Samsung TS-H552U DVD Burner

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Jan70
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Article posted 06 Jun 05 17:35

Conclusion

Positive:

  • Supports DVD±R/+R9 DL writing at 16x/6x
  • Support DVD-ROM bitsetting on DVD+R media *
  • Excellent documentation/Owner’s Manual on CD
  • Very good Software package

* Firmware US06 is supporting DVD-ROM bitsetting under Nero & Pinnacle application (user needs to upgrade to the latest version of Nero/Pinnacle).

Negative:

  • Does not support Mt. Rainier
  • 16x certified DVD media is required for 16x writing  
  • Media compatibility and quality (16x) could be improved

Conclusion:

As mentioned in the beginning of this review:

This review will ‘backup” to the Samsung TS-E552U review we posted (10. of April 2005) and we are going to concentrate on the features that the Samsung TS-E552U ‘failed” to do. Like real 16x DVD writing/reading, due to the USB-Bridge limitation in the Samsung TS-E522U.

We are only going to comment those features.

The 16x DVD+R/-R media compatibility and quality did not impress us, meaning there is room for improvement to make the write quality on both DVD-R and DVD+R media at 16x better.

One positive point though is that the latest firmware added support for Traxdata 2.4x DVD+R DL media with media-code RITEK D01 to be written at 4x. Another point is the DVD-ROM bitsetting support for DVD+R media under Nero and Pinnacle, which make the media more compatible with i.e Standalone DVD devices.

To sum it all up, this is what we would say: ‘A very affordably priced DVD-Writer, but with issues concerning 16x writing on DVD+R/-R media”.

By using our price grabber feature cdfreaks.pricegrabber we found the drive listed at $ 49.66 and at getprice for 46 EUR (May 2005).

 

You may discuss/comment this review below or in this forum thread.

 

Thanks to:

Conrexx Technology B.V./RITEK Europe ’“ The Netherlands for providing the Traxdata DVD+R9 DL 2.4x and DVD-R 16x used in this review.


E-Net Distribution ‘“ United Kingdom for providing the DVD+R 8x and DVD-R 8x (Datawrite and RiDisc branded) medias used in this review.


MMORE International B.V. – The Netherlands for providing the DVD+R 16x media used in this review.

 

 

NewStar Digital ‘“ South Korea for providing the DVD-R 8x media used in this review.



 That’s Write! (NL) – For providing the DVD+R media used in this review.

 

Verbatim GmbH – Germany for providing the DVD+R 16x media used in this review.

 

Verbatim – UK for providing the DVD-R 16x media used in this review.

9 Comments

mattfigaro
Posts: 138
Posted on: 03 Jun 05 00:21
Thought it was an excellent idea I converted a dvd to ratdvd and then back again. It worked flawlessly and the quality was excellent Just wish it was quicker though:d
debro
Posts: 12922
Posted on: 24 Aug 05 14:44
Download = Access forbidden! I feel rejected!
RaSta
Posts: 906
Posted on: 24 Aug 05 17:07
also rejected :c
Crabbyappleton
Posts: 5758
Posted on: 24 Aug 05 18:51
Thanks guys it's been reported. We will get it fixed ASAP!! Edit: Liggy, our site administrator has enabled the download again.
[edited by Crabbyappleton on 24.08.2005 21:57]
Fugitive
Posts: 272
Posted on: 04 Sep 05 19:18
Why shouldné½ i use DVDDecrypter or DVDshrink ?
einszweidrei
Posts: 44
Posted on: 07 Sep 05 13:48
@fugutive, ratdvd has nothing to do with shrink, decrypter, anydvd et.al. - it compresses a dvd video_ts folder to app. 50% of its original size. it's very useful for transferring full dvds to your "friends" on the net.
BurnerHEAD
Posts: 37
Posted on: 11 Sep 05 19:59
it should be more fast. at all it's a great idea.
012
Posts: 155
Posted on: 22 Jan 07 20:23
works but really slow
guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 12 May 07 21:30
is there a player tht will play rat files or do u have to convert them :g

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