Reddit reviews Samsung USB 2.0 Ultra Portable External DVD Writer Model SE-218CB/RSBS
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INTERFACE: USB2.0 / 3.0 COMPATIBLEBuffer Memory: 1.0MBDVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD+R DL, DVD-R DL, DVD-RAM, CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, CD-DA, CD+E (G), CD-MIDI, CD-TEXT, CD-ROM XA, Mixed Mode CD, CD-I, CD-I Bridge (Photo-CD, Video-CD), Multisession CD (Photo-CD, CD-EXTRA, Portfolio)Access Time: DVD-ROM - 150MS; CD-ROM - 150MS
Funny thing for Android users. Samsung made a DVD drive that works on phones and tablets. No idea what you need to do to play dvd movies straight off the disc if it's possible.
It's not worth $80, it's too expensive for what you get. The cable is hard wired, if it breaks you need a repair (not worth the cost) or replace it. It will only work with Macs that don't have an optical drive, which could be a deal breaker too (and I'd like to know the reasoning behind that decision, it's an artificial limitation built into the firmware). Say you also have a Mac with an internal drive, if that one dies you can't even use the external one. Whoever decided that needs a punch in the face. Sorry for the rant, I just think it's not a good idea to buy one.
It seems strange that the one you got didn't work. Any drive should work. I needed to read a few optical discs recently. I just bought an eternal enclosure on Amazon for 8 bucks and ripped the drive out of some old laptop I had lying around. This one is the best seller on Amazon. The reviews are good and some mention it'll work with Macs.
This is the one I bought when my CD tray broke on my laptop.
It's a little bit above your $20 range, but it works amazingly and it's prime so you'll save a bit on shipping anyway.
Based on what I understood, the new laptop doesn't have a CD drive? Fear not my friend, I got you: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-External-SE-218CB-RSBS/dp/B00DBV28TG
If I had one, I would have sent it your way already
As much as I like new toys, if it were me, I'd bite my lip and do the responsible thing by getting AppleCare for the computer. :P
If you already did get AppleCare, I'd say go for the external drive; optical media is falling quickly out of usage, but you can get a much better deal than Apple's SuperDrive if you choose to in the future. The Apple Store does have a respectable selection of third-party drives, on the other hand.
It's way more than $1500... the build you linked isn't the same at all and doesn't include peripherals nor some other add-ins.
/u/forrealimadetective linked a pretty accurate build here which comes out to about $1900. Add the capture card ($150), upgrade the optical drive to the external DVD writer (+$15), anti-virus ($30), flash drive ($10?), t-shirt ($10?), and the value of the warranty ($100++?) and the total is at least $2200 in parts alone, or more if you consider the fact that the case is custom designed for this build and isn't otherwise available.
Still a better deal if you build it yourself, but not nearly as bad of a deal as a $1500 PC for $2750. Honestly this ends up not being that terrible of a deal for someone who isn't tech-savvy enough to put together this list of products and assemble them, and install OS/software.
Also, the better spec you linked would be something like $2400 if you also include the keyboard, mouse, monitor, and capture card.
Around $500? Yeah the Lenovo G510 is a good choice for that.
If you don't absolutely need the optical drive and can deal with an external drive, I'd say your best option would be the Acer Aspire V5-473P which you can get for $520 if you pick it off of This List and choose to bundle it with Office 365 personal.
It gets ~7hrs of battery life, is only 4.4lbs, and has a 1920x1080 IPS touch display. I'd say it's overall your best bet.
I very rarely use it, so I figured it wasn't worth putting one in the system, and I bought this. Plus it's nice because I can use it on different computers easily.
The optical drive limits your choices. More and more manufacturers are dropping it. Nonetheless, here are some suggestions with a DVD drive:
Sony Vaio T15:
It's one of the lightest 15 inch laptops out there with an optical drive. With a weight of only 4.9 lbs it's quite portable. Battery life is stellar, but 4 hours should be doable, if you don't turn up the display brightness to a maximum. Would handle all your needs for several years and has enough storage for an extended music and video collectionn. It also would feel quite fast due to the SSD cache (a fast storage solution compared to spinning hard drives).
If you want something smaller and more portable, you can take a look at the Toshiba Portege R935-ST4N01:
Very light weight, under 3.5 lbs, and with long battery life. One charge would carry you through the whole day. You can expect about 7 to 8 hours of usage till it shuts down. Due to it's size, it wouldn't be a problem to take it to class and make notes with it. The display isn't a high resolution one like in the Sony Vaio T15, but it's not bad for a 13.3 inch laptop. And the HDD is quite large with 1 TB of storage.
And an honorable mention to the Apple MacBook Pro 13:
It's a refurbished model and still it's more expensive than the other two, but it's an Apple product. You can expect better build quality and better customer service.
I don't know how often you use a DVD drive (optical drive), but if you just use it once or twice a month an external one could be viable option. You could get a laptop without one, which would give you a broader selection.
Pretty much this.
As for your not-enough-sata-ports issue, you'll need an internal pcie card or a usb->sata adapter.
Card: http://www.amazon.com/Crest-Port-SATA-PCI-Express-SY-PEX40039/dp/B005B0A6ZS/
Adapter: http://www.amazon.com/Anker%C2%AE-Converter-Adapter-Cable-included/dp/B005B3VO24/
There's really zero reason to go the USB adapter route though, at that point you might as well just get an external dvd drive: http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-External-SE-218CB-RSBS/dp/B00DBV28TG/
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-External-SE-218CB-RSBS/dp/B00DBV28TG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1409861927&sr=8-1&keywords=Samsung+dvd+writer
I bought this a few months ago because I'm not ready to give up on physical CDs. I plugged it in and it worked right away.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DBV28TG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I use this Samsung and it works great. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DBV28TG
Yes, you would have to buy an external optical drive, but they're pretty inexpensive; the SSD would provide very good performance, so we think it's worth the trade-off. You will most likely not use the optical drive on an everyday basis anyway.
i havent used a dvd in ages, so dont really need one, so have no experience with it.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-External-SE-218CB-RSBS/dp/B00DBV28TG/ref=lp_1292113011_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1425843179&sr=1-4 one seems very highly rated.
and after reading one of the comments, i didnt even think about being able to connect it to tablets, so thats another plus to external vs internal.
You can find external DVD drives for cheap (about $30) on your local store or on the internet, and if you want Blu-Ray functionality, you can get one like this.
In terms of the SSD, the location should not matter since the cable distance has very, very little effect on the speed. You should also notice faster speeds, even on SATA2.
I have a USB DVD writer. Would that work for the drivers? Its this one.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-External-SE-218CB-RSBS/dp/B00DBV28TG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418619547&sr=8-1&keywords=usb+dvd+drive
I got this onewhen it was $35 a few years back. Been working very well as a DVD+RW since all of my computers don't have DVD RW DVD burners
More Power, lesser costs, ready for a second gpu, with air cooling (love noctua too!)
And here the same with water cooling
Oh, and if you really need a dvd drive, get something like this.
How is this for an external?
This one works well but no Blu-Ray
This isn't the best response you could have gotten, but I said:
> Boot entry?
> You should probably have an external DVD drive if you are using a laptop without one. After that, you should be able to run a live CD of some sort to edit your boot.ini file if that is what you are talking about.
There isn't a lot you can do. Your only realistic options are to pick another case or, if you are really set on this one and definitely need an optical drive, go for an external drive like this.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks
Type|Item|Price
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Memory | Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1333 Memory | $69.95 @ Adorama
Storage | Crucial M500 120GB mSATA Solid State Disk | $74.99 @ Adorama
Operating System | Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) | $84.98 @ OutletPC
Other| Intel NUC (HDMI, Thunderbolt, Core i3-3217U)| $199.99
Other| 6FT Power Cord| $5.98
| | Total
| Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available. | $435.89
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-03-27 22:13 EDT-0400 |
With this build You'd have a Nice i3, the 8GB of DDR3 RAM, a Reliable SSD, and windows! Not to mention a really small form factor, low noise/power consumption and HDMI and Thunderbolt ports!
PS: If he needs a CD/DVD Writer/Reader, he can choose from either this brand or the Samsung one. They work through USB
>Who needs/uses a DVD drive anymore?
Most people do, dvd's are still the preferred method of watching a movie because buying on iTunes would mean DRM and Netflix requires a fast Internet.
> If not an external DVD drive is $13.
Where? A SuperDrive is 8x DVDA±R DL/ 6x DVDA±R DL / 6x DVDA±RW/ 24x CD-R / 16x CD-RW, I don't think you can find something with the exact specifications for 13 bucks, I say you need to shell out at least $30 for something similar.
>Not really. Playing your stuff right on the computer without needing some antiquated form of media "just works".
This is where you got it wrong because CDs aren't some antiquated form of media, they're still the safest and most durable way of storing data, only beaten by tape, so neither tape or cd is antiquated nor will they be antiquated until we come up with a better way to store data.
>As for the iMac yeah it looks pretty, and all it costed was the loss of a component that sees little if any use. If you really need it, again an external is cheap as hell and is not as much of a hindrance if you are using it on a desktop. If that is not enough get something else. You have choices. There are other computers.
This is complete fanboy talk. Instead of critiquing apple or being more critical of them you go "Well you don't have to use apple!" which is a mindset I'll never understand, why would anyone defend a company so vehemently? And it's not like Im bashing on apple either I'm just stating a matter of fact, they prefer form over function. And there a plethora of evidence to support that statement.
My main used to be a mid-09 13 inch MBP. The optical drive died on me about 2 years in so I replaced it with a SSD. I managed to go another 2 years before buying an external disc burner since I'm into music production.
I just upgraded to the mid-14 MBP (15 inch! Upgrade!) We'll see how much I'll miss the CD drive when I head back to school in the fall, but honestly I don't know if I even know where the disc drive is right now. I can honestly count on my hands how many times I've needed it. Most of those are (like you mentioned) renting movies from the library since school monitors network traffic.
As always YMMV but I think the retina display plus killer battery life in a package that's thinner and lighter than the 13 inch machine it replaces are worthy trade-offs.
Strictly speaking there's nothing wrong with using a "gaming" desktop as opposed to an "office" desktop. The key thing with gaming computers is the presence of a dedicated graphics card...which you would find pretty useless.
So comparing these two machines the Avatar would have slightly better graphics performance since it's got the GPU, however the Dell actually has the superior CPU in it which is what you're going to care about. That and if it's something that customers might see it probably looks a little more professional than a gaming computer.
If you want to save a little more money, and those are more or less the most demanding things you're going to do with it I'd recommend something like this:
Dell Inspiron i3 8GB RAM
Main difference there is the CPU, which is an i3. However it's more than capable of doing office grunt.
This Inspiron is even less, with a two sacrifices. It's only got 4GB of RAM, which means that if you're the kind of person to have tons of programs running at the same time might give you some headaches. It also doesn't have a disk drive, which could be a problem for some. Nice thing at least is that external drives are cheap, and easy to use for the few times that you might need it.
I'd say overall the i5 is a little overkill unless you're really crunching a lot of stuff at the same time. So the i3 8GB model is probably your best choice, and it's a bit cheaper than the Avatar and the i5 model.
If you're feeling savvy you could try to look into the slim Inspiron model and just buy your own RAM to stick in it. I'm not sure how easy it would be to get in there though.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Portable-External-SE-218CB-RSBS/dp/B00DBV28TG/ref=lp_1292112011_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1406231161&sr=1-1