LG Electronics 16X MAX DVD-ROM DRIVE ( GDR-8162BI )

by LG

Product Details

Product Manual [183kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.8 x 1.6 inches ; 1.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0000AQNYR
• Item model number: GDR-8162BI
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 18, 2003

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Value, Great Product, Good Software Included!!!!!, December 15, 2003

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M. Nyein (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LG Electronics 16X MAX DVD-ROM DRIVE ( GDR-8162BI ) (Personal Computers)

LG 16X MAX DVD-ROM DRIVE is definately a great product. Extremely low noise and fast playback for both CD and DVD. It's very inexpensive compare to many other brands. Plus it also include a FREE high quality software[PowerDVD]for the DVD movie playback. Many other brands at this price range do not include DVD software...It's also amazingly quiet on both CD and DVD playback. Overall, it's a great value product. Recommended!!!!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It crawls at 1.5X after two weeks!!!, June 2, 2004

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This review is from: LG Electronics 16X MAX DVD-ROM DRIVE ( GDR-8162BI ) (Personal Computers)

Bought this dvd-rom as a back up to my dvd writer. It came with PowerDVD, which seems to be more versatile than WinDVD. I noticed that it originally read at above 8x max but now it is constantly at about 1.5x, which defeats the purpose of my purchase because it's now reads slower than my dvd writer that rates at a slower read speed! The program that I use to rip dvds for backup always show something in the buffer, sometimes as much as 50%! My computer slows down to a crawl whenever this dvd-rom is used to rip a dvd; doing something like surfing the web seems to be a chore. You should think about buying some other dvd-rom drive if your purpose is not to watch movies only.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Solid bargain, April 29, 2004

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Adam Lowe "genesis2seven" (Jacksonville, FL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LG Electronics 16X MAX DVD-ROM DRIVE ( GDR-8162BI ) (Personal Computers)

Great product for the price. No problems. Performs great. Decent software package to boot.