Of course if you want just the bare drive, you should be able to pick it up for around the £30 mark, making the TS-H552 a pretty attractive proposition for anyone on a tight budget. When looking at the price, you have to remember that this is the retail box, so £42.29 isn’t too bad. I’ve never seen the Ultra Speed + logo before, but there’s no denying that this drive can burn CD media quickly, so whatever it does, it works. The fascia sports logos for DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and CD-RW Ultra Speed +. There’s a single eject button, an indicator light and a manual eject hole. The drive itself looks fairly standard, finished in good old PC beige. Not a bad bundle, but I would rather have a copy of Nero in the box than the Pinnacle suite. Samsung sent over the full retail version of the drive which shipped with an IDE cable, an audio cable, mounting screws, a quick setup guide, and a copy of Pinnacle Instand CD/DVD 8. This is a bit of a shame, especially since 6x DVD-RW and 6x DVD-R DL media is now available. I had hoped that a new firmware flash would upgrade the TS-H552, but after downloading the latest firmware and installing it, the specifications stayed resolutely the same as before. ![]() While both the NEC and Plextor PX-716A could also write to DVD-R Dual Layer media as well. ![]() Most new drives are offering support for faster DVD+RW and DVD-RW writing, as the NEC ND-3540A showed. The CD-RW performance was reported correctly, and the drive just blazed through the format and the 600MB burn.īut despite the undeniably impressive performance shown by the TS-H552, I have to say that I am a little disappointed that the specifications are as conservative as they are. What was surprising is that Nero reported the CD-R performance to be only 40x, despite the 48x specification, but looking at the results the drive was clearly writing at the faster rate. If you’re still burning a lot of CD media, you’re going to love this drive, with every test whether on CD-R or CD-RW media coming in under three minutes. But to be fair the NEC is a 6x DVD-RW drive while the Samsung is only rated at a more conservative 4x. The DVD-RW times were consistently good, with only the NEC ND-3540A putting the Samsung in the shade. DVD+R performance wasn’t quite so impressive, but it was still consistently good and up there with the best of the competition. Every single result that the Samsung turned in was below six minutes, undercutting the competition by a significant margin. Next there’s the DVD-R tests, and here the TS-H552 just flew. Here the Samsung turned in some pretty respectable times, but not quite as fast as the Toshiba SDR-5372 which was also rated at 5x. ![]() Let’s look at the DVD+R Dual Layer performance first. There aren’t really any outstanding performances in evidence across all the tests, but what you can see from the graphs is that the TS-H552 turned in consistently good times across the board, whereas many drives I test tend to excel with some media and fall behind with other formats. While changes in availability between different distributors may result in some price fluctuations, it ensures that you will always receive the lowest possible prices on currently available products! Realtime Inventory: Live inventory updates are not available for this product.And that really sums up this drive from Samsung – solid. Lowest Possible Prices: Advanced electronic interfaces continually scan our distributors for their best current pricing and availability. As a result, we are the top source for your computer, office and Server technology needs. As a result, no one can get your orders to you faster than we can! Strong Industry Alliances: SAITECH maintains long-standing alliances with the industry's leading distributors and manufacturers. How We Process Orders Fastest Shipping: To get your products to you as quickly as possible, most orders placed directly by one of our several leading distributors or by the product's manufacturer. Place your order with SAITECH, and we will make every effort to have the item delivered to you as soon as possible. This item is a Special Order and may take additional shipping time.
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