Samsung SH-D162D

Advantages: Fast, Quiet, Affordable
Disadvantages: none

...Hi, In the past I have always used Pioneer and Liteon Drives in the past. But I bought a Samsung drive (Super-WriteMaster SH-S202J) from www.ishift.co.uk and I must say that not only is it just as fast (20x) and I have seen no real difference in performance between the IDE or SATA drives as the Liteon and Pioneer drives but it is much much quieter! To be honest the whole build quality of the Samsung seems a lot better as well plus it came with the software I needed, unlike many of the Pioneer OEM drives I have bought. Considering the low price I paid I think this is by far one of the best value for money drives I have ever bought. Very happy, this drive comes highly recommended! A+++... Read review

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Advantages: Interchageable frounts/bezels
Disadvantages: Firmware updater very annoying

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Advantages: Reliable. Sturdy, Quiet
Disadvantages: None

...Theres only so much you can say about a dvd drvive but yeah Bargin for the price of it. I brought mine oem which brought the price down a little more but didnt include any cables or cd..although no cd was needed as windows detects it straight away an gets her running for you. firmware updates and drivers etc are all freely avaliable on the samsung website to for this product and they too are easy enough to use .. Have never had any trouble with this drive and Its played every disc iv thrown at it so far, Also no coasters or burn errors so far out of 100 blank discs, It has a very nice build quality and runs so quietly you wouldnt no it was there or running... Read review

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