Samsung unveils panoply of DVD burners, hard drives

We already glanced at Samsung's SpinPoint F1, but the firm also let four other storage devices out of the bag (officially, at least) alongside its 1TB behemoth at its storage press conference in NYC. Up first is the SpinPoint N2 series of 1.8-inch HDDs, which offers up a "world's largest" 120GB flavor at 4200RPM for a dollar under $250. Catering to the 2.5-inch hard drive buyer, the MH80 lineup that we've been hearing about finally went official, and the "world's first" hybrid HDD to come in a 160GB iteration was introduced alongside a bevy of other SpinPoint M5 offerings ranging from 60GB to 250GB (in the dual-disk model). In the burning realm, the WriteMaster SE-T084L portable slot-loaded DVD writer enables USB disc writing with minimal fuss for just $150, while the $70 Super-WriteMaster SH-S203 SATA burner (falsely) claims the "world's fastest" title by churning out discs at 20x. Thankfully for those intrigued, all of the aforementioned devices are currently shipping, so snagging one (or more) in the near future ought not cause too much grief.

[Pete @ Jun 20th 2007 1:41PM]

Anyone happen to see on of those 1.8" suckers in the wild? I would really like to order one for an UltraPortable, but it might be a while before vendors start advertising them.

[Chuckles McGee @ Jun 20th 2007 6:24PM]

Come on Sammy, where are my solid state drives? 4200 RPM drives-pooey! You know darn well that SSDs will dominate the 1.8" market first- where are they?