New update from Samsung: TS-H552U DVD-RW drive

April 18, 2005

Samsung has updated its Writemaster line with the new TS-H552U multiformat, dual-layer-capable DVD. The updated drive can now burn dual-layer discs at 6x, DVD+R at 16x and DVD-R at 16x. DVD+RW is recorded at 4x and, finally, CD-R is written at 40x speed.

DVD Write Speeds:

DVD+R 16x
DVD+R DL 6x
DVD+RW 4x
DVD-R 16x
DVD-RW 4x

DVD Read Speeds:

DVD+R 8x
DVD+R DL 8x
DVD+RW 8x
DVD-R 8x
DVD-RW 8x
DVD-ROM 16x

CD Write Speeds:

CD-R 40x
CD-RW 32x

CD Read Speeds:

CD-R 48x
CD-RW 32x

The drive is priced at €60 for the european market. For more information, check the Samsung website. This and other optical storage drives can be discussed in our Recording Hardware Forum .

Updated 20th of April: fixed DVD+R DL and
DVD-R write speeds.

Source: Samsung