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| Posted by | Jan S. |
| Posted on | 19/09/06 21:04 |
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| Review: Samsung SH-S182D |
Samsung was kind enough to send us the SH-S182D 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 SH-S182D supports 18x DVD±R, 8x/6x DVD+RW/-RW, and 8x DVD+R DL/-R DL writing technology, allowing Double/Dual Layer discs of 8.5Gb to be written. In addition this drive also supports DVD-RAM at 12x.
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
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Drive specifications:
Now let us take a look at the specifications of the Samsung SH-S182D, 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
Left Side
Right Side
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 software, IDE cable, Audio cable, instructions and fixing screws.
Now it's time to take a look at the drive itself:
The bezel of the Samsung SH-S182D 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-Multi recorder logo, a DVD Alliance DVD+R DL logo and a CD-RW High Speed+ logo.
Top
On the top side of the drive we found one sticker and we can read it was made in Indonesia - May 2006.
Underside
Left/Right Side
On the back of the drive starting from the left, we can see a digital audio connector; analogue audio connector; pins and jumper to set the drive to cable select, slave or master; IDE connector and finally the power connector.
We installed the drive without any problems and here is a screenshot from Nero InfoTool:
From the screenshot of Nero InfoTool above, we miss larger buffer size. Our drive came shipped with firmware SB01, but was later updated with firmware SB02.
Another shot from Nero Burning ROM:
But let us continue this review and see how it really performs.
On the next page we will take a look at the test machine, the software, the drive features…………
Conclusion
I have this Samsung product and I'm dealing with a serious problem:
One of the features listed is: "The Samsung SH-S182D supports bit-setting, and is capable of writing DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL media with DVD-ROM book type."
Well, the one I have in my computer CAN'T do this!!!
I open Nero Burning ROM, go to "Choose recorder", as it is shown in this review, and for my surprise the option "Book type settings" at the bottom of the dialog box DOESN'T EXIST!
Only the optons "Super link enabled" and "DVD high compatibility mode" are there! How is this possible?
If someone here have any ideas about my problem, I'd be very glad! Just e-mail me: danielcl_colorado@yahoo.com.br.
Thanks!
have same writer does anydody know why DL discS are showing as CDs.....tried 3 different makes of discs no joyI am just curious why it causes the hard drive LED to light up continuously when watching a DVD movie. My previous Lite-On didn't cause the hard drive LED to light up at all.
The movie plays fine though. Anyone know why this is? Thanks in advance.
Any ideas???
Advises are appreciated.
An
"Posted by ragnar (guest) on Saturday 22 March 2008 23:17
I have the same problem. I bought 3 of this type SH-S182D, from one provider. It reads nice, but always burns DVD`s very slow. It`s stable after upgraded firmware to SB04. But it always takes 1 hour and 8m to burn a dvd. Have tried both +/- different machines, Linux/XP, DMA, 80 conductor cables, etc. So now I don`t know what to do. Maybe drop Samsung and buy other brand? Or maybe its my PC`s?"
I didn`t know about the firmware upgrade SB06, I thought the SB04 was the newest. I upgraded firmware from S04 to S06. And that fixed the problem!!! I now burn a DVD 4574510KB (4468GB) in 8min 47sec!!!! Finally!
Here is the link to the firmware upgrade file SB06:
http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=us&CttFileID=1528503&CDCttType=FM&ModelType=N&ModelName=SH-S182D&VPath=FM/200706/20070622093010250_SH-S182D_SB06.zip
Or click here for page:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/download/supportDownDetail.do?group=computersperipherals&type=opticaldiscdrives&subtype=dvdwriter&model_nm=SH-S182D&language=&cate_type=all&mType=FM&dType=D&vType=R&cttID=1528503&prd_ia_cd=05050500&disp_nm=SH-S182D
Good luck with your Samsung product!
just upgraded the firmwae from SB04 to SB06
theve changed the method of upgrading firmware, unfortunately the batch of softwares they used to have for this drive have been removed from their site.
they were pretty usefull, like disk speed adjuster and stuff
Iv just recently encounted defection on my drive, probably due to neglecting the button and slamming the tray shut all the time.
so now it pops the disk out randomly.
abotu ppl getting the they insert as CD, if u are using nero adn is your 1st time, sellect the drive as TSST corp SH-S182D
when selecting to burn, on the bottom right corner sellect the size of ur disk, dvd5 or 9
usualy nero 8 detects this automaticaly
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