LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei (LGETT), the Taiwan subsidiary of LG Electronics, on July 3 announced the launch of the its GBW-H10N Blu-ray Disc burner in the Taiwan market. The unit will be in stores later this week at a recommended retail price of NT$29,900 (US$923).
The GBW-H10N supports single-sided single-layer (SL) BD, DVD+RW/-RW, DVD-RAM (rewritable), CD-R/RW burning as well as SL and single-sided double-layer (DL) DVD+R/-R burning, according to LGETT. The model can also record and play back video in BD/DVD/CD formats, the company indicated.
| GBW-H10N specifications | |||
| Format | Maximum writing speed | Maximum reading speed | |
| Blue-laser Blu-ray Disc (BD) | BD-ROM, SL |
| 4.8x |
| BD-ROM, DL |
| 4x | |
| BD-R (recordable, write once), SL | 4x | 4.8x | |
| BD-RE (rewritable), SL | 2x | 2x | |
| Red-laser DVD | -ROM, SL |
| 16x |
| -ROM, DL |
| 8x | |
| -R, SL | 12x | 10x | |
| -R, DL | 4x | 8x | |
| -RW | 6x | 10x | |
| +R, SL | 12x | 10x | |
| +R, DL | 4x | 8x | |
| +RW | 8x | 10x | |
| -RAM | 5x | 5x | |
| -Video (CSS) |
| 8x | |
| CD | -ROM |
| 40x |
| -R | 8x | 40x | |
| -RW | 10x | 40x | |
| -DA (DAE) |
| 40x | |
Source: LGETT, compiled by DigiTimes.com, July 2006
The LG GBW-H10N Blu-ray Disc burner
Photo: LGETT