So far, the LG WH14NS40 arrived in a simple plastic bag with all the needed or required parts, including the useless software. (Sorry, I make more use of open source programs as they're more reliable then closed source.)
Regardless of the lack of cardboard, the bulk unit looks to be in pristine shape, and I prefer bulk items as they're cheaper. (Can't do much with the card board once the item is unwrapped and seems to be a waste of money.)
Pros:
1) Eject seems to work much smoother & quicker then the Pioneer BDR-207.
2) Cool blue LED drive activity light. It's far from being too bright, which is good. Although I didn't mind the older LED green lights. Guess this shows LG is on-the-ball with always trying something a little new, without being too excessive and risking breaking perfectly fine features.
3) Eject button is also of different style, which is a move away from the old style buttons. Dunno if there's any benefit, but it's a change from the past without any apparent risk to the function of the button.
4) Since I primarily record data and not music, this drive support 48x CD-R versus the Pioneer BDR-207 (and the newer BDR-208?) only supporting 40x CD-R speed rates. My guess, Pioneer is in the business of audio quality versus data archiving.
# dmesg
scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH14NS40 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 1x/1x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
cdrom: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
# cdrecord -prcap
Cdrecord-ProDVD-ProBD-Clone 3.00 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2010 Jörg Schilling
Linux sg driver version: 3.5.34
Using libscg version 'schily-0.9'.
No target specified, trying to find one...
Using dev=2,0,0.
Device type : Removable CD-ROM
Version : 5
Response Format: 2
Capabilities :
Vendor_info : 'HL-DT-ST'
Identifikation : 'BD-RE WH14NS40 '
Revision : '1.00'
Device seems to be: Generic mmc2 DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM.
Drive capabilities, per MMC-3 page 2A:
Does read CD-R media
Does write CD-R media
Does read CD-RW media
Does write CD-RW media
Does read DVD-ROM media
Does read DVD-R media
Does write DVD-R media
Does read DVD-RAM media
Does write DVD-RAM media
Does support test writing
Does read Mode 2 Form 1 blocks
Does read Mode 2 Form 2 blocks
Does read digital audio blocks
Does restart non-streamed digital audio reads accurately
Does support Buffer-Underrun-Free recording
Does read multi-session CDs
Does read fixed-packet CD media using Method 2
Does not read CD bar code
Does read R-W subcode information
Does not return R-W subcode de-interleaved and error-corrected
Does read raw P-W subcode data from lead in
Does return CD media catalog number
Does return CD ISRC information
Does support C2 error pointers
Does not deliver composite A/V data
Does play audio CDs
Number of volume control levels: 256
Does support individual volume control setting for each channel
Does support independent mute setting for each channel
Does not support digital output on port 1
Does not support digital output on port 2
Loading mechanism type: tray
Does support ejection of CD via START/STOP command
Does not lock media on power up via prevent jumper
Does allow media to be locked in the drive via PREVENT/ALLOW command
Is not currently in a media-locked state
Does not support changing side of disk
Does not have load-empty-slot-in-changer feature
Does not support Individual Disk Present feature
Maximum read speed: 177 kB/s (CD 1x, DVD 0x, BD 0x)
Current read speed: 177 kB/s (CD 1x, DVD 0x, BD 0x)
Maximum write speed: 8468 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x, BD 1x)
Current write speed: 8468 kB/s (CD 48x, DVD 6x, BD 1x)
Rotational control selected: CLV/PCAV
Buffer size in KB: 4064
Copy management revision supported: 1
Number of supported write speeds: 0
Current performance according to MMC get performance:
Maximum performance according to MMC get performance:
End LBA: 2298496
Read Speed: 53952 == 53952x NONE
Write Speed: 6400 == 6400x NONE
Supported CD-RW media types according to MMC-4 feature 0x37:
Does write multi speed CD-RW media
Does write high speed CD-RW media
Does write ultra high speed CD-RW media
Does write ultra high speed+ CD-RW media
Supported profiles according to MMC-4 feature list:
Current: none
Profile: BD-RE
Profile: BD-R random recording
Profile: BD-R sequential recording
Profile: BD-ROM
Profile: DVD+R/DL
Profile: DVD+R
Profile: DVD+RW
Profile: DVD-R/DL layer jump recording
Profile: DVD-R/DL sequential recording
Profile: DVD-RW sequential recording
Profile: DVD-RW restricted overwrite
Profile: DVD-RAM
Profile: DVD-R sequential recording
Profile: DVD-ROM
Profile: CD-RW
Profile: CD-R
Profile: CD-ROM
Profile: Removable Disk
Supported features according to MMC-4 feature list:
Feature: 'Profile List' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Core' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Morphing' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Removable Medium' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'Write Protect'
Feature: 'Random Readable'
Feature: 'Multi Read'
Feature: 'CD Read'
Feature: 'DVD Read'
Feature: 'Random Writable'
Feature: 'Incremental Streaming Writable'
Feature: 'Formattable'
Feature: 'Defect Management'
Feature: 'Restricted Overwrite'
Feature: 'CD-RW CAV Write'
Feature: 'DVD+RW'
Feature: 'DVD+R'
Feature: 'Rigid Restricted Overwrite'
Feature: 'CD Track at Once'
Feature: 'CD Mastering'
Feature: 'DVD-R/-RW Write'
Feature: 'Layer Jump Recording'
Feature: 'CD-RW Write'
Feature: 'BD-R Pseudo-Overwrite (POW)'
Feature: 'DVD+R/DL Read'
Feature: 'BD Read'
Feature: 'BD Write'
Feature: 'Hybrid Disk Read'
Feature: 'Power Management' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'S.M.A.R.T.'
Feature: 'CD Audio analog play'
Feature: 'Microcode Upgrade'
Feature: 'Time-out' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'DVD-CSS'
Feature: 'Real Time Streaming'
Feature: 'Logical Unit Serial Number' (current) (persistent) Serial: 'K8LC4M05052 '
Feature: 'Media Serial Number'
Feature: 'Disk Control Blocks'
Feature: 'Microcode Information' (current) (persistent)
Feature: 'AACS'
I'll update this review and it's rating as I record to media, but so far, most have bought this drive versus the Pioneer BDR-207, for which I initially purchased but ran into problems.
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