Well it looks like another manufacturer has made the mistake again, -R lead-in is not writing properly with the 182 drives (182D and DRU-830A, can't check 182M). Samsung can join Lite-On and Pioneer in this special club. I got Lite-On to address this problem but I don't know if Samsung will be helpful. I guess I can only try. For those interested see this thread for more details of what this looks like.
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....highlight=karr
edit: Sent email to Samsung explaining the issue and providing pictures. We'll see what kind of response this generates. If anyone here has contacts at Samsung, it could be helpful.