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Strengths: Dependable.
Have had no CD brand compatibility issues.
Great digital audio extraction [DAE] rate (10X)-- better than my Creative 52X CD-ROM (which only pulls a 8X DAE).
Weaknesses: none so far. ...wish I had two!
Summary: A very quiet CD-RW, esp. when acting as a CD-ROM. My Creative 52X CD-ROM is so much louder. I now put discs into the Samsung CD-RW for software installation. Good manual. Great price. Have tested discs using Nero CD Speed [vers. 0.85 Beta]... have used 7 different CD media brands. No data errors after burning at high speeds. Is able to read a few scratched discs that my Creative has problems with. More drive info. [from Nero InfoTool]: Drive : SAMSUNG CD-R/RW SW-216B Type : CD-RW Recorder Firmware Version : Q001 Buffer Size : 2 MB Mechanism : Tray Read Speed (Max.) : 32 X Write Speed (Max.) : 16 X Read CD Text : Yes Return C2 Pointers : Yes Read CD-R : Yes Read CD-RW : Yes Read DVD-ROM : No Read DVD-RAM : No Read DVD-R : No Read DVD-RW : No Read DVD+RW : No Read Digital Audio : Yes Read CD+G : Yes Read VideoCD : Yes Write CD-R : Yes Write CD-RW : Yes Write DVD-R : No Write DVD-RW : No Write DVD+RW : No Write DVD-RAM : No Buffer Underrun Protection : Yes Mount Rainier : No Modes : Packet, TAO, DAO, SAO, RAW SAO, RAW SAO 16, RAW SAO 96, RAW DAO 96

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