ForumSamsung SH-S203B detail information
| Posted by | Wendy Collins |
| Posted on | 21/09/07 21:15 |
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| Manufacturer | Samsung |
| Product | Samsung SH-S203B |
| Description | 20x DVD burner with SATA interface and the worlds first 16x DL burner. |
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Review: Samsung SH-S203B |
Samsung was kind enough to send us the SH-S203B for review. In this review we will be seeing how this drive from one the world's best known electronics manufacturers performs in our tests.
The Samsung SH-S203B supports 20x DVD±R, 8x/6x DVD+RW/-RW, and is the world’s first drive to support 16x/12x 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
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
We found the specifications of the Samsung SH-2203B at the Samsung website.
Retail packaging:
Our review drive was a retail version. Let’s take a look at the packaging.
Box Front
Box rear
Box left and right sides
What’s inside the box
Now it’s time to take a look at the drive itself and what the drive came shipped with.
Our retail package contained the SH-S203B drive, fixing screws, SATA lead, software CD-ROM, ATA to SATA power converter and manual.
Now let’s take a look at the drive.
The bezel of the Samsung SH-S203B is nicely styled. We can also see various logos, an emergency eject hole, single green LED and an eject button.
Drive top
Drive bottom
On the top of the drive we found one label and we can see the drive was manufactured in the Philippines during May 2007.
On the rear of the drive we can see from left to right, an SATA power and SATA data connectors.
Now let’s head on to the next page were we can take a look at the features of the drive….
Conclusion
CD-R's or DVD-R's burn okay.
No matter what I try, I cannot burn a complete DL disks. Nero randomly generates "Write Error"s.
Here's my system, drive and media details:
Windows Vista Business (Build 6000) (pre-SP1)
Nero Version: 8.0.3.0
Recorder: Version: SB03 - HA 1 TA 0 - 8.0.3.0
Recorder: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SH-S203B, Media type: DVD+R9 Double Layer Disc Manufacturer ID: RITEK, Media Type ID: S04, Product revision number: 66
Disc Application Code: 0, Extended Information Indicators: 3
The disks are branded Memorex 8x DVD+R DL but it appears they were made by RITEK.
SH-S203N, SH-S203P, with P being a replacement for N, no big difference.
Anyone know where I can buy the retail version? All I see on the net is the OPEM version.
Thanks for your assistance
Thanks
I've not tried dl dvd's yet.
Joe
This message was edited at: 18-05-2008 16:03
Anyone have any Ideas?
Anyone have any Ideas?
Sorry for the dbl post. dunno why it did that
This message was edited at: 03-07-2008 01:59
I have a 203p, when i burn a audio cd around one in three tracks are unreadable in most cd player. i hope a driver update will fix it
try nero clean tool then reinstall nero application.
I installed Deepburner software, and it seemed to burn, but after the disc was ejected, and put back in, nothing was on the disc. I can see the rings on the back of the disc where it looks like it burned, but the disc shows empty in win explorer.
Gonna RMAthe drive back to newegg and hope the next one lasts longer.
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