Samsung SH-S182D DVD-Writer Review

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Review: Samsung SH-S182D
Reviewer: Jan70
Provided by: Samsung Korea
Firmware: SB01 ‘“ SB02
Manufactured: May 2006

Samsung was kind enough to send us the SH-S182D for review. In this review we will be seeing how this drive from one the world’s largest electronics manufacturers performs in our tests.

The Samsung SH-S182D supports 18x DVD±R, 8x/6x DVD+RW/-RW, and 8x DVD+R DL/-R DL writing technology, allowing Double/Dual Layer discs of 8.5Gb to be written. In addition this drive also supports DVD-RAM at 12x.

Company information:

We are sure that most of you know Samsung already, but let us take a look at some of the company information found at: www.samsungoms-europe.com

As a world leader in the field of digital media, Samsung Electronics produces Optical Disc Drives (ODD) since 1994. In the past few years Samsung was able to take a central market position in this field.

With subsidiaries all over Europe and a large part of the former USSR, Samsung Europe can offer the consumer a complete selection of disc drives, for all types of computers.

With large and continuous investments in research and development Samsung is able to be more and more at the forefront of disc drive technology.

As one of the first companies developing COMBO drives (DVD-ROM and CD-RW combined in one disc drive), Samsung is a frontrunner in this technology.

In the field of slim-line technologies, Samsung is expanding the line-up, in order to meet the demands of the market for desktop and notebook PCs.

Samsung offers a wide range of Optical Disc Drives, allowing customers to choose the exact combination of capabilities and features. Our products feature the latest noise suppression technologies. If you are looking for a high performance Optical Drive, you need look no further than Samsung.

If you are interested in reading more company information, please visit: www.samsungoms-europe.com

Drive specifications:

Now let us take a look at the specifications of the Samsung SH-S182D, found at Samsungs website:

What’s inside the box?

In this section we will take a look at what the drive came shipped with and take a look at the drive and its technology.

Front

Back

Top

Bottom

Left Side

Right Side

Below you will see the contents of the retail box:

The drive supplied was the retail version. As we can see the drive is supplied with software, IDE cable, Audio cable, instructions and fixing screws.

Now it’s time to take a look at the drive itself:

The bezel of the Samsung SH-S182D is pleasingly styled. We can see an emergency eject hole, a single green coloured LED for read and write (we prefer a different led colour though for writing) and an eject button. The logos include the LightScribe logo, the WritemasterTM logo, the SAMSUNG logo, a DVD Forum DVD-Multi recorder logo, a DVD Alliance DVD+R DL logo and a CD-RW High Speed+ logo.

Top

On the top side of the drive we found one sticker and we can read it was made in Indonesia ‘“ May 2006.

Underside

Left/Right Side

On the back of the drive starting from the left, we can see a digital audio connector; analogue audio connector; pins and jumper to set the drive to cable select, slave or master; IDE connector and finally the power connector.

We installed the drive without any problems and here is a screenshot from Nero InfoTool:

From the screenshot of Nero InfoTool above, we miss larger buffer size. Our drive came shipped with firmware SB01, but was later updated with firmware SB02.

Another shot from Nero Burning ROM:

But let us continue this review and see how it really performs.

On the next page we will take a look at the test machine, the software, the drive features…………

Features

16 Comments

nfsfreak: Posts: 1; Posted on: 31 Dec 06 05:26

Hello! I have this Samsung product and I'm dealing with a serious problem: One of the features listed is: "The Samsung SH-S182D supports bit-setting, and is capable of writing DVD+R, DVD+RW and DVD+R DL media with DVD-ROM book type." Well, the one I have in my computer CAN'T do this!!! I open Nero Burning ROM, go to "Choose recorder", as it is shown in this review, and for my surprise the option "Book type settings" at the bottom of the dialog box DOESN'T EXIST! Only the optons "Super link enabled" and "DVD high compatibility mode" are there! How is this possible? If someone here have any ideas about my problem, I'd be very glad! Just e-mail me: danielcl_colorado@yahoo.com.br. Thanks! :c

Erpenator: Posts: 567; Posted on: 04 Jan 07 18:43

Does it copy the protection (if there is any ) as well?

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 12 Apr 07 21:47

have same writer does anydody know why DL discS are showing as CDs.....tried 3 different makes of discs no joy

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 15 May 07 10:22

I have the SH-S182F model which I think is basically the same. It is a great drive so far. It can read discs well and does excellent burns. Seems like they teamed up with Toshiba because the retail box says "Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation", abbreviated "TSST". Made in Korea. (Thank God it's not made in China) I am just curious why it causes the hard drive LED to light up continuously when watching a DVD movie. My previous Lite-On didn't cause the hard drive LED to light up at all. The movie plays fine though. Anyone know why this is? Thanks in advance.

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 29 Jun 07 14:23

I have a serious problem with the samsung sh-s182d it cannot read its own burn cds and dvds and it shows many of cds or dvds as a blank disc. Somebody please help me and if possible please send the solution to my mail i.e azmath_85@hotmail.com.

Antec900_2007: Posts: 108; Posted on: 16 Jul 07 22:14

Thanks,this is a very good review on this burner!

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 28 Aug 07 14:55

I have the SH-S182F model which I think it's the same as this one, does anyone knows if it's possible to bitset to DVD-ROM? If you know how please write me to jcma90@gmail.com

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 01 Sep 07 16:20

I have the SH-S182D model too and it takes about 4 hours 15 mins to encode and burn a normal length movie .. my old burner never took this long .. whats up with that ? :c

boaradly: Posts: 1; Posted on: 01 Jan 08 22:21

Mine is gawdawful SLOW... It didn't use to be so bad. I am not sure what happened. I've got the latest FW, reinstalled all the samsung magic speed and all, it's set to dma mode, I don't know what else to do. It's not too picky about discs and the burns usually come out good but now it's taking like half hour 45 mins to rip a DVD9 and about half an hour to burn one, AFTER encoding. It's f'n ridiculous. Burns CD fine, full disc like 2.5 mins... DVDs fuggetaboudit... Any ideas???

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 09 Jan 08 20:46

Mine is starting to act the same way. Burning DVD at at various speed sometime at .84X! :-( - Unbelievable! I did upgrade firmware ver SB05 but no help. Advises are appreciated. An

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 22 Mar 08 23:17

I have the same problem. I bought 3 of this type SH-S182D, from one provider. It reads nice, but always burns DVD`s very slow. It`s stable after upgraded firmware to SB04. But it always takes 1 hour and 8m to burn a dvd. Have tried both +/- different machines, Linux/XP, DMA, 80 conductor cables, etc. So now I don`t know what to do. Maybe drop Samsung and buy other brand? Or maybe its my PC`s?

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 23 Mar 08 00:59

I fixed the problem with slow DVD burn described in the post above! "Posted by ragnar (guest) on Saturday 22 March 2008 23:17 I have the same problem. I bought 3 of this type SH-S182D, from one provider. It reads nice, but always burns DVD`s very slow. It`s stable after upgraded firmware to SB04. But it always takes 1 hour and 8m to burn a dvd. Have tried both +/- different machines, Linux/XP, DMA, 80 conductor cables, etc. So now I don`t know what to do. Maybe drop Samsung and buy other brand? Or maybe its my PC`s?" I didn`t know about the firmware upgrade SB06, I thought the SB04 was the newest. I upgraded firmware from S04 to S06. And that fixed the problem!!! I now burn a DVD 4574510KB (4468GB) in 8min 47sec!!!! Finally! Here is the link to the firmware upgrade file SB06: http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=us&CttFileID=1528503&CDCttType=FM&ModelType=N&ModelName=SH-S182D&VPath=FM/200706/20070622093010250_SH-S182D_SB06.zip Or click here for page: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/download/supportDownDetail.do?group=computersperipherals&type=opticaldiscdrives&subtype=dvdwriter&m odel_nm=SH-S182D&language=&cate_type=all&mType=FM&dType=D&vType=R&cttID=1528503&prd_ia_cd=05050500&di sp_nm=SH-S182D Good luck with your Samsung product! :g

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 26 May 08 12:34

I have the exct same drive in black just upgraded the firmwae from SB04 to SB06 theve changed the method of upgrading firmware, unfortunately the batch of softwares they used to have for this drive have been removed from their site. they were pretty usefull, like disk speed adjuster and stuff Iv just recently encounted defection on my drive, probably due to neglecting the button and slamming the tray shut all the time. so now it pops the disk out randomly. abotu ppl getting the they insert as CD, if u are using nero adn is your 1st time, sellect the drive as TSST corp SH-S182D when selecting to burn, on the bottom right corner sellect the size of ur disk, dvd5 or 9 usualy nero 8 detects this automaticaly

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 26 Jul 08 04:02

Why doesnt the LED light come on my SH-S182D? It works perfectly otherwise?

redblanchard: Posts: 3; Posted on: 28 Oct 08 18:49

This is a swell machine but on mine the LED is dead, so I can't tell if the machine is working. It seems to, though. Any ideas on how to get the LED to light?

guest: Posts: 15288; Posted on: 19 Mar 09 06:52

:c Mine can read original CD/DVD not burned CD/DVD from it. I've even update Firmware to SB07 still no luck :c does anyone have any idea what next step to do ?? :c

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