Are Cheap DVD Burners Worth the Trouble?
Features
By
Patrick Schmid 
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Feature Table
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| Header Cell - Column 0 | LG GSA-H42L | Pioneer DVD-112 | Samsung SH-S182 | Samsung SH-S183 | Sony/NEC (Optiarc) AD-7170S | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interface | UltraATA | UltraATA | UltraATA | SATA | SATA | 
| Write Speed | |||||
| DVD+R | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 
| DVD-R | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 
| DVD+R DL | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 
| DVD-R DL | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 
| DVD+RW | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 
| DVD-RW | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 
| DVD-RAM | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 
| CD-R | 48 | 40 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 
| CD-RW | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 
| Labeling | LightScribe | None | LightScribe | lightScribe | none | 
Test Setup
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| System Hardware | |
|---|---|
| Socket 775 | Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 (Conroe 65 nm, 2.93 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache) | 
| Motherboard | MSI 975X Platinum PowerUp EditionChipset : Intel 975X, BIOS : 2007-01-24 | 
| Common Hardware | |
| RAM | 2x 1024 MB DDR2-8000 (CL 4.0-4-4-12)Corsair CM2X1024-6400C3 XMS6403v1.1 | 
| Graphics Card | HIS X1900XTX IceQ3GPU : ATI Radeon X1900XTX (650 MHz)RAM : 512 MB GDDR3 (1550 MHz) | 
| Hard Drive | 150 GB 10,000 RPM, 8 MB Cache, SATA/150Western Digital WD1500ADFD | 
| DVD-ROM | Gigabyte GO-D1600C (16x) | 
| Software | |
| Graphics Driver | ATI Catalyst Suite 7.2 | 
| Platform Drivers Intel | INF-Treiber 8.1.1.1010 | 
| DirectX | Version : 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904) | 
Benchmarks And Settings
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| Benchmarks and Settings | |
|---|---|
| iTunes 7 | Version : 7.1.1.5 | 
| Nero CD-DVD Speed | Version : 4.7.0.4 | 
| DVD Decrypter | Version : 3.5.4.0ISO WriteISO Read | 
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Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)
Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
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