LG GGW-H20L_LightScribe Owner's Manual (English) - Page 6

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System Environment Operating Environment This unit can be operated in the system environment explained here. System requirements Interface Drive bay Power BD-R, BD-RE, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD±R DL, CD-R, CD-RW, discs • CPU : Pentium D 3.2 GHz or higher (Motherboard that supports SATA.) • O/S : Windows XP (Home / Professional / Media Center Edition) with SP2/Vista • RAM : 1GB or more • HDD : 30GB or more of available space (60GB for Blu-ray Disc authoring) Serial ATA 5.25-inch half-height bay required +5V/+12V power socket required BD-R : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media are recommended. BD-RE : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media are recommended. DVD-R : Maxell, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Taiyo Yuden are recommended. DVD-RW : JVC, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media are recommended. DVD+R : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim are recommended. DVD+RW : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim are recommended. DVD±R DL : Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim are recommended. CD-R : LG, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden or TDK discs are recommended. CD-RW : LG, Ricoh, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim discs are recommended. * Compatibility problem in write/read function may occur with media depending on the media manufacturing quality. * There may be some cases when motion picture playback is not smooth depending on bit rate. * For 4x BD-R writing, please use BD-R of Mitsubishi Kagaku Media. • Playing Blu-ray and HD DVD Movies *NOTICE* Graphic Card Driver Interface HDCP Analog AACS VGA (D-SUB) Compliant Digital DVI or HDMI Not required Compliant Interface VGA (D-SUB) DVI or HDMI Monitor HDCP Resolution Not 1024x768 required or more (Recommended Compliant : 1920x1080) Due to copyright protection features, certain requirements must be met in order to playback BD and HD DVD movies on a computer. When using digital video connections, the monitor and graphics card must support High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). Note that most monitors and graphics cards currently don't support HDCP. But, most High Definition TVs and multimedia monitors do support HDCP. Refer to the PC or graphic card maker's web site to see if your card supports HDCP. Some video cards that currently support HDCP: - nVIDIA: GeForce 7900 GT / 7800 GTX 512 / 7900 GX2 / 7900 GTX / 7950 GX2 or higher with 256MB min memory. - ATI: Radeon X1950Pro/X1950XT/X1950XTX series or higher with 256MB min memory. 3

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Operating Environment
This unit can be operated in the system environment explained here.
System Environment
* Compatibility problem in write/read function may occur with media depending on the media
manufacturing quality.
* There may be some cases when motion picture playback is not smooth depending on bit rate.
* For 4x BD-R writing, please use BD-R of Mitsubishi Kagaku Media.
Playing Blu-ray and HD DVD Movies
*NOTICE*
Due to copyright protection features, certain requirements must be met in order to playback BD and HD DVD
movies on a computer. When using digital video connections, the monitor and graphics card must support
High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP). Note that most monitors and graphics cards currently don’t
support HDCP. But, most High Definition TVs and multimedia monitors do support HDCP. Refer to the PC or
graphic card maker’s web site to see if your card supports HDCP.
Some video cards that currently support HDCP:
- nVIDIA: GeForce 7900 GT / 7800 GTX 512 / 7900 GX2 / 7900 GTX / 7950 GX2 or higher with 256MB min
memory.
- ATI: Radeon X1950Pro/X1950XT/X1950XTX series or higher with 256MB min memory.
• CPU : Pentium D 3.2 GHz or higher (Motherboard that supports SATA.)
• O/S : Windows XP (Home / Professional / Media Center Edition) with
SP2/Vista
• RAM : 1GB or more
HDD : 30GB or more of available space (60GB for Blu-ray Disc authoring)
Serial ATA
5.25-inch half-height bay required
+5V/+12V power socket required
BD-R
: Mitsubishi Kagaku Media are recommended.
BD-RE
: Mitsubishi Kagaku Media are recommended.
DVD-R
:
Maxell, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Taiyo Yuden are recommended.
DVD-RW
: JVC, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media are recommended.
DVD+R
: Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim are recommended.
DVD+RW
: Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim are recommended.
DVD±R DL
: Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim are recommended.
CD-R
: LG, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim, Taiyo Yuden or TDK
discs are recommended.
CD-RW
:
LG, Ricoh, Mitsubishi Kagaku Media, Verbatim discs are recommended.
System
requirements
Interface
Drive bay
Power
BD-R, BD-RE,
DVD-R, DVD-RW,
DVD+R, DVD+RW,
DVD±R DL, CD-R,
CD-RW, discs
Graphic Card
Monitor
Driver
Interface
HDCP
Interface
HDCP
Resolution
DVI or HDMI
Compliant
DVI or HDMI
Compliant
VGA
(D-SUB)
VGA
(D-SUB)
Not
required
Not
required
1024x768
or more
(Recommended
: 1920x1080)
AACS
Compliant
Analog
Digital