Samsung USB 2.0 8x DVD Writer External Optical Drive SE-S084B/RSBN by Samsung
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Digital camera reviews of Samsung USB 2.0 8x DVD Writer External Optical Drive SE-S084B/RSBN
Digital camera Review: Great external disc drive
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this for a 10in Dell laptop. I have been able to install software and burn files and documents from the computer.... exactly what I expected!!Digital camera Review: Great for my Wifes Acer Netbook
Summary: 4 Stars
The reason for four stars is merely the price and quality. Seventy bucks is somewhat steep for a drive that is kind of cheap feeling and the eject disc button is manual and not electronic kind of what is in some laptops. As long as your not rough with it than it should last but the feel of it just shows otherwise. Then again it requires no power supply but it does require two USB ports though you might be able to run with one. The size is about half of a 8.9 inch netbook my wife owns. The biggest surprise I had was when I got it out of the package and it was light and smaller than I even hoped. My wife can fit this in her netbook case which anyone with a netbook knows that not having a disc drive can be an inconvenient one. This is probably one of the best options for small and portable without being too bulky. Great disc drive that does what it should do.Digital camera Review: Great portable DVD Burner well
Summary: 5 Stars
The Samsung DVD Writer is a reliable, but a bit slow at 8X DVD Burner speed. I was impressed that Samsung gave me the free upgrade to Roxio 9 that is compatible with Windows 7. The Roxio version it comes with does not play DVDs in Windows 7, but works fine in Windows XP.
The DVD is automatically recognized on any system so installing additional software is not a problem. Overall, it's a great DVD Burner at any price.
Digital camera Review: Hardware great - software, not so great!
Summary: 3 Stars
The DVD-writer worked fine, but I intended to use it to play DVD's on my new netbook, as well. However, the software included with the unit did not play DVD's without an upgrade in the software that was included with the unit. The software upgrade was more expensive that the DVD-writer unit, so I returned it for a full refund! Thanks Amazon.com for standing behind the product, but I felt that you could have done a better job matching up the Samsung netbook with the equipment and software needed to playback DVD's.Digital camera Review: Hardware is fine, but don't use the software....
Summary: 4 Stars
-- that's my best advice. The Nero software is faulty-- NOT ready for prime time at all. Windows Vista and XP recognize the drive perfectly well without any software needing to be installed. Lost several hours wrestling with the Nero software until I realized I should never have inserted the disc.