DVD RW drive Samsung SH-S182M Record DVD R for the speed 18x, DVD-RAM on 12x and support LightScribe
Pending, when the market will meet warm embraces optical drives of formats and that is when the last, nakonec-to, will appear on counters of shops in sufficient assortment and, the main thing, under the comprehensible price, and consumers will not puzzle what such to squeeze in this modern drive to justify the suffered expenditure... Pending and an anticipation of all of it experienced manufacturers of optical stores while lick drives of traditional formats, trying to bring to perfection already obkatanny'e time of technology and also to squeeze out last juices of speed of formats DVD±R, DVD±RW and DVD-RAM as there is no time squeezed out, closely sony t140 notebook approaching to a limit razumnosti (for an one-head h drives), speeds 52x-54x for CD-RW and similar for DVD-chitalok. On turn at us — one more « a product of nonresistance of the parties »: One of last superuniversal optical "cutting torches" from Samsung, model which, on assurances of the manufacturer, became the first-ever drive combining 18-kratnuyu speed of record DVD±R and 12-kratnuyu speed for DVD-RAM. Actually, drive SH-S182M now is topovy'm in EIDE/ATAPI-lineyke at this manufacturer (at the moment of a writing of the given review) and differs from the predecessor only to that supports (allowing to put the same laser of an inscription on a underside bolvanki). That is on behalf of SH-S182M we shall get acquainted at once with two these drives. To a word, interest of consumers, and, means, and our to, apparently, for sony t140 notebook a long time to "set the teeth on edge" drives DVD±RW/DVD±R and a little less "worn out" DVD-RAM is warmed up also by that recently the price for these products has fallen up to indecently low level (for example, the same SH-S182M on Russian site Samsung is offered all for 893, roubles, and the price quickly decreases!), That else one year ago for many it seemed unrealizable. That is modern topovy'e (the most high-speed and universal) can be established optical drives even in the most budgetary computers, not especially reflecting about contents of the purse. Packing and the complete set of delivery we Shall begin our acquaintance with SH-S182M, as usual, with ode'jki. The sony t140 notebook blessing, here is what to show. Retail-variant deliveries of this store can brag not only a colourful cardboard box with careful transfer of the high-speed formula for all supported carriers, and also brief specifications in European languages, including Russian, but also the thought over complete set with fixture, an audiocable, 40-jil'ny'm IDE-shleyfom, a manual and CD. Moreover, in the complete set are available also additional "muzzles" (black and silvery) if the drive will be used in the case of corresponding color. However, additional muzzles have appeared faceless — without any inscriptions and recognition symbols, but it can even like someone. On a compact disc besides mul'tiyazy'chnogo user's guides in PDF-formate the quite good complete set of programs Nero though the version actually Nero Express (6.6.0.19d) did not differ novelty contains. A separate praise packing actually deserves a drive: it not only is concluded between penoplastovy'mi shock-absorbers, sony t140 notebook but also sealed carefully-in in a polyethylene film. Appearance and the device Design of a drive Spartan: from controls on the forward panel are present: only button Eject, an aperture for emergency extraction of disks and the small indicator of a condition. Trey a drive it is executed from light plastic, and on the back panel of a drive analog and digital audiooutputs are stipulated. Amortiziruyusch'ey and a dustproof lining on the forward panel treya it is not stipulated, but functions of protection against a dust and clearing of noise the fringing and a kind cast bordyurchika and a groove carries out, perpendicularly planes of the panel. The label on the top cover of the case gives the basic information on a drive. The version of an insertion (SB00) in the given copy before testing by us has been sony t140 notebook updated up to SB (version SB is already accessible). To all attributes (a label, interiors, the controller, the identification in Windows) it is obvious, that drive SH-S1 is a product of corporation TSST which site gives rather a scanty information about scales of its activity. :) Moreover, the given drive also under mark TS-H652M (under which it is on sale basically in east Asia). Meanwhile, in a current leaf of offers most Toshiba (on its official site) now is not present anything similar by opportunities on a drive described here, that is SH-S1 while exclusively it is represented koreycami. On following photos — the internal device of a drive. And a payment with sensor control LightScribe: the Basic payment of electronics — standard dimensions, is made TSST. The drive is collected with use enough new chipset MT1898LE from the company. Specifications the Interface: IDE/ATAPI (UltraDMA 2/ Mb per second sony t140 notebook and PIO Mode 4, 16, Mb per second
Supported formats DVD: DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, DVD-Video, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD-R DL, DVD-R DL, Multi-Session,
DVD+MRW, DRT-DM CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD-R, CD-RW, Audio CD, Photo CD, Video CD, CD-I (FMV), Mixed CD,
In occasion of expediency of transition since speed 16x on 18x at record DVD±R bolvanok we already: ten-percentage reduction of general time of record and economy of pair tens seconds on everyone such bolvanke hardly is sharply necessary, considering and need for more rare (and dear) bolvankah, capable for such speed, and potentially less high quality of record, and possible problems with readership of such disks old drives and players. As the same disks by drive SH-S182M sony t140 notebook only for the speed 12x are read (feel irony?) . However, in our testing the given drive we of special problems with the disks which have been written down on such speed, have not noticed. So time is 18x on record let will be :) As specially for the sake of it Samsung has increased speed of rotation of the motor of the drive with 98 up to 110 ob./minutes and has improved the algorithms reducing mistakes because of inclinations and deviations. A little bit other business — record DVD-RAM for the speed 12x (and their reading on the sony t140 notebook same speed). The previous mass boundary of speed of record DVD-RAM were 5x. So increase of speed of their record on 1 % should be welcomed, especially in a view of 18x for R-bolvanok. However, to find RAM-diski towards the speed 12x while in shops far not so it is simple, as it would be desirable, and popularity of this format while leaves much to be desired. But someone should go ahead... In the rest high-speed and formatny'e opportunities of drive SH-S182M are standard enough for modern devices of the given class. For example, in comparison with recently described by us drive sony t140 notebook Samsung has less speed of record two-layer DVD+R (8x against 10x), but above — for two-layer DVD-R (8x against 6x), DVD-RW are still written on 6x (and are read on 8x), hardly are more quickly written CD-RW (on 32x against 24x). Speed of record CD-R here too did not begin to do record, having limited 48x. The drive, unfortunately, is not supported yet samsungovskoy by the program, allowing to arrange speed of rotation to please to silence or productivity of the store. Cannot remain not noticed and support (it is fast at Samsung at all does not remain drives without support of this technology). Though, at my personal sight, practical utility of this feature is conditional enough — very dimly sony t140 notebook and ordinary, even in comparison with an inscription usual felt-tip pens, the grayish press the laser on a lurid surface such bolvanok, and all fonts, except for large and fat, almost nechitabel'ny' looks. As well as pictures in faded tones grey on a lurid background (it is required prinorovit'sya and to work in the graphic editor that the picture necessary to you looked on such label it is comprehensible even at projige as Best). On my taste, shining bluish are looked more nicely though and is not more contrast. Drive Samsung SH-S182M uses a set of technologies Writemaster for improvement of work of a drive in various situations: Speed Adjustment Technology: the algorithm automatically defines disks with the sony t140 notebook displaced centre of gravity or other deviations and adjusts speed of work with them, that reduces mistakes of reading for all types of carriers. Double O.P.C. Technology: technology of increase of reliability of record of disks DVD+R. Calibration of capacity of the laser before record is made both on internal, and on external to the parties of a disk. Tilt Actuator Compensation Technology: improves quality of record on the deformed carrier by automatic change of a corner of an inclination of a focusing lens. It allows to trace precisely a path on a disk. Magic Speed: this function gives an opportunity at will to choose operating modes with carriers: a high-speed mode (the sony t140 notebook maximal speed) and quiet. Buffer Under Run Free Technology: prevents a devastation of the buffer, providing high speed of record of disks even on computers with low productivity. Weight Balancing System: the technology effectively reduces a level of vibrations and noise at work of a drive on low speeds, for example, at projige images on a disk. Firmware Live Update: automatic updating of an insertion of a drive through the Internet. A number of other firm technologies of optical disks Samsung are explained. C March, 20 all optical drives Samsung correspond to standards RoHS. A drive in system the system requirements Specified by the manufacturer to the personal computer for use of this drive: Processor Intel Pentium III 8 MHz or more powerful of 2 Mb of system memory or more operational system Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP or above Installation of a drive has not caused problems. Standard procedure is sony t140 notebook offered to the user, the drive does not demand installation of specialized drivers. To work with a drive, it is enough to establish and
To use, for example, program Nero Express which is delivered in the complete set. Now we shall try to receive a few information on a drive by means of various utilities. Supported formats
And types of disks, very approximately, can be learned by means of programs Nero Infotool and DVD Info Pro. As it is possible to see on a screenshot, initially drive RPC-2, and, according to the information of a resource
www.rpc1.com, there is no yet an sony t140 notebook opportunity to make a drive mul'tizonny'm (RPC-1) by means of replacement of an insertion, however it is possible to take advantage DVD Region+CSS Free. :) Data about opportunities of work of drives with Audio SD we have received from the popular program
For the test of the given drive were required bolvanki DVD-RAM, supporting speed 12x. In the Moscow retail at the moment of carrying out of those testings it has not appeared. By us it has been used test 12-skorostnaya bolvanka DVD-RAM from Maxell (MXL22), on a photo. For record for the speed 18x we used actually unique of widely accessible now in the capital market bolvanok DVD-R and DVD+R from Verbatim with regular speed 16x. The matter is sony t140 notebook that some types bolvanok, certificated for the speed 16h, allow to write down themselves and for the speed 18x. In particular, Samsung recommends to use in this case the following bolvanki from MKM and Taiyo Yuden: DVD+R MKM MKM0 (Mitsubishi, Verbatim) DVD+R Taiyo Yuden YUDEN0 T (Fusion) DVD-R MKM MCC03RG (Mitsubishi, Verbatim) DVD-R TYG (Taiyo Yuden) Besides on a site, for example, Plextor, it is possible to find also the list of disks, efficient for speed of record 18x among which, besides already noted, are registered: DVD+R and DVD-R Plextor (YUDEN0 T03 and TYG accordingly) DVD+R Verbatim MCC DVD-R Maxell MXL RG In details familiarize with results of various tests you can on separate page. And here we shall note only, that the drive as a whole has well coped with sony t140 notebook performance of all primary goals, including record on the maximal speeds for the formula (18x for DVD R, 12x for DVD-RAM, etc.), Showing thus comprehensible quality of record and reading. It is interesting, that at record 12x DVD-RAM disks the drive will start for the speed 6x and further reaches speed 12x, using method P-CAV. Thus average speed of record exceeds 10x, and time of record of all carrier under test Nero CD-DVD Speed has made mines sek. By the way, reading of this disk by the given drive occurs approximately under the same schedule. The given character of schedules of speed of record and reading shows, that development of high-speed opportunities DVD-RAM is possible still, at least, till the speed 16x. More in detail to opportunities of use 12-skorostnogo DVD-RAM we shall return in other material. At record of disks DVD-R sony t140 notebook and DVD+R for the speed 18h the drive tries to use technology CAV, startuya with 8x. Time of record of all carrier under test Nero CD-DVD Speed has made about mines sek. However at record of the same carrier for the speed 16x the drive uses method CAV, but, already startuya with 7x, and time of record of the carrier has appeared for seconds more, than for the previous case. At record on speeds 8-12x technology P-CAV is used, and at record for the speed 4x technology CLV works. Reading of disks DVD-R and DVD+R the given drive occurs on method CAV to the maximal speed of all 12x and average all nearby sony t140 notebook 9x. Quality of record thus comprehensible though on the average and a little bit worse than when the same carriers are written down for the speed 4x or 8x (a special difference between 16x and 18x on quality me to find out was not possible). Record of disks DVD-RW and DVD+RW occurs to the maximal speeds 6x and 8x accordingly, thus method Z-CLV is used. Reading of these disks by drive Samsung SH-S182M is characterized by use of method CAV and the maximal speed hardly more 8x. At record two-layer DVD-diskov for the speed above 4h the drive uses a mode of record Z-CLV with steps 4x, sony t140 notebook 6x and 8x. Time of full record of such two-layer disk under test Nero CD-DVD Speed has made ' ”. The maximal speed of reading of all two-layer disks also reaches 8x though at reading method CAV is already used, and average speed of reading for 8-skorostny'h carriers appears hardly below, than average speed of record. And only for single-layered DVD-ROM the drive develops the maximal speed of reading more 16x, using method CAV. Average speed of copying DVD by means of program Smart Ripper 2. has made video 11,39x for SL and 6,15x for DL DVD-ROM. Direct copying of a test set from 50 raznovelikih files of data with DVD+R on a hard disk this drive passes 4482, Mb with average speed 4,5x. For CD-R direct copying of 50 files of data (7 MB) on a sony t140 notebook hard disk has passed with average speed 8,9x. Record 32-skorstny'h CD-RW passes on method Z-CLV, and 16-skorostny'h – on simple CLV. Speed of reading CD-ROM (on method CAV) reaches up to 49x, and CD-R and CD-RW up to 42x (too CAV). As the final note to this part of clause I shall notice, that 18-kratnaya speed of record DVD is Mb per second on the average a stream of useful data, that is even, despite of presence in a drive of the buffer (ke`sh-pamyati) Mb, any problems with speed of interface UltraATA/ (which real stream is measured by us here at a level about 27- Mb per second) can lead to problems in record. Probably, and in optical drives necessity to use obkatanny'e earlier on hard sony t140 notebook disks of technology of the buffer of Mb and interfaces UltraATA/1 and Serial ATA has come, at last. However, drives with Serial ATA slowly, but truly get on the market, and in one of following clauses we shall get acquainted with one of last representatives DVD± RW-privodov with such interface which with a stock should not have bottlenecks by way of speed of the interface. Acoustic noise in work This time we have decided to depart from cleanly subjective ball system of an estimation shumnosti drives and have lead objective measurements of acoustic noise levels of work of a drive in various operating modes. Measurement of levels of sound pressure was spent by our technique, before sony t140 notebook used for tests of coolers (see, for example,) and. The measuring microphone settled down on distance of sm from the forward panel of the system block (more precisely — from a tray of a drive) in which the tested drive settled down. Measured in diffuznom a sound floor of value of m accepted as the standard for household and electronic technics were recalculated for the equivalent distance. Results of noise levels for various speeds of reading and record of various disks are resulted on the following diagram. For comparison in the bottom of the diagram data for enough silent (in due time) a drive which settled down in the same test system are cited. We shall note, that the noise level of a sony t140 notebook working test computer during same time made nearby dBA. Noise from work of a drive, especially at reading CD/DVD on the maximal speed, high enough though on average and low turns the drive is silent enough in work. At record on the maximal speed noise above, than at reading is one more occasion to not pursue by all means record DVD for the speed 18x. ;) However, users can adjust speed of work of a drive (at record and reading) by means of utilities. If to compare shumnost' drive Samsung SH-S182M with shumnost'yu our test drive Toshiba it will appear, that on identical speeds of reading and record of CD and DVD the Korean product is more silent on the average on 1- dBA, that it is possible to sony t140 notebook put it down to credit. The price Further is resulted, actual at the moment of reading of the given clause by you: Samsung SH-S182M $ (37) Samsung SH-S182D $ (44) $ (3) $ (55) N/D (0) From this tablet it is possible to draw a conclusion, that at the moment of a writing of this clause drive Samsung SH-S182M appeared more favourable purchase, than, for example, considered by us earlier similar, though also less functional drives from Plextor and Lite-On. Conclusions
So, at us on testing flagman model DVD-rekordera from company Samsung — model SH-S182M has visited. The novelty has pleased not only support of the new high-speed formula (18x for DVD±R and 12x for DVD-RAM), but also rather silent and stable work, quality of record quite good in whole even on high sony t140 notebook speeds, is almost limiting possible now mul'tiformatnost'yu and support of technology of drawing of inscriptions on a underside of special disks (LightScribe). And additional appeal to a drive is given its rather low on a background of competitors with the price. At the same time, in my opinion, sharp necessity to pursue the superhigh-speed formula noted above, probably, nevertheless is not present, as it is given not free of charge (payment quality of record and shumnost' to some extent serves), and advantages from its use are rather illusive. Exception — transition with 5x on 12x for DVD-RAM.) Is published on December, 12th 20 g
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