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Samsung DVD/CD Combo writer

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PCQ Bureau
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This is the latest internal IDE combo drive from Samsung, which can read DVDs at 12X, record DVD+/-R at 4X, rewrite DVD-RW at 2X and +RW at 2.4X. It can read CDs at 40X, record at 16X and rewrite them at 10X. 

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In the DVD writing tests, the drive took around 14 mins and 26 secs to burn 4.3 GB of data at 4X DVD+R media, and 14 mins and 48 secs at 2X DVD-R media. The drive took 41 mins and 10 secs for formatting and 30 mins and 36 secs for writing the DVD-RW media in the burst mode. It can burn 650 MB of mixed data to a 48X CD-R media in 5 mins and 15 secs. It takes the same time to burn 74 mins of audio. Duplicating a data CD took marginally longer at 5 mins and 27 secs, while audio CD duplication took longer by a minute at 6 mins and 26

secs. 

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Price : Rs 12,000
Key Specs : Burns both

DVD+ and —R, useful software bundle 
Contact : Samsung India, Delhi. 
Tel : 51511234. 
E-mail : ashish.gupta@samsungindia.com 

The drive comes with an inbuilt 2 MB buffer memory. The drive comes with some useful software, such as Nero Express 6 and InCD 4 for writing CDs and DVDs. There’s also WinDVD Creator for capturing audio/video and digital photos. Also, there’s WinDVD Recorder for playing and recording audio and video formats directly. It also has DVD duplication software called InterVideo DVD for making copies of a DVD video. Overall, it is a good choice for home and office users. 

Sanjay Majumder and Siddharth Sharma

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