Pros: Fast, quiet, pretty, LightScribe, big round eject button, fast LightScribe burns... oh yeah, the software suite rocks my socks off. I'm pretty sure the value of the Nero suite is higher than I paid for the DVD drive with the software included. Newegg is so cool.

Cons: Absolutely nothing. Best purchase I've made in a long time.

Overall Review: Other reviewers who said it takes 40 minutes to burn a LightScribe image must have done something wrong. It takes me about 12 minutes on Draft and no more than 18 minutes on the highest setting. And I'm serious about the software. It is THE BEST burning suite I've ever owned, and it came absolutely free with the drive. Data, audio, CD, DVD (including Dual Layer), even a great hard drive backup feature. Great, great program.

Pros: - LightScribe capability at a cheap price! - Fast ripping and burning times. - Full-speed compatibility with all the media I threw at it. - Standard placement of eject button and LED for fully-compatible faceplate-less use in customized PCs, HTPCs, etc.

Cons: - No RPC1 firmware, but make sure you download the latest firmware (SB02 as of this writing) from www.rpc1.org.

Pros: Easy install (with included directions), came with Nero incl. Lightscribe, fast, quiet, uneventful operation. Couldn't ask for more, period.

Cons: The fact that the drive didn't install itself :) Oh, and the drive needed to be flashed; it came with SBOO (original firmware) and I installed SB02 (released in 9/06). Also, it appears in Nero as "TSST DVD RW" and not "Samsung." Otherwise, no cons at all.

Overall Review: Drive is great; it is fast, quiet, it was incredibly cheap, installation was quick and easy...there are no negatives to report at all. I installed the Lightscribe 'ware on the system and my pre-installed version of Nero ran with it. If you're in the market for a fast, cheap drive that is well-made, quiet and won't give you issues, this is the one. Buy it.

Pros: Cant complain about the drive, Silent opperation and nive lightscribe capabilitys. Personaly my computer must hate DVD burners cause ive been through 5 or 6 sence i got the freakin thing 2 years ago but so far no problems with this.

Cons: Firmwear update tryed to update my other DVD burner which is a Samsung as well. Other then that nothing really.

Overall Review: Great price, Great burner, by a great company. Comes with nero which is always a plus and its very nice drive. Compleatly silent.

Pros: in chronological order: 1. oem packaging included nero 2. was expecting the 'samsung' logo on the oem drive tray to be missing, but it's there. sweet. production date was jan 007 with most up to date firmware. 3. burned verbatim 16X discs @ 18X w/o a hiccup. 4. burned very cheap 'bulkpaq' discs which actually played in my car's dvd player. the same discs burned w/ my old nec would not play. 5. burned onto dvd ram disc by drag n drop. 6. fyi, this drive does disc scanning and supports mt rainier.

Cons: none, whatsoever.

Overall Review: this replaced my old nec 3520AW which got a good workout over the last few yrs. for those having problems with contrast on their lightscribe discs, use the contrast utility that lightscribe provides.

Pros: Works great, so quit you dont hear it running. Nice sofware too. Dont be afraid to buy this drive

Cons: none yet, Had an Asus that lasted only two months, definetly a better drive

Pros: Small, fast, less noisy

Cons: The OEM version doesn't come with any software, cable or screws.

Overall Review: This DVD writer is smaller in depth by about a couple of inches than all other DVD writers that I have. I burned a 4.4GB DVD movie in less than 7 minutes. a) To get latest drivers, go to www.samsung-odd.com b) To get lightscribe to work, you would need to install lightscribe system software. It is available free from www.lightscribe.com. Without the system software, the lightscribe labeling softwares will not recognize the disk. c) To get good contrast, install the lightscribe contrast enhancement utility available free from www.lightscribe.com. Choose the best quality option in your lightscribe labeling software. d) The OEM version doesn't ship with anything but the DVD writer. The DVD writer will not even have Samsung name on it. Make sure you have Nero since the drive letter access will work with InCD included with Nero. I tried to use the dla with Sonic but it did not work. Nero also includes lightscribe label creation software. However it is hidden in advanced users option.

Pros: Everything works Flawlessly, Including the lightscribe.

Cons: I didnt find this sooner.

Overall Review: as others have said, use the web sites to d/l the drivers.