LG announced today the LG GH22, the company's latest Super-multi DVD burner, which supports recording of a full DVD in just 4:30 minutes, using the 22x recording speed.

LG's new drive comes to join Samsung's SH-S223 22x burner, scheduled for release later this summer.

LG's GH22 comes with a 2MB memory buffer coupled with buffer underun technology for reliable burning.

Specifications include 22x writing for DVD-R/+R, 16X for DVD+RW DL, 12x for DVD-R DL and 12x for DVD-RAM.

Its Lightscribe feature allows the GH22 to print images and on the surface of discs while the SecurDisc feature - also met in the company's previous DVD burners - enables secure data protection and content access control when writing data on CD and DVD formats. LG's new GH22 super Multi drive with Security Function offers password encryption, adds a digital signature to all data to allow recipients to verify data authenticity, detects altered data through checksums to verify data integrity and also increases data reliability through redundantly stored data.



Availability is expected in the second half of this year, priced at approximately 30,000 won ($30).

Specifications

- Interface: E-IDE
- Buffer underun technology
--Buffer: 2MB
- Vertical / horizontal installation
- LightScribe feature
- SecurDisc technology

Writing speeds:

DVD+R 22x
DVD+RW 8x
DVD-R 22x
DVD-RW 6x
16x DVD+R DL
12x DVD-R DL
DVD-RAM 12x
CD-R 48x
CD-RW 32x

Reading speeds:

DVD-ROM 16x DVD
CD-ROM 48x