SAMSUNG SLIM PORTABLE USB20 EXTERNAL BD BLURAY WRITER BLACK SE506ABTSBD Components Bluray DVD Drives
| 44 of 45 people found the following review helpful  Great hardware, poor software, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Samsung SE-506AB External USB 2.0 Slimline 6x Blue-ray Writer and 8X DVD Writer - Black (Accessory) Physically, a very solid piece of hardware, but it comes with a shovel-load of dodgy software that you have to uninstall.In the box there is the drive itself, a weird looking USB cable that allows the drive to pull power from two USB ports, a DVD with software and a folded piece of paper showing how to connect to the two required USB ports. When attached to Win7 64bit, the driver installs automatically and the drive just works, no further installs required. As a bluray burner, the drive works well and hasn't produced any faulty discs for me. Bear in mind that the quality of your media really matters, so if you're finding problems with one type of discs, buy some pricier, branded bluray blanks to see if this resolves the matter. Contrary to other reviewers, my drive has loaded dirty, scratched DVDs just fine, so this really is a full replacement for any earlier, external drives you may own. On the included DVD is PowerDVD 9, amongst a heap of other... Read more 12 of 13 people found the following review helpful  No flaws for me, worked perfectly., By boydonewell "boydonewell" (London) - See all my reviews This review is from: Samsung SE-506AB External USB 2.0 Slimline 6x Blue-ray Writer and 8X DVD Writer - Black (Accessory) Very nice unit.It's small and neat, barely visible on the desk, weighs only about 350g so is very portable. It takes power from two USB sockets, so no separate power supply required. I've run it on an iMac and even from a tiny netbook using only battery power from the netbook. Works under Ubuntu linux and Mac OS. I've not tried W7 or older versions of Windows, but Samsung have stated it is W7 compatible. I even reinstalled Linux to my netbook using only this drive. I've used this unit to read data CDs/DVDs, and to burn files to DVDs and bluRay disks for backup. I've only used 25Gb disks for writing, but I understand that this unit will read/write up to 128Gb disks (it's BDXL), which will be a real bonus when high-capacity disk prices come down. A 25Gb disk took around 17-20 minutes, which, though it sounds bad, is about as fast as you can get with any recordable disk media - actually faster than CD or DVD speeds. I've not used... Read more 11 of 12 people found the following review helpful Good Little Drive but has its flaws, By Stepram (Edinburgh) - See all my reviews Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Samsung SE-506AB External USB 2.0 Slimline 6x Blue-ray Writer and 8X DVD Writer - Black (Accessory) Its a good little drive and plays most disks with out a hitch so long as the disk surface is perfect. I have a few disks that have been mistreated over the years (DVD's opposed to Blu-ray) but they all play in my other DVD player and laptops without a hitch, however this drive can not load them at all. In fact the slightest mark or spec of dust and this drive refuses to load CD's and DVD, I don't have any damaged Blu-ray disks (thankfully) to test if this also applies to blu-ray. A little disappointed, but for a portable drive it is small, light and quite. |
