Samsung SH-S203 SATA DVD Burner
Review by: Steve
Edited by: Ji4m
Provided by: Samsung Canada
Price: $41 Canadian

Introduction:
Although they were a bit slow getting into the market, SATA DVD burners are quickly running their IDE counterparts dry on store shelves. Nowadays with not only cheap DVD burner prices but also cheap DVD player prices, everyone is quickly making the move into creating their own DVD's to share 'those precious moments' with family and friends everywhere. The Samsung SH-S203 we're looking at today supports all the common CD/DVD media types, dual layer included. So next time you're burning those wonderful works of yours you can do it not only fast, but on more media types than before!

In The Box:
(1) Samsung Writemaster SH-S203 Drive
(1) SATA Cable
(4) Installation Screws
(1) Installation CD w/ Nero Express 7
(1) Installation Guide

Specs:
Data Transfer Rate Read CD: 7.2 MB/sec (48x)
Data Transfer Rate Read DVD: 21.6 MB/sec (16x)
Data Transfer Rate Write on DVD-R: 27.0 MB/sec (20x)
Data Transfer Rate Write on DVD+R: 27 MB/sec (20x)
Data Transfer Rate Write on DVD-RW: 8.1 MB/sec (6x)
Data Transfer Rate Write on DVD+RW: 10.8 MB/sec (8x)
Double Layer: 16.2 MB/sec (12x)
Data Transfer Rate Write on DVD-RAM: 16.2 MB/sec (12x)
Burst Transfer Rate PIO Mode 4: (16.7 MB/sec)
Burst Transfer Rate Ultra DMA Mode 2: (33.3 MB/sec)
Recording Capacity CD-RW Disc: 6.0 MB/sec (40x)
Recording Capacity CD-R Disc: 7.2 MB/sec (48x)
Average Seek Time DVD-ROM: 130ms
Average Seek Time CD-ROM: 110ms
Drive Type: Intern
Interface: S-ATA 1.5 GBps
Dimensions (WxHxDmm): 148.2 x 42 x 170: with bezel
Buffer Memory: 2MB
Supported Disc: DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-ROM,DVD-Video, DVD+R (Dual), DVD-R (Dual), DVD-RAM, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA, CD+E(G), CD-MIDI, CD-TEXT, CD-ROM XA, Mixed Mode CD CD-I, CD-I Bridge (Photo-CD, Video-CD), Multisession CD (Photo-CD, CD-EXTRA, Portforio)