Samsung's redesigned tray.....Your Opinion please

[AcceleratorX]

With their latest models of Optical Drives, Samsung seems to have introduced a somewhat changed tray. Take a look.

*www.samsung.com/Products/OpticalDiskDrive/COMBO/images/comboonlinel.jpg

Do you think this breed of Optical drives will be better than the last?

EDIT: I have one of these models, and it sure seems to work fine...for now.

 

[mario_pant]

um..... what change except the removal of that useless volume control and the audio jack?...
just the button seems more highlighted now...

 

[ashnik]

from begining SAmsung had tray issues. Hope this might solve it.
BTW I'm sticking to sony only

 

[SWEET SNEHA]

earlier was better
Samsung tray:
bad--->worse

 

[kato]

actually samsung is still not considered a good dvd drive
but maybe they will start improving on it

 

[goobimama]

I dont know what to look for...? It looks the same to me...

 

[nix]

exactly...the tray looks same...less difference. but its wait & watch to see if something has really changed inside...for bad or good.

 

[tarey_g]

no matter whatevr they do to the tray design but
samsung+optical drive= buyers nightmare

is the truth .

 

[AcceleratorX]

My current Samsung Optical Drive, which is based on this tray design from Samsung, is brand new, no problems yet....I noticed that internally, the layout of the tray seems the same, but I also noticed that this time the plastic used is harder, and the tray itself is fixed tighter to the drive. With these drives, Samsung also claims a "lead-free" design.....which I think was done just to make them some extra money....

Also, when I eject and close the tray, the sound is a bit different from their previous drives.

BTW, here is the picture of earlier Samsungs for comparison with the new ones..... (the main difference is the edges of the tray....)

*www.samsung.com/Products/CDDVD_Writer/COMBOHalf_Height/images/SM-352F_l.jpg

 

[deadman]

samsung drive=money waste +headache

deadman is here

 

[mario_pant]

mann.... my samsung drive tray now moves sideways and hence has started stoppping and jamming!!! HELP!

 

[techno_funky]

man dunno whats with samsung
they have quality products
look at thier monitors
dunno why dont they improve on the tray problems

 

[dIgItaL_BrAt]

earlier the trays refused to go in,now they will refuse to come out.

 

[Vishal Gupta]

All Samsung drives hv Tray problem.

And I hv to put a blank CD always in the tray of my Samsung DVD drive

 

[Choto Cheeta]

i have a Sumsung DVD ROM, SD616E... (that digit one... )...

me too facing the Tray problem... some tiome when opned... it refused to stay closed... some time when its closed, its refuses to stay open....

 

[AcceleratorX]

The SD-616 series of Samsung DVD drives are popular all over the world for their tray problems. Do you know that one guy posted in some forum that if you remove the plastic body of the drive (SD-616 series), the tray starts to function just fine?

 

[mobilegeek]

me too ..

Samsung cd rw, its tray only comes out when ..
i literally punch it .. n sometimes it just refuses to open .. at all

thank god I have this too...

*img347.imageshack.us/img347/75/day6cw.jpg

 

[mohit]

i dont advice anybody to take a risk with samsung's notorious optical drives .. why take a risk when there are ten other better options available ?? samsung always made shitty optical drives with their "patent pending" tray problem

 

[it_waaznt_me]

Heh .. This Samsung Combo drive I have its tray comes out by itself .. and it irritates me by opening again and again ..
It even happens before the OS is loaded too so no chance of any virus ..

 

[tarey_g]

and they haven't got over the buffer underrun problems that are commom in samsung drives , the 8mb buffer does not help either.