So how does Samsung achieve these high speed burns? Thanks in part to the SH-S203's ability to do over speed recording. This allows the SH-S203 to write with 20X speed on 16X media and 16X speed on 12X media. This can save you money as some low speed media goes for a lower cost than its higher burn speed rated media.
So how fast is 20X anyway? The Samsung SH-S203 burning a 4.7GB disc at 20X recording takes about 4 and half seconds.
As with other Samsung Writemaster models, the Samsung SH-S203 offers multiple high-end technologies including: Speed Adjustment Technology, Tilt Actuator Compensation (TAC), Double Optimum Power Control, Buffer Under Run Error protection, Automatic Ball Balancing System (ABS), and the Samsung SH-S203 DVD Burner is also eco-friendly and is RoHS compliant.
All in all the Samsung SH-S203 is a great all around DVD writer. Capable of burning multiple formats and offering great performance at a cost around 70$ us.
Pros:
Write speeds
-The large amount of media types that can be written
-Price