June 3rd, 2008

LG Electronics today launched its new line of optical disc drives, featuring one of the fastest Blu-ray reading and writing speeds available at a super-fast 6x.

The latest models — LG BE06, LG GBC-H20L, and LG GBW-H20L - are available now through U.S.retail stores as well as other online electronics retailers.

Unique to LG, the line offers SecurDisc capabilities, which provide data protection and content access control on all current optical formats and LightScribe technology.

The LG BE06, LG GBC-H20L and LG GBW-H20L write and read information at 6x (Blu-ray) while still remaining compatibile with DVD±R/RW and CD-R/CD-RW.

For laptop users or those of us that have a multitude of PCs, LG’s BE06 can be connected through the USB 2.0 connection and a DC power adapter.

The BE06 has a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $379.95.

Additional features include:

• Compatibility with all BD, DVD and CD formats
• 6x BD-R/2x BD-RE read compatible
• DVD±R/RW recording speed to 16x recording

The GBC-H20L and the GBW-H20L offer a read and write speed of 16x. The GBW-H20L can also handle up to 50GB of data on dual layer 50GB BD-R/BD-RE recordable media.

The GBC-H20L and the GBW-H20L carry manufacturer’s suggested retail prices of $199.95 and $279.95 respectively.

Additional features include:

• 6x BD-R/2x BD-RE read compatible - 6x BD-R/2x BD-RE read and write compatible (GBW-H20L)
• 16x DVD+RW/-RW recording speed (GBW-H20L)
• Up to 40X CDRW recording speeds