LG 4020 Question

[nheather]

I have just obtained an LG 4020 DVD Writer. It was second hand at a very good price but came with no software, hardware, leads etc. I knew this at the time of purchase and wasn't bothered as I have all that stuff.

I fitted the drive to my Windows XP Pro machine and it was detected and worked first time.

I successfully formatted a DVD-RAM using the native windows software but noticed that the formatted size if 4.26GB and not 4.7GB as expected.

Is this right or do I need a specific driver. If I do need a driver where could I get one from - the LG site has no driver support for its DVD Writers.

I did manage to locate some firmware through internet searches and upgrades to version A109 but this didn't make any difference.

Any ideas?

Cheers,

Nigel

[DTSL06]

You have it right. Thats is size for a DVD-RAM. Also its the naming game when it comes to how much capacity disks can hold , just like your 80/120/160/200 GB HD is never that size (long story). Also when I had the LG4040, the DVD RAM discs when formatted were always smaller the the DVD-/+ r discs. I think this has to do with the error checking and formatting sectors that the DVD RAM uses

[nheather]

Thanks for the quick reply and confirmation.

Cheers,

Nigel

[Schmendrick]

Look at my last post in the following thread:

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=202050&highlight=dvdram+panasonic

CU

Schmendrick