OverDooz used our newssubmit to tell us that GideonTech.com has a review on the Samsung SM308 CD-RW/DVD combo. This drive is very handy if you have not a lot of space in your computer case.
Also the price is not something to keep away from this drive. The drive is able to write your CD's at 8 speed, rewrite at 4 speed. The drive is able to read at 32 speed, and if you put a DVD in the drive, it will be able to read it at 8 speed.
Conclusion: After all the testing on this drive, it showed us that these DVD/CD-RW combos are not much different than having two separate drives. The DVD picture was very nice, the read time and load times were also very fast. |
The burns were done perfectly, the CD-R and CD-RW we used read fine in the Samsung drive and also in a Hitachi and Ricoh drive.
If you are in the market for a space saving drive that can do both DVD and burn your favorite CDs, this is the drive for you! It is quiet and gets the job done for a remarkable price. A big thanks to Samsung for providing us with this great sample!
Pros:
Fast and quiet drive
Great manual
IDE cable included
Nice software package
2 cd-r/rw media included
Cons:
Would have been better if there was a larger buffer Or, inclusion of burn-proof technology to prevent buffer under-runs.
Not a bad drive at all, but also not a superb one. Read the rest of the article here
Source: GideonTech.com