LG GSA-E60L
LG's fat desktop external 20x DVD player comes with SecureDisc technology, which means that it can encrypt the data you write so no-one else can read it. Let's face it, external DVD drives don’t rate high in the most desired consumer electronics devices, but this has quite a nice draw action for this product sector. In fact it’s on a par with a reasonably-priced 1980s CD player, which will impress those with a fetish for that kind of thing. But we’ve said too much...
The GSA-E60L also plays quietly and confidently. It writes one GB in around three minutes, almost identical in speed to the Lite-On DX-20A3P. But the LG drive pips Lite-On because it is about 15 quid cheaper.

Rating: 8.5/10