Samsung Intros ''World's Thinnest'' Optical Disc Drive
Here's the world's slimmest optical disc drive, ideal for ultrabooks without an optical drive, and tablets for watching movies on the go.
Samsung said on Wednesday that it has shipped the "world's slimmest" optical disc drive, the sassy new SE-218BB. The external ODD features a compact size that is 18-percent thinner than conventional DVD writers, measuring just 14-mm in height. It's also 8-percent lighter than the company's own conventional DVD writer, making it the perfect accessory for ultrabooks without built-in ODDs, and tablets.
"With its ultra small footprint, consumers will appreciate the SE-218BB sleek drive as an ideal companion for ultrabook users that quickly connects and is USB powered to access content wherever they are," said Maverick Choi, ODD senior manager, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. "Through its AV connectivity mode, the drive is also ideal for Tablet PC users that want to view or hear content from a disc."
The new ODD take advantage of Samsung's Smart Technology to provide AV connectivity to low-powered devices through a single USB port. Even tablets sporting a single USB port and Android 3.1 or above can watch DVD content on their device -- Windows 8 RT tablets may also be a possibility in the future given that the drive supports both Windows 7 and Mac OS platforms.
"Featuring Buffer Under Run technology, the drive works to prevent errors that result from writing speeds that can exceed data transfer speeds, while also enabling PC multi-tasking," the company said. "The SE-218BB DVD writer is [also] an eco-friendly product, manufactured with lead-free soldering technology that eliminates harmful materials such as Pb, cd, cr+6, Hg, PBBs and PBDE."
As for read and write speeds, the new external DVD drive is capable of a variety of speeds across different data media types including: 24X CD-ROM, 24X CD-RW, 8X DVD±R recording, 5X DVD-RAM recording, 6X DVD+R Dual Layer recording, 6X DVD-R Dual Layer recording, 8X DVD+RW recording and 6X DVD-RW recording.
The SE-218BB is available now worldwide at online retail outlets with a MSRP of US$ 59.99
No I think getting rid of bulk is great. You can have your motorola brick phone and your 15lb laptop. Smaller and lighter is fine with me
No I think getting rid of bulk is great. You can have your motorola brick phone and your 15lb laptop. Smaller and lighter is fine with me
Yes, if the said company only made products like that. But, it's Samsung. They literally make like ridiculously high amount of models for the same product line. If you want a bigger external DVD drive, Samsung has that. If you want one that makes sandwiches, I'm sure they have that model too.
Agreed there. I really don't understand why USB ports haven't been made at least mini-USB if not Micro-USB.
Is there some 'power issue' there?
Brick? 15lb laptops? Who said anything about that, other than you, smartass? Im fine with smaller and lighter, but eventually you get to the point of diminishing returns. I like my things to at least look and feel somewhat sturdy. And god forbid you accidentally bump that thing while its reading or writing a disc.
I also never said they didnt have varied amounts of products. I just think some of these companies put far too much focus on making everything as small as they possibly can, whether its a good idea or not. Like Micro SD cards. I feel like mine is going to snap everytime I need to reinsert it into my card reader or phone. Then there was this portable HDD I had, where the mini USB connector did in fact break off the PCB inside because it was too small and wore out too fast. Anyway, its just my opinion.
But it looks sleek.
Hell the last time i used a CD was to install COD4 in 2007.
Now this feels like new from 1996!!! Come one! It's 2012! Having a Buffer Underrun Tech is A MUST!