Positive:

• Excellent/very good CD-R/RW writing quality.
• Excellent/very good DVD+R writing quality.
• Supports 8x/6x DVD+RW/-RW writing speeds.
• Supports DVD-RAM read/write at 5x.
• Supports Bitsetting (Booktype DVD-ROM) on DVD+R/DL media
• Supports LightScribe direct to disc labelling.
• Very sleek and beautifully designed drive.
• Excellent build quality.
• Good community support here on CD Freaks.
• Supports 8cm MINI DVD read and write.
• Good software bundle.
• Low power consumption.
• Small size and portable.
• Can be powered from a suitable USB socket.

Negative:

• Slow compared to a modern standard sized drives
• Writing quality on DVD+RW media could be improved.
• Writing quality on DVD-R DL media could be improved.

Conclusion:

Let us summarize the most important positive and negative points below:

The main positive points:

The Samsung SE-T084L was able to burn all our tested CD-R media with excellent/very good quality.

DVD±R writing quality was also of a high standard and on most media very good indeed.

The software bundle is also of a high standard and should provide all the essential tools for burning CD and DVD media.

The Samsung SE-T084L is small and easily portable and consumes a minimal amount of power.

The Samsung SE-T084L also supports most currently available media formats including DVD-RAM.

The Samsung SE-T084L also supports the LightScribe direct to disc labelling system, allowing pictures and text to be printed to special LightScribe media.

The Samsung SE-T084L is beautifully designed and has a very sleek and sexy look and the build quality is excellent.

The main negative points:

There are not many negative things to say about the Samsung SE-T084L. The drive is slow at reading and writing compared to a modern 18x/20x DVD Re-Writer.

Writing quality on our tested DVD+RW and DVD-R DL media could be improved.

To sum up, this is what we would say:

“The Samsung SE-T084L has a great feature set, it’s small, portable, very sleek and it performs extremely well”.

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