BD burner & HD DVD reader combo: LG Electronics GGW-H20L

Puma · **Posted:** Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:56 pm

Gradius wrote:

PumaUK wrote:

get them for around 100 pound here in the UK

Including the infamous VAT?

Btw, I'm living in Chile now.

Gradius

lol, we are known all the world wide for the infamous vat, amazingly, its included

Mikael1984 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:32 pm **Posts:** 3

Hi all! Sorry if this already have ben talked about. But, I want to buy the LG GGW-H20L blu ray burner /hd dvd reader and read on this site that the firware: LG/HLDS GGW-H20L - YL02 has been released.

Does this include a bypass of the RPC-2 region control that is set in the firmware of the burner?
Or how does the firmware's on this site work?

Thank you for the help

Mikael

chef · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:34 am

Nope! Official firmwares are always RPC2.

Mikael1984 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:32 pm **Posts:** 3

[_chef_] wrote:

Nope! Official firmwares are always RPC2.

Okey thank you for the quick response.
However do you happen to know if a modified firmware is available or if someone is working on that?

Regards,
Mikael

Puma · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:51 am

Mikael1984 wrote:

[_chef_] wrote:

Nope! Official firmwares are always RPC2.

Okey thank you for the quick response.
However do you happen to know if a modified firmware is available or if someone is working on that?

Regards,
Mikael

the issue, is for someone willing to test i think

chef · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2008 11:41 am

PumaUK wrote:

the issue, is for someone willing to test i think

Exactly that is the case.

Mikael1984 · **Joined:** Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:32 pm **Posts:** 3

well if something goes wrong, it still is possible to reflash to the "original" version?

In general does every BD burner / player have the firmware region coding? In software mode in Windows , it's more "risk free" to edit...

chef · **Posted:** Wed Apr 02, 2008 6:56 pm

Mikael1984 wrote:

well if something goes wrong, it still is possible to reflash to the "original" version?

Doubtful.

Mikael1984 wrote:

In general does every BD burner / player have the firmware region coding? In software mode in Windows , it's more "risk free" to edit...

Region Coding is always there for any DVD and BD drive.
http://bluray.liesinc.net/

zyxel · **Posted:** Thu May 22, 2008 9:49 am

i have now one week this drive GGW-H20L and i updated the latest firmware YLO3 from lg and i must say i am very happy with this drive cost was 250€ here in finland

but the burning speed is amazing 25gb in 10 minutes :lol:

Taxidermista · **Joined:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:34 pm **Posts:** 2

zyxel wrote:

i have now one week this drive GGW-H20L and i updated the latest firmware YLO3 from lg and i must say i am very happy with this drive cost was 250€ here in finland

but the burning speed is amazing 25gb in 10 minutes :lol:

That would be 6x write speed, right? What BDR media have you burned at 6x?

BTW, I've burned a Ridata BD-R 2x disk (id RITEK-BR1-00) with my GGW-H20L (firmware YL02) without problems at 2x in 42m 50s (21.85 GB).

You can buy these disks as low as $7.6 each one.

chef · **Posted:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:43 pm

AFAIK, only Sony & Verbatim 4x BD-R will allow you to burn at 6x with this drive.
But it depends really on the revision & MID of the media (!).

ala42 · **Posted:** Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:06 pm

Check this review.

chef · **Posted:** Sat Jun 14, 2008 6:55 pm

Thanks ala, i forgot the great review. :oops:

Taxidermista · **Joined:** Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:34 pm **Posts:** 2

ala42 wrote:

Check this review.

Why did he say in this review that those 21 min Verbatim and Panasonic writing times are 6x speed? That would be 4x, right?

ala42 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:11 am

6x is just the end write speed, but not the average write speed. Have a look at the write speed graph. Writing starts at 2.6x, ends at 6.04x, average write speed is 4.52x. Even cdspeed displays CLV, this is CAV writing.

cedvano · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:12 pm

Hi, when I can find BIN firmware for LG GGW-H20L for DOS?

Thank you

ala42 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 20, 2008 6:32 pm

cedvano wrote:

Hi, when I can find BIN firmware for LG GGW-H20L for DOS?

LG never released a DOS flasher package for the GGW series. There is a DOS flasher for a different drive which probably is compatible, but in the worst case such a try kills your drive.

cedvano · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:31 am

Thx Ala42,

My drive can't read HD-DVD since last firmware (1.03). I would like to return in 1.02.
CD, DVD and BD - OK!
I try Mtkflash, and nothing (stop without read).
I search another DOS flash.

++

ala42 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:13 am

Did you try the Windows 1.02 flasher ?

cedvano · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:12 pm

Where I can find it?
I try google and this forum. I don't find it.

thx

ala42 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:26 pm

There is no GGW-H20L 1.02 firmware. Post exact drive name and firmware revision.

cedvano · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:46 pm

Oh sorry, It's YL02 firmware for the GGW-H20L.
Because I've read an article on the GGC-H20L. :roll:

I've the GGW-H20L with BD-R burn.

ala42 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:57 pm

So you flashed YL03 and HD reading does not work anymore ? Flash the previous firmware.

cedvano · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:02 pm

I would like, but I can't.

Quote:

"Can't find the target drive."

ala42 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:11 pm

Which firmware was initially on the drive, which did you flash that started the trouble ? Can you flash the trouble making firmware again ?

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