SAMSUNG CD/DVD Burner 22X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 16X DVD+R DL 22X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 48X CD-R 24X CD-RW Black 1.5Gbps Model SH-222AL/BSBS LightScribe Support - OEM

Pros: At the time I bought it, it was the least expensive writer Newegg sold and included free shipping. It burns any brand of disc I can put in it. It's a Samsung -- another Samsung drive has lasted me 2 years and is still going strong in another PC I have! Not one coaster so far.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: This is the second Samsung drive I bought. I got the other one a couple of years ago and it is still the most reliable CD/DVD writer I have ever used. It is also compatible with more brands of blank media than any other drive I have ever used. In some of my other PCs other brands of writers have failed and I've had to replace them several times, but that old Samsung has outlasted them all and keeps working. I hope this newer drive works as well.

Pros: Does everything it is supposed to really fast

Cons: Is extremely loud and vibrates very hard

Overall Review: If I knew this thing was so loud and vibratious, I would have gone with another drive. It is super fast at everything, but it isn't worth it to me.

Pros: It's a good fast drive that makes good disk labels with the LightScribe. I'm very satisfied.

Cons: It can get a little loud when it's spinning up, and it didn't come with any software, but that's easy enough to find for free on the Internet. Not anything worth deducting an egg over.

Overall Review: It's a good drive for the price. Perfect for a budget computer.

Pros: Great price on sale and came with 25 free lightscribe DVD-R's. Reads much faster than my old 18x or so PATA Samsung, and reads some DVD's that my old drive couldn't. Tray moves smooth, and only requires a light bump to load back in.

Cons: Noisy. At speed, it is no noisier than any other drive, or noisier than it should be. However, my other drives have a slower default setting for media DVD's by default, so they are quieter. Samsung set too high of a default speed for watching movies, so it is noisy unless you have a software solution to slow the drive down. Probably a bad choice for a HTPC in that regard, and minus an egg. Hopefully a firmware upgrade will be released soon.

Overall Review: Have read that the firmware is currently unflashable for people that want/need custom firmware. I guess this might matter if your DVD collection was from multiple world regions. Lightscribe is slow (15+ minutes on max detail), and image is pretty dim. This is my only experience with the technology, so it could be normal, or it could be the free HP media that came with this drive. Lightscribe is a very low priority, and would not have cared if it did not support it.

Pros: Works exactly as expected and has Light Scribe. Looks really good in my case.

Cons: NA

Overall Review: As with any CD/DVD reader it can get a bit loud when its working full tilt. This doesn't bother me its merely a fact. Also make sure you read the description to ensure you get a CD/DVD burner that fits you case both functionally and aesthetically.

Pros: This drive does work with windows 7. To the person who says it doesn't, you must have another issue, either a bad drive or something else entirely.

Cons: none

Pros: Relatively quiet, no coasters so far, and it reads everything that I put in it unlike the LG that I am replacing. Discreet faceplate without tons of white lettering all over. Even though it is OEM packaged it comes with NERO, which is not necessary but nice nonetheless.

Cons: none from me, this unit is WAY better than my year old LG

Pros: Cheap, has lightscribe.

Cons: Very loud drive, when reading or burning, the motor is just way loud, its louder than any of the fans on my computer!

Overall Review: you get what you pay for, it works and does what i need it to, and for how much one uses an ODD, the volume level is not a problem