The Taiwan subsidiary of LG Electronics announced on the launch of the its 4x GBW-H10N Blu-ray Disc burner in the Taiwan market. The device will be in stores later this week at a recommended retail price of NT$29,900 (US$923). The ATAPI burner supports 4x recording for BD-R and 2x for BD-RE. The drive is also capable of recording on DVD-RAM media at 5x. The DVD-R/+R DL media is also supported by the drive.

The model can also record and play back video in BD/DVD/CD formats.

Staying with LG, the Korean company is also planning to release its first 18x DVD burner - named GSA-H22N - in Europe later this month. The company has also changed its early plans to release the GSA-H30N (S-ATA) and the GSA-H10L (ATAPI) Super Multi DVD burners with 12x DVD-RAM recording (RAM2) and DL 10x/16x DVD burners overseas (outside Korea).

Specifications LG GBW-H10N

Reading

BD-ROM (SL) 4.8x max.
BD-ROM (DL) 4x max.
BD-R (SL) 4.8x max.
BD-RE (SL) 2x CLV
DVD-ROM (Single/Dual) 16x/8x max.
DVD-R/RW/ 10x/10x/8x max
DVD-RAM 2x, 3x, 5x PCAV
DVD-Video (CSS) 8x max. (Single/Dual Layer)
DVD+R/+RW/DL 10x/10x/8x max.
CD-R/RW/ROM 40x/40x/40x max.
CD-DA (DAE) 40x max.

Writing

BD-R (SL) 2x, 4x CLV
BD-RE (SL) 2x CLV
DVD-R 2x, 4x CLV, 8x, 12x PCAV
DVD-R Dual Layer 2x, 4x CLV
DVD-RW 1x, 2x, 4x, 6x CLV
DVD-RAM 2x, 3x ZCLV, 5x PCAV
DVD+R 2.4x, 4x CLV, 8x ZCLV, 12x PCAV
DVD+R DL 2.4x, 4x CLV
DVD+RW 2.4x, 4x, 6x, 8x ZCLV
CD-R 4x, 8x CLV
CD-RW 4x, 8x, 10x CLV