Samsung SH-222AL 22X DVD Writer SATA Lightscribe OEM

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Bought for $18.99. Bought to replace Samsung SH-203N which was dying. Using it on Windows 7 64 bit came with FW SB00 worked no issue and upgrade to SB01 also no issue.

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Drive has a smaller footprint than other drives. This makes it fit better in smaller cases. In system where the power supply is top mounted, having an extra half-inch or so shorter can make a big difference if clearance. The only issue is that when the tray is ejected, the disc is not fully exposed and a portion remains inside. For most people this should not be a problem except for those who are extremely very picky. The drive LED is very small and unobtrusive. The light actually shines through a small pin-sized apperture no bigger than the manual cd eject hole. Burned close to 100 standard DVDs (various brands) and a dozen lightscribe discs without any coasters. Since this is an OEM drive - there's no software included so either download some freeware or purchase burning software. I'm using Nero 10 and Surething CD labeller deluxe lightscribe edition 5. If your drive is not recognized by your system, try downloading the lighscribe system software patch (LSS) from www.lightsribe.com. The latest version 1.18.24.1 seems to recognize this drive without any problems.

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I like Samsung writers because I find them to be much quieter than LG. Haven't tested the write quality but so far, no coasters. I only use this for reading discs and occasionally writing an audio CD for the car. For the price, I can't complain.

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Just your basic DVD Writer. Got it for $18.99 Not very loud even at full speed.

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If you really need a CD-Rom Drive for your build, this one fits the bill. For me CD-ROM and CD-RW drives have become out-dated, but I put in my build just in case, especially if you do not have another computer with a CD-ROM drive.Nowadays I install the network drivers via a Flash Drive if required.The rest of the drivers can be downloaded from the Internet.But if you are the person who rents DVDs to watch on your computer, this one is a good choice.

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good dvd burner for the price would buy this again .

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Great burner, bought it for 17.99. Used it in a business style desktop to install windows and some other programs.

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I have been using this DVD for production machines for years and I have returned one due to defect.Overall a good product.

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Basic burner and gets the job done.

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Basic dvd burner. Not much to say about it; it works for now.

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It does what is meant to do. For $16 that I paid for this thing who is going to complain. I have used a few of them in my builds and they all work fine.

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Great DVD-RW. They are pretty much all the same these days but I got this one for cheap. Can't go wrong with it.

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Drived worked perfectly out of the box.

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Dual layer sata dvd drives for 16$ could not be beat, had to buy 2. So far, burning and reading speeds are good, better than my older IDE drives.

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It's a cheap drive but it works well and has lightscribe to boot so that's a great value!

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burn well. good price, $16 for this burner

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Bought this for my sister. I just wanted to post some of the specs from the unit I received.H/W: AF/W: SB01Date: July 2011Chipset: Mediatek MT1839LPNWhich in my opinion is more inportant info than the read/write speeds.

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It burns DVDs very well. It burns dual layered DVDs very well.

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Affordable DVD Writer that has Lightscribe ability. Works well and is fairly quiet. I don't like how the tray bezel doesn't sit flush when closed like my old Pioneer, it bulges out a little.

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A fine, affordable, DVD writer. Not much else to say, it doesn't get particularly loud, it doesn't have problems, but it doesn't have an included cable so hopefully you kept your cables from your motherboard box. I've bought several of these drives - my own system and several systems I've built for friends feature them. none have experienced any prolems except when I had an issue with the cable I had, not the drive itself. Drive features a black bezel which is pretty common these days but still is nice to see vs the beige that used to plague the industry.

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I got it at the sale price, for $16.99, there is none to complain. A great deal at this price.

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This is a great value for an optical drive. I have absolutely no complaints. It installed easily and worked right away with no issues.

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There is nothing more to say about this drive. I writes DVD at a good speed and is made buy samsung so you know it is of acceptable quality. Would recommend to anyone.

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i had a pioneer dvdrw in my pc, but i swap this unit to have lightscribe ability,for some reason, the drive is recognized by burning software only if i set sata in ide mode in bios,as soon as in select  ahci, the drive is detected in windows 7 64 bit, but i cannot burn anything, since no software can see it as a potential burner.i did not have this issue with the pioneer burner.thankfully i found a solution on the net, installing intel matrix storage driver solved the problem

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Bought this on black friday as a starter drive for my rig, its a sata drive, burns quickly and reads/writes quickly to my ssd.Would buy again for the price.