run into the audio problem when trying to watch a movie DVD. They need to understand that the problem has nothing to do with the LG Drive, it simply means they need to download the free VLC media player and allow it to install the audio codecs that Windows 7 is missing...thanks Bill Gates for leaving essential audio codecs out of Windows 7. Rating: - Worst external DVD I have ever used
By Danimal Jenkins ()
It reads a DVD about 30% of the time. I have to constantly unplug it and plug it back in to get it to work properly, and that only brings the success rate up to 40% of the time. I personally will never buy an LG product ever again. Rating:  - Wrong software on netbook
By P. Duffy (VA)
I received my Toshiba netbook and it would not play a DVD/movie from the external drive! After trouble shooting with the manufacturer for 3 weeks I finally was told that the s/w sent on the netbook was not capable of playing a DVD!! I was flabbergasted, to say the least. The tech then took control and downloaded and installed a capable s/w that runs the DVD just fine. I do not think Amazon should be distributing netbooks with incompatible software! Rating: - No Mac Support
By T. Stauffer ()
I bought this drive in hopes of having an inexpensive replacement for the dead internal SuperDrive inside my Mac. I had read a favorable review elsewhere indicating that someone else had bought it for this purpose and it was working fine. Interestingly, it seems to function great while in OSX, but I am having significant trouble booting from it. Installing OSX is the primary reason why I need a DVD drive at all, and so this is a bit disappointing.
In LG\'s defense, the drive does not advertise Mac compatibility. I assumed this meant that there was no Mac compatible software, but it seems that it also means more.
I guess this one will be a return.
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