LG GH22NS30 vs Samsung SH-S223F

[kyrcy]

What would be the best choice between the LG GH22NS30 and the Samsung SH-S223F?

[ocgw]

specs, customer satisfation and warranty period on these two drives are nearly identical according to info from the newegg site

www.newegg.com

ocgw

peace

[jman98]

I know nothing about these specific players. However, you should know that every DVD player that Samsung makes now anywhere in the world is region locked and no one has found a way to change the region on their players. If you care anything at all about having a region free DVD player, Samsung would be a horrible choice. And I am not at all suggesting that the LG can be made region free (I have no idea), but I can promise you that the Samsung CANNOT be made region free.

[samijubal]

Aren't these burners not players?

[budz]

Those models are dvd burners. The LG GH22NS30 can be made region free & rip at faster speeds using MEDIA CODE SPEED EDIT since LG drives have their read speeds riplocked. From the looks at the Samsung drive some have reported the drive having a early death.

http://ala42.cdfreaks.com/MCSE/

I'd buy the LG drive and patch it using MCSE. If you want a good drive buy a PIONEER 216 or 217 dvd burner.

[HemLok]

The Samsung SH-S223F is a great reader. I wouldn't call it the best burner in the world.

Just as with the LG drive you can use MCSE you can use C0deKing's Patch Utility for Samsung MTK Based DVD Writers for the Samsung SH-S223F drive.

1. Increase 16x SL read speed to 18x
2. Incrase DL read speed to 16x
3. Remove video riplock
4. Enhanced OPC
5. Retain book type after eject[list:b36c1c8f01]
6. Default book type DVD-ROM

[*]RPC1 (Region free)[/list:b36c1c8f01]

You can get C0deKing's patcher here: http://codeguys.rpc1.org/patchers.html

I'm a fan of LG drives for burning but I wouldn't give up my Samsung SH-S223F for using as a reader.

[jman98]

Aren't these burners not players?

Oops! My bad. Forget what I said.

[ocgw]

Ratings by ppl that actually bought the LG GH22NS30 drive @ newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136152&Tpk=LG%20GH22NS30

Review Summary (read all 857 Reviews, write a review)

5 = excellent 73%
4 = good 14%
3 = average 5%
2 = poor 3%
1 = very poor 5%

Product Rating:
Total Reviews: 857

Model
Brand LG
Type DVD Burner
Model GH22NS30
Performance
DVD-ROM Access Time 140ms
CD-ROM Access Time 120ms
Cache 2MB
WRITE Speed
DVD+R 22X (CAV)
DVD+RW 8X
DVD-R 22X (CAV)
DVD-RW 6X
CD-R 48X
CD-RW 32X
DVD+R DL 16X
DVD-R DL 12X
DVD-RAM 12X
READ Speed
DVD-ROM 16X
CD-ROM 48X
Physical Spec
Form Factor 5.25"
Panel Color Black
Configuration
Load Type Tray
Interface SATA

Ratings by ppl that actually bought the Samsung SH-S223F drive @ newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827151171&Tpk=SH-S223F

Review Summary (read all 736 Reviews, write a review)

5 = excellent 73%
4 = good 14%
3 = average 4%
2 = poor 4%
1 = very poor 5%

Product Rating:
Total Reviews: 736

Brand SAMSUNG
Type DVD Burner
Model SH-S223F
Performance
DVD-ROM Access Time 130ms
CD-ROM Access Time 110ms
Cache 2MB
WRITE Speed
DVD+R 22X
DVD+RW 8X
DVD-R 22X
DVD-RW 6X
CD-R 48X
CD-RW 32X
DVD+R DL 16X
DVD-R DL 12X
DVD-RAM 12X
READ Speed
DVD-ROM 16X
CD-ROM 48X
Physical Spec
Form Factor 5.25"
Panel Color Black
Configuration
Load Type Tray
Interface SATA

When I said they had nearly indentical reviews, specs, and warranties I was NOT guessing

ocgw

peace

[budz]

When I said they had nearly indentical reviews, specs, and warranties I was NOT guessing

ocgw

peace

I wouldn't necessarily go by what the newegg reviews say when it comes to dvd burners. I have owned only 2 LG drives from my enormous dvd burner collection. Yes, I'm a dvd burner whore just look at my specs.
LG doesn't provide new firmware for their drives all they do is come out with new models. Every dvd burner has their own pros/cons.

You want reviews on dvd burners then go to CDFreaks.com and check out all the different forums. I haven't bought a new dvd burner in about 6 months now. I love flashing them with hacked firmware. The PIONEER dvd burners are solid and they don't have their read speeds locked like LG does. Yuh, you can use MCSE to have the LG drives rip at faster speeds and so can PIONEER drives. The only exception is the PIONEER drives no longer have the read speeds locked. SAMSUNG drives are great too but some die premature deaths. C0deKinG loves creating his new toys for dvd burners. My last SAMSUNG drive was the S203B.
Just my 2 cents!

[ocgw]

When I said they had nearly indentical reviews, specs, and warranties I was NOT guessing

ocgw

peace

I wouldn't necessarily go by what the newegg reviews say when it comes to dvd burners. I have owned only 2 LG drives from my enormous dvd burner collection. Yes, I'm a dvd burner whore just look at my specs.
LG doesn't provide new firmware for their drives all they do is come out with new models. Every dvd burner has their own pros/cons.

You want reviews on dvd burners then go to CDFreaks.com and check out all the different forums. I haven't bought a new dvd burner in about 6 months now. I love flashing them with hacked firmware. The PIONEER dvd burners are solid and they don't have their read speeds locked like LG does. Yuh, you can use MCSE to have the LG drives rip at faster speeds and so can PIONEER drives. The only exception is the PIONEER drives no longer have the read speeds locked. SAMSUNG drives are great too but some die premature deaths. C0deKinG loves creating his new toys for dvd burners. My last SAMSUNG drive was the S203B.
Just my 2 cents!

I am not saying reading CD Freaks reviews is not a good idea, it is good to read professional reviews of performance, but I think that the reviews by "average joes" @ newegg, especially when they number in the hundreds, and average "5 eggs" is the most indicative of the quality and reliability of a drive, hell if half a thousand nubs don't have problems w/ either of these drives, (and have done every cockamamie thing imaginable to these drives) I know I probably won't have a problem either lmao

ps. lovin' my new Pioneer BDR-203

Edit: Damn, you do have a lot of burners, sheeez!!,

btw I have 5 burners "in service", another 2, or 3 in the drawer

ocgw

peace