SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM SATA Model SH-222BB/BEBE - OEM

Cheap

has issues loading game disks like Star Wars

I have two of these, they seem highly reliable and burn disks pretty quickly. I don't burn too many disks anymore, but this thing is just so cheap that I cannot justify buying a DVD ROM

Can be kinda loud at times

Does what it says. Just be careful when trying to fill discs to the brim, maybe leave an extra 1GB or so left over

Not sure if it is the media I bought or the software I use (CD Burner XP) but the 4x Memorex media I bought only burns at 2x, so it takes about 45 minutes to fill a disc. I doubt it's an issue with the burner

It could be the disk or the drive, hard to tell. Hasn't been a chronic problem so I haven't quit using them. For the price, I'll continue to pick them up.

Good quiet burner. Good reads, pretty good writes

I've used several of these drives in my builds and find that they can be a little picky or slow at recognizing some blank DVD's (verbatim and memorex specifically). For the most part it's not a problem, and often restarting the computer fixes the...

If for some reason it burns out I'll buy another one

Works just as intended

non

cheap and works perfectly

none at all

Does what it's supposed to do

none

Others complain of this drive being louder than others. Honestly I don't think it's that loud and I couldn't tell when the drive was reading or idle. Maybe it's their case vibrations or something.

It's a DVD burner drive. It's cheap and works fine

None

does the job ; perfect for when you need a cheep fast drive

none

Works great at near-advertised speeds

It is a tad louder than other budget drives when in use