External Slim DVD burner--good experience with Samsung drive

[bigtiger]

I just received the Samsung DVD drive. I put it in an external enclosure purchased from centrix-intl recommended by many here. I have to say I have very good experience with it.

I initialy plan to purchase a NEC 6750. But it has been out of stock for quite long. I finally bought this Samsung SN-082D retail version for $45. The initial firmware is ss00. When I tried to burn my cr*ppy Playo (yes, I still have two spindles of cheap media), three toasters.

I then downloaded the latest ss02 firmware. I have to say now it works flawlessly. I burned two Playo with no toasters.

This drive is not as good as the former BenQ 1620 desktop version that I had. It is kind of slow and I have a feeling bad compatibility with some cheap media. But it is pretty quiet and just does the job. I am glad I got rid of my BenQ 1620. Now I can carry this slim drive around.

I share my experience for those who would like to try Samsung Drive. So please rest assured, Samsung is not that bad compared to NEC.