Originally posted by: bluntman
It takes me around 15 minutes to burn (I use CloneDVD) a DVD. During the ripping process (I use DVD Shrink 2.3) I always extract just the movie and the 5.1 (DD or DTS) soundtrack, I don't bother with the menus. This way the movies automatically start once I insert the disc into my player.
The only downside to the LG drive is that being a brand new drive to the market some brands of media don't always burn at their advertised speed. I've bought several Princo 4x "-R" media and they only burn at 2x. Right now I am sticking to major brand name media, specifically Memorex 4x "+R" media because they burn at 4x, I am not waiting around half an hour or an hour for 2x or 1x media to finish burning. Sticking with the more established Sony or Pioneer burners you can easily get a sense of what works and what doesn't work (through forums like this or over at
DVD-R Help) because they've been around a bit longer and they have more "mature" firmware.