Yeah, I know it wasn't fixed by a firmware. And maybe they won't be able to do it. But, they made two new drives with the same problem (H62 & H66; I'm not counting H44 since it uses the same chip revision so it is basically a same drive with different firmware). So, not only that they didn't fix the "bug", but their newer drives which use different chipset revisions still have that bug.
Why did they even change what was working (by this I mean a Z-CLV strategy the older models used for CD-R burning at speeds higher than 16x, and which has been changed to (P)CAV with the introduction of H42)!? Maybe there is a possibility to revert to that strategy with a new firmware? OK, maybe they can't do that, maybe the new strategy is not the problem (although it coincided with the appearance of the "bug"), maybe... But they (LG) should definitely do something, at least say that they are aware of the problem. I personally have other drives to burn CDs on, and I don't even mind the 16x speed since I rarely burn CDs, but many people use it as a single drive, and are not aware of the issue.
OK, I was a bit harsh here... otherwise, I'm a happy LG owner (used to own or still own 4 drives in total).