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Hi all, i am new to this forum, I yesterday bought a SH 203 . I have got to say I am very impressed by the DVD write speeds, the entire dvd was written in 4.5 minutes( 20x speed). nice.........!! However when I wrote another dvd ( had around 25 divx files, 175 mb each) at 4 x speed my sony dvd player had a tough time reading it. I was using Moser Baer cds in both the cases .Dunnow where the problem is and why it happened ! Any comments on this one ?

MrMoody's Mini Review: Samsung SH-S203B

Burning:
DVD-R: Excellent (even cheap media)
DVD+R: Excellent (especially class A/B 16X)
DVD-RW: Excellent (all speeds)
DVD+RW: Mediocre (high errors, standalone compatibility requires bitsetting which can't be defaulted)
DVD+R DL: Poor (coasters even on MKM001 MIS at 2.4X, error spike at layer break, bitsetting can't default)
CD-R: Excellent
CD-RW: Good (some media not well speed supported)

Reading:
Burned DVDs: Very Good (even +R DLs)(could be faster)
Burned CDs: Excellent
Pressed DVDs: Unreliable (one scratched disc gave intermittent corrupted data without error failure, both playing and ripping)
Pressed CDs: Excellent

Other:
Scanning: Good (reliable results but no jitter test)
Firmware support: Mediocre so far (could improve but probably won't)

Summary: Great at some things, useless for others, worthwhile if you have another different drive for the things it doesn't do well. I'd buy it again only as a 2nd burner.

So sh-s203 differences are:

B : Normal 16x DL Speed
D : Slow 12x DL Speed
N : Same as B + Lightscribe

What the hell does P mean????

All of them have SATA interfaces

Hi,LS version of D possibly.

I think Truedirect is the main difference
see here:
http://www.samsungodd.com/Eng/Produc...evel_idx=4418#

The N has only 12x read DVD-R Dual like the P
Only the B can read 16x

Are the drives able to read faster with the codekings firmware?

Food for thought: The drives can write DVD+R DL faster than read???

Since this thread is indended for discussion about the review, please stay on topic. For other questions, start a new thread please, if you can't find an existing one which fits.

Dee's review shows EAC reporting no audio caching, but the cdrlabs review shows EAC reporting the opposite.

Anyone know which is correct?

/MLS

With an auto-bitsetting firmware this drive would be perfect...
Is there a way to make bitsetting permanent and not software related with this drive or does it need a firmware modification?

My Samsung 203B SB01 do not support audio caching in EAC.