Cebit 2002 - Samsung Booth

CD-RW Products

SW-232

This is a 32x (Z-CLV) CD-RW drive that also supports 10x re-writing and 40x reading speeds. The buffer is 8MB and supports JustLink, "Stable Recording" to improve recording safety and "DVA" (Dynamic Vibration Absorber) to reduce noise and vibration. The access time is 100ms and supports : DAO, TAO, SAO, Multisession and Packet writing. As it seems Samsung drops off OAK Technology chipsets since now it uses "JustLink" as the main buffer underrun protection. Also no sign of Mt. Rainier support, at least for the SW-232.

SW-240

This is the fastest Samsung recorder and supports 40x writing (Z-CLV), 12x re-writing and 40x reading speeds. The rest specs are the same as with SW-232 and the only change is the support of Mt. Rainier format.

Combo

SM-232

This will be probably the fastest combo drive of the market. It supports 32x writing, 12x re-writing, 40x reading (CD) and 16x reading (DVD). The internal buffer is up to 8MB and includes "JustLink", "Mt. Rainier" and access times of 120ms (DVD), 110ms (CD). Lastly, Samsung made sure that both DVD-R and DVD-RW formats are readable.

SW-324

This will be probably the fastest slim-line combo drive of the market. It supports 24x writing, 10x re-writing, 24x reading (CD) and 8x reading (DVD). The internal buffer is up to 2MB and includes "JustLink", "Mt. Rainier" and access times of 110ms (DVD), 100ms (CD). Again, Samsung made sure that both DVD-R and DVD-RW formats are readable.

Samsung also demonstrated the above drive rotating during playback DVD movie. The drive was installed in a plastic case since there wasn't any cover. Note the red spot, which is actualy the laser beam of the drive!

DVD-R/RAM

MR-A02B

Samsung's proposal is based upon Panasonic LF-D311 and supports 1x DVD-R/RAM writing and 2x DVD-RAM, 6x DVD-R and 24x CD reading speeds. The buffer is 1MB (includes Buffer Underrun protection) and can write at 2.6/4.7GB DVD-RAM and at 4.7 DVD-R (for general use).

CD-ROMS

SN-124

This a slim-in CD-ROM mainly for notebook computers. It supports 24x reading (CAV) and 120ms access time.