LG Electronics GDR-8163B 16x DVD-ROM Drive

by LG

Product Details

• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006AZ5AO
• Item model number: GDR8163BK
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 20, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Want to watch your favorite DVD movies right from your PC? Then the GDR-8163B is the drive for you. Each DVD holds up to 7 times as much information as a CD. That is enough space to hold over 2 hours of incredibly sharp digital video. What is more, the GDR-8163B is CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW compatible. 16x DVD-ROM drives from LG. They have the capacity for greatness.

Features and Benefits

• DVD-R/RW, CD-RW, CD-R Compatible
• MPC III Compliant
• Average Access Time DVD-ROM 125ms CD-ROM 100ms
• 256KB Buffer
• Convenient E-IDE/ATAPI Interface

Product Description

DVD-ROM Drive Convenient interface Plug and Play ready Super fast data transfer rate

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the few drives for backing up Wii games, October 22, 2008

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Jon Osbeck - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LG Electronics GDR-8163B 16x DVD-ROM Drive (Personal Computers)

I don't know what the previous review is about - sounds bitter - I have used this drive before and it worked perfectly. Seems like the above reviewer had a defective DVD-ROM.

Here is the info from wikipedia:

"A DVD drive capable of reading Wii and GC discs

Only specific drives are capable of reading Wii and GC discs, obviously in addition to the drive you will also need it installed in a PC with proper drives. At present the only drives known to be capable of reading Wii and GC discs are the following:

* Hitachi LG GDR-8161b (IDE)
* Hitachi LG GDR-8162b (IDE)
* Hitachi LG GDR-8163b (IDE)
* Hitachi LG GDR-8164b (IDE)
* Hitachi LG GDR-H10NBLK (SATA)
* Hitachi LG GDR-8082N - USB SLIM Portable Drive"

If your in the market for this - then this is the DVD drive for you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Works in older computers to copy Wii an Gamecube games!, May 27, 2011

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Justin P. - See all my reviews

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This review is from: LG Electronics GDR-8163B 16x DVD-ROM Drive (Personal Computers)

I bought two of these an both worked perfect! If your looking at these cause you want too mack backups of your original Wii an GameCube games then this is for you!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ..came in my Dell computer, December 19, 2010

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Richard Ranney (Las Vegas NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: LG Electronics GDR-8163B 16x DVD-ROM Drive (Personal Computers)

I just bought a used Dell computer, and this DVD-ROM was installed - may be original, maybe not. It seems to work just fine but makes a loud whirring noise on spin-up of the disk. A joke... I just wasted half an hour trying to make it write a CD, and then lookup up the details... it is just a reader. Hehe.