[aarhus2004]

Hi,

This model of LG's CDROMs is my only experience of them. That said I think I have more to say!

I bought it to burn with, and play DVDs on. It came bundled with Nero's 'Express' software disc. My success rate in burning was practically nil. Those CDRs now line my walls! Nero was extraordinarily supportive but after trying all they suggested nothing changed. This was over a period of six months. I virtually gave up on the burning software. I was able to play CDs in the drive and DVDs so I was halfway to where I wished to be.

I was in a friendly 'Ma and Pa' computer store one day. I went there to buy a fan (and because I liked the idea of a small store). In chatting I happened to mention the 'problem' I was having with Nero. The guy looked at me with surprise. "I almost never have failures", he said. Well one thing led to another and after buying the fan I was about to leave when he handed me a small item. "Put this in and see how the burning goes".

I installed the free ribbon connector and have not stopped having successful burns since. However that sells you Nero, perhaps, so how about this for the LG Combo 4520B?

I put smallish labels on my CDRs and to my horror one day a nasty noise came my way after I pressed the eject button on the LG drive to extract the CDR. The tray was jammed! By what? By that d....d label, is what!

I will be brief. I had to take out that drive. I had to open it up and lift the circuit board about 1/2" at one end. Then I inserted tweezers into the innards and headed for the label I could see. After several attempts and lots of prayers I got hold of it. Bye bye warranty. Would it work at all? It wasn't until I had played a CD, a DVD and done a burn job that I drew breath. And so several weeks later and many burns and great movies watched I can say, with absolute conviction. LG is for me. Was I also lucky?

[loserOlimbs]

I had an LG 52x24x52 CD rewrite drive and it worked ok until one day my CD started spinning faster and faster until my CD exploded inside the CD ROM. The shards of plastic ripped my ribbons, pushed the lens off track, and locked my tray half open. I will not buy another LG myself. But I do have friends who put them in all their machines and swear by them. But out of all the systems I have built and fixed that is the first CD rom I heard of doing that so I am staying away from LG.

[aarhus2004]

Gee LoserOlimbs,

It's a wonder you kept your head. <vbg>

[Miercaky]

Great stories guys but now I'm just a little confused ! One of you likes the LG brand and the other one doesn't ? This is the first time I've ever heard of an LG brand, what does LG stand for ? LG Combo 4520B hmmm?? Will I have to install a ribbon connector as well ? So Aarhus2004 when you were finally able to burn dvd's did you have to put it on your hard drive first before you were able to burn it onto a dvd ? If so that's not what I wanted, I want to be able burn a dvd directly from my cd rom (which plays dvds) to a dvd burner. I want to burn video dvds is that what you did with your LG burner ? I also have some home movies on vhs tapes I would like to put them on dvds, is there anyway possible for me to do that ? I just thought there would be some way for me to hook up my vcr to my computer and I thought someone might know how ? Have you ever heard of pricewatch.com I've been checking there for cd dvd burner combos, but there again, if that's what I really need, to do what I want to do. Burn a video dvd to dvd and possibly from a vhs tape to a dvd.?