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

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0006AZ5AO
• Item model number: GDR8163BK
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #7,855 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• 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
Access has never been so quick and video so clear. The GDR8163B DVD-ROM drive can read DVD data at 16x Max and can play all kinds of DVD formats and data CD.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

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

By	Jon Osbeck - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING.DONT BUY THIS DVD, March 10, 2007

By	W. Douh - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

dont buy this dvd player.it will stop detecting dvd's after a while and lg doesn't seem to give a damn about this error.go online you will see that many lg dvd owners have this problem as well.dont buy!!!