LG stands for 'lousy gear'
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 by Jafo | Discussion: Personal Computing
My DVD burner died in my current/new machine.
I know they're built to a price, not a quality...but I figure I've used it no more than a few dozen times in its life....but it studiously waited 'long enough' to be out of warranty.
They shouldn't kark it that easily.
Maybe it was getting all moralistic on me...as I was attempting to 'rip' my Nephew's music to MP3 [and I'd omitted to let the drive know I even had permission to do it].
I reverted to the second one....that still works [for now].
Maybe too it 'heard me' thinking I'd remove one of them to free up space for a new, swish HD and got all upset....
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Reply #2 Tuesday, November 9, 2010 11:38 PM
LOL yeh ive been having a heck of a time with LG Phones, my dare died, i had the extended waranty so they sent me a Voyager Titanium, which the touch screen did not work from the get go. Now I have got another Voyager but it eats battery life like a kid in a candy store.. 
Reply #3 Tuesday, November 9, 2010 11:45 PM
hmmmmm. currently i have 2 samsung drives but i used lg drives in the past. during the time i used lg drives, i never had one die on me. btw, i didn't recommend that drive to you, did i? if i did, i guess it's good that i live here and you're way down yonder.
Reply #4 Tuesday, November 9, 2010 11:58 PM
No....they were just 'what was available' at my fave comp shop.
In the past they'd been Pioneers...and they were fine.
The typical price has been going down.....and so [it looks like] has the lifespan...
Reply #5 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:16 AM
out of curiosity - how long did it live without giving up the ghost?
Reply #6 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:50 AM
bit over 18 months...but as I said...didn't get much use...beyond the odd game install....
Reply #7 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:06 AM
There you go, those "odd games" will get you in trouble...
Reply #8 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:14 AM
yeh I only buy the regular ones.. them odd ones scare me.. 
Reply #9 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 1:30 AM
Yeah...for some reason the burners seem to crap out with little use. I've had a bugger of a time saving things to disc so I just said screw it and got additional external drives and only use the burners to install something...hopefully they won't crap out for that.
Reply #10 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 6:03 AM
Elemental must be to blame! (jk) Because the other night it killed one of my sli config 9800GT graphics cards. Just out of warranty too! It's gonna cost me £80 to replace. That makes me a sad panda!!!!
Reply #11 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 6:41 AM
I have never installed Elemental ....
Games of choice are Driving/flight sims ... or FPS ...
Reply #12 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 6:56 AM
Same experience here with LG drives. Not good 
Reply #13 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:04 AM
I'll be sure to stay away from lg then. Good thing I'm a long ways from building a rig. Not that far but far enough.
Reply #14 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:15 AM
my LG monitor. Best looking monitor i've seen and worked on. Next investment LASER TV/Monitor... $$$$$.$$
Reply #15 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:34 AM
i'm with marks about the lg monitors. i've had my 24 inch lg for 4 or 5 years now and it's still the best monitor i've seen. it isn't a tn panel so it doesn't crush blacks and greys and the color reproduction is amazing.
anywho, back to the lg optical drives: i usually put lg or samsung drives in customer rigs and have yet to have any of either manufacturer die. i guess i've been fortunate in that regard. and yeah, the 'odd' games are probably the culprit.
how are those magnetic boots working for ya, paul. are they still holding you to the planet?
Reply #16 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 8:41 AM
Yes...the boots work just fine....gotta admit it was a little 'odd' last year...walking around on the 'top' of the planet...up Canada way....
Didn't need the boots...
Reply #17 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 10:09 AM
Of all the LG-manufactured pieces of hardware I've owned, the only one that's died on me was my old CRT monitor, brutally killed by a blackout alongside my TV. Damn power company. About 70% of my optical drives have been LG, the rest being Samsung, and they've all survived until being replaced by a next-gen one, in spite of them being in heavy use for a week or so before sitting unused for months (I use them mostly for backups, which I make roughly twice a year).
In fact, I'm currently saving up for another LG LCD monitor, based on my great experiences with my current one. Dual-screen setup, here I come!
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Reply #19 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:06 AM
darn, and here all along I thought it mean lame gadgets.
Reply #20 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 11:47 AM
Paul, you blaming anyone for malfunctioning anything after it's been touched by the infamous Jafo bacio della morte is simply implausible.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, November 9, 2010 11:35 PM
Agreed. I hate throw away tech. Sadly, most of it is anymore.
I guess the "good" news is that you are out like $20...