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Posted by Wendy Collins
Posted on 24/06/06 00:35
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Review: Samsung SE-W164L
Reviewer:  Dee-27 & Jan70
Provided by: Samsung Germany
Firmware: TS01 - TS03
Manufactured: October 2005

Samsung Germany was kind enough to send us the SE-W164L for review. In this review we will be seeing how this drive from one the world's largest electronics manufacturers performs in our tests.

The Samsung SE-W164L supports 16x DVD±R, 8x/6x DVD+RW/-RW, and 8x/4x DVD+R DL/-R DL writing technology, allowing Double/Dual Layer discs of 8.5Gb to be written. This drive is also the first drive from Samsung that supports LightScribe direct disc labelling.

 Company information:

We are sure that most of you know Samsung already, but let us take a look at some of the company information found at: www.samsungoms-europe.com


As a world leader in the field of digital media, Samsung Electronics produces Optical Disc Drives (ODD) since 1994. In the past few years Samsung was able to take a central market position in this field.


With subsidiaries all over Europe and a large part of the former USSR, Samsung Europe can offer the consumer a complete selection of disc drives, for all types of computers.

With large and continuous investments in research and development Samsung is able to be more and more at the forefront of disc drive technology.

As one of the first companies developing COMBO drives (DVD-ROM and CD-RW combined in one disc drive), Samsung is a frontrunner in this technology.

In the field of slim-line technologies, Samsung is expanding the line-up, in order to meet the demands of the market for desktop and notebook PCs.

Samsung offers a wide range of Optical Disc Drives, allowing customers to choose the exact combination of capabilities and features. Our products feature the latest noise suppression technologies. If you are looking for a high performance Optical Drive, you need look no further than Samsung.

If you are interested in reading more company information, please visit: www.samsungoms-europe.com

 

Drive specifications:

Now let us take a look at the specifications of the Samsung SE-W164L, found at Samsungs website:

 

What's inside the box?

In this section we will take a look at what the drive came shipped with and take a look at the drive and its technology.

Front

Back

Top

Bottom

 

Right and Left Sides

Below you will see the contents of the retail box:


The drive supplied was the retail version. As we can see the drive is supplied with power supply, power cable (EU), power cable (UK), USB cable, vertical mount stand, software, and instructions. 

Now it's time to take a look at the drive itself:

The bezel of the Samsung SE-W164L is pleasingly styled. We can see an emergency eject hole, a single green coloured LED for read and write (we prefer a different led colour though for writing) and an eject button. The logos include the LightScribe logo, the WritemasterTM logo, the SAMSUNG logo, a DVD Forum DVD-R/RW logo, a DVD Alliance DVD+ReWritable logo and a CD-RW High Speed+ logo.

Top

Bottom

On the underside of the drive we found two labels and we can read it was made in Indonesia - October 2005.

On the back of the drive starting from the left, we can see the USB connector, cooling vents, power connector, and finally the power switch.

We installed the drive without any problems and here is a screenshot from Nero InfoTool:

 

From the screenshot of Nero InfoTool above, we miss Mt.Rainier support and a larger buffer size. Our drive came shipped with firmware TS01, but was later updated with firmware TS02 and TS03.

On the next page we will take a look at the test machine, the software, the drive features…………
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