Samsung 16x 48x Internal IDE DVD/CD-ROM Drive (Beige Bezel)

by Samsung

Product Details

Product Manual [1.07mb PDF]

• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006BBGM
• Item model number: SD-616TRP
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 21, 2002

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Features

• Based on the industrial standard DVD format
• Single and Double side, Single and Dual layer disc can be replayed(DVD-5/9/10/18)
• Optical Pick-Ups adopting Annular Mask Lens
• Optimizes the sound quality by adopting ARS(Acoustic-noise Reduction System)
• Controls vibration for unbalanced disc automatically by adopting ABS (Automatic Ball Balancing System)
• Digital audio data can be extracted from audio CD at Max 32x (DAE)
• Soft MPEG decoder plays DVD-Video without MPEG decoder board

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No support, not compatible with XP, June 14, 2003

By 

Mark (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Samsung 16x 48x Internal IDE DVD/CD-ROM Drive (Beige Bezel) (Personal Computers)

The drive worked sporatically under WinMe (sometimes it read DVD's and sometime it just hangs). When I upgraded to XP it stopped reading DVDs and DVD-ROMs but it did stop hanging so the rebooting went away. Samsung does not support the drive and has removed any support information from thier web site regarding it. Even thier more current drives have very little support information. I would strongly recommend against purchasing any Samsung optical drive because of the lack of support.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If you have a problem, good luck, because you won't get help, February 6, 2005

By 

Alan (Levittown, Panama) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung 16x 48x Internal IDE DVD/CD-ROM Drive (Beige Bezel) (Personal Computers)

I actually have an earlier model Samsung DVD player, and it, along with other Samsung models at the time, had a horrible skipping problem on many DVDs. Samsung's support was almost non-existant -- I found out there was a firmware upgrade for the player, but not through their website (where I couldn't find any help whatsoever), but through a friend with the same problem. HOWEVER, the firmware upgrade did not resolve the problem, and the last I heard, there was a class action suit filed here in Pennsylvania (which I received an invitiation to be a part of, but could not participate in, I think because I no longer had the receipt). Considering their lackluster customer support, I would advise anyone against buying any DVD player from this company. Players are much cheaper nowadays anyway, and you can get an excellent Sony or Toshiba for a modest price.