CD Freaks presents: Samsung SH-S182D DVD-Writer Review

Today, we are pleased to present a review of the Samsung SH-S182D DVD writer, which Samsung has kindly provided us for review.  Samsung is one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers and began producing optical disc drives back in 1994.  It currently has a wide variety of CD and DVD optical drives available offering a variety of different features and capabilities for both desktop and laptop users. 

This drive hit the market back around mid June, which led to Samsung becoming the first manufacturer to market an 18x DVD±R writer with 12x DVD-RAM write performance.  Besides these improved write speeds, this drive also features 8x DVD±R DL, 8x DVD+RW and 6x DVD-RW write performance. 

Specifications:

Media Type	Write	Read
DVD+R	18x (24.3MB/sec)	12x (16.2MB/sec)
DVD+RW	8x (10.8MB/sec)	8x (10.8MB/sec)
DVD+R Dual	8x (10.8MB/sec)	8x (10.8MB/sec)
DVD-R Dual	8x (10.8MB/sec)	8x (10.8MB/sec)
DVD-R	18x (24.3MB/sec)	12x (16.2MB/sec)
DVD-RW	6x (8.1MB/sec)	8x (10.8MB/sec)
DVD-ROM (Single)	-	16x (21.6MB/sec)
DVD-ROM (Dual)	-	8x (10.8MB/sec)
CD-ROM	-	48x (7.2MB/sec)
CD-R	48x (7.2MB/sec)	40x (6.0MB/sec)
US-RW	32x (4.8MB/sec)	40x (6.0MB/sec)
HS-RW	10x (1.5MB/sec)	40x (6.0MB/sec)
CD-RW	4x (0.6MB/sec)	40x (6.0MB/sec)
DVD-RAM	12x (16.2MB/sec)	12x (16.2MB/sec)
Media Type	Access Time
CD-ROM	110ms (Random)
DVD-ROM	130ms (Random)

Our European Review Coordinator Jan70 has just published his extensive review of the drive, putting it through its paces on a wide variety of different media and brands as well as advanced tests such as handling copy protection and overburning.  To see how this drive performs and how well it performs at the faster 18x writing speed, please check out the review here and feel free to post any comments or ask questions about the review in this dedicated thread.

Source: CD Freaks Reviews