LG GSA-4081B Multi DVD Recorder - Page 6

CloneCD Reading Tests

- Reading Tests

To create an image of the various protected titles onto a hard disk, we used CloneCD v.4.3.1.9 software and the appropriate settings, depending on the protection type of the inserted disc. Below are summarized the capabilities of the LG drive, according to CloneCD software. Notice that the drive supports writing of CD+G under RAW DAO:

The game titles we used for each protection scheme are given in the table below:

PSX Pressed Media

SafeDisc v.2

SecuROM v.2

The drive, while a little on the slow side, nevertheless managed to produce satisfactory ripping speeds.

- Writing Tests

The LG GSA-4081B supports the DAO-RAW writing mode. For checking the drive's EFM correction status, we used 3 different game titles with different SafeDisc 2 versions with the latest software patches installed. After making the images of the various titles to the hard disk, we burned them (maximum speed) with CloneCD. Two different discs were created for each title; one with the "Amplify Weak Sectors" enabled and one more with the function disabled.

The table below shows the results of the attempted backups and whether they ran (game installed / played normally), or not.

The drive performed as well as any of the DVD drives we have tested, being able to rip all but the SafeDisc v2.9 protected discs.