Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Explained

Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation
Type:	Storage Technologies
Location City:	Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo, Japan
Key People:	Hiroshi Suzuki (President & CEO)
Industry:	Data storage
Products:	Optical disc drives
Owner:	Optis Co., Ltd.

Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Corporation (abbreviated TSST) is an international joint venture company of Toshiba (Japan) and Samsung Electronics (South Korea). Toshiba used to own 51% of its stock, while Samsung used to own the remaining 49%. The company specialized in optical disc drive manufacturing. The company was established in 2004.The company's headquarters is located in Shibaura, Minato, Tokyo, Japan with Hiroshi Suzuki as its President and CEO. Its subsidiary, Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology Korea Corporation is located in Suwon, South Korea, and headed by Dae Sung Kim.

Each corporation in Japan and Korea has the individual directorate system. For the business issues, TSST has been discussing it through the common relevant organization for mutual consent. TSST is currently responsible for the product development, marketing and sales, and has been taking advantage of the existing network of Samsung Electronics and Toshiba for manufacturing, sales, and after-sales service.

Half-height optical drives by TSSTcorp with writing abilities are branded "WriteMaster".

History

In October 2009, TSST had received a subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department for possibly violating the antitrust laws.^[1]

Samsung and Toshiba sold their stakes in TSST to Optis Co., Ltd., a Korean manufacturer that made products for TSST under contract.^[2]

In mid-2016 TSST entered Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in Delaware US, shielding it from most U.S. creditor actions while the company reorganizes its business in Korea’s court system and restructures a $78 million debt.

Models and specifications

All reading speeds are in constant angular velocity unless otherwise indicated.

"?" indicates that the format is supported, but the speed specification is unknown for this model.

Functionality not listed in "Additional functionality" (e.g. CD-MRW support) for a particular model does not always imply that the feature is missing, but may also imply that existing sources have not confirmed that feature for that particular model yet.

Half-height

Model numbers with the third digit being a "2" stands for an Parallel ATA + Integrated drive electronics (IDE) interface, while the digit "3" stands for a Serial ATA (SATA) interface. DVD writers by TSST may have a "WriteMaster" branding.

Some models such as the SH-S162 and the SH-S182 have "L" variants (SH-S162L and SH-S182L) respectively, which indicates support for LightScribe technology.

Writing speeds higher than ×16 (constant angular velocity) are only unlocked on quality recordable media from selected manufacturers, including Mitsubishi/Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden.

Model! rowspan="2"

Release date	Loading mechanism	Reading speeds					Writing speeds					Additional functionality
CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, Audio CD		DVD-ROM, DVD±R, DVD±RW (single layer)	DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R (dual layer)	DVD-RAM (P-CAV)	Blu-ray disc	CD-R, CD-RW	DVD±R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW (single layer)	DVD-R, DVD+R (dual layer)	DVD-RAM	Blu-ray disc
SH-M522^[3] TS-H492C^[4]	2004	Mechanical tray	52×, 40×, 40×, ?	16×, ?, ?	?	?	None	52×, 32×	None	None	None	None
TS-H352^[5] ^[6] SD-616^[7]	2005		48×, ?, ?, ?	16×, ?, ?	?	?		None	None	None	None
SH-S162^[8]	2006		48×, 40×, 40×, 40×	12×, 8×, 8×	8×, 6×, 6×	5×P-CAV		48×(CAV), 32×(P-CAV)	16×, 4×, 4×	4×, 8×	5× P-CAV		LightScribe variant
SH-S182/TS-H652^[9] ^[10] SH-S183^[11]	2006		48×, 40×, 40×, 40×	16×, 12×, 8×	8×, 8×, 8×	12×P-CAV		48×(CAV), 32×(P-CAV)	18×, 6×, 8×	4×, 8×	12× P-CAV		LightScribe variant,CD-MRW support
SE-S184M^[12] (external)
SH-S202SH-S203D TS-H653B^[13]	2007		48×, 40×, 40×, 40×	16×, 16×, 12×	12×, 12×, 12×	12×P-CAV		48×(CAV), 32×(P-CAV)	20×, 6×, 8×	12×, 16×	12× P-CAV		LightScribe variant,CD-MRW support
SH-S222SH-S223^[14]	2008		48×, 40×, 40×, 40×	16×, 16×, 12×	12×, 12×, 12×	12×P-CAV		48×(CAV), 32×(P-CAV)	22×, 6×, 8×	12×, 16×	12× P-CAV		LightScribe variant,CD-MRW support
SH-224DB^[15] ^[16] ^[17]	2013		48×, 40×, 40×, 40×	16×, 16×, 12×	12×, 12×, 12×	5×P-CAV		48×(CAV), 24×(Z-CLV)	24×, 6×, 8×	8×, 8×	5× P-CAV
SH-B083L^[18]	2009		48×, 40×, 40×, 40×	16×, 16×, 12×	12×, 12×, 12×	12×P-CAV	12×	48×(CAV), 32×(P-CAV)	24×, 6×, 8×	8×, 8×	12× P-CAV	None	LightScribe variant
SH-B123L^[19]	2010		48×, 40×, 40×, 40×	16×, 16×, 12×	12×, 12×, 12×	5×P-CAV	12×^[20]	48×, 24×	24×, 6×, 8×	8×, 8×	5× P-CAV	None	LightScribe variant

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Slim type

On slim type optical drives, accessing speeds are physically limited by the rotation speeds of the engine rather than the performance of the optical pickup system or the physical strength of the disc.

Model	Type and interface	Release date	Loading mechanism	Reading speeds					Writing speeds					Additional functionality
				CD	DVD (single layer)	DVD (dual layer)	DVD-RAM	BluRay disc	CD	DVD (single layer)	DVD (dual layer) (Z-CLV)	DVD-RAM	BD-R
TS-L633^[23] ^[24]	Internal (mini SATA)	2009	Manual tray	24×	8×	8×	5× P-CAV	None	24×	8×	6×	5× P-CAV	None
TS-T633^[25]	Internal (mini SATA)	2009^[26]	Slot	24×	8×	8×	5× P-CAV	None	24×	8×	6×	5× P-CAV	None
TS-LB23^[27]	Internal (mini SATA)	2011	Manual tray	24×	8×	8×	5× P-CAV	6×	24×	8×	6×	5× P-CAV	None
SD-L902A	Internal (mini SATA)	2006^[28]	Manual tray	24×	8×	8×	5× P-CAV	None	24×	8×	6×	5× P-CAV	None	HD-DVD support
SN-208ABSN-208FBSU-208CB^[29]	Internal (mini SATA)	2012	Manual tray	24×	8×	8×	5× P-CAV	None	24×	8×	6×	5× P-CAV	None
SU-228HB^[30]	Internal (mini SATA)	?	Manual tray	24×	8×	8×	5× P-CAV	None	24×	8×	6×	5× P-CAV	None	LightScribe support
SE-208^[31] ^[32]	External (USB-B mini)	2012	Manual tray	24×	8×	8×	5× P-CAV	None	24×	8×	6×	5× P-CAV	None	AV mode (FAT32 simulation)
SE-208BW^[33]	External (USB-B mini)	2012	Manual tray	24×	8×	8×	5× P-CAV	None	24×	8×	6×	5× P-CAV	None	AV mode (FAT32 simulation),Optical SmartHub (wireless connectivity)
SE-B18AB^[34] ^[35]	External (USB-B mini)	2014	Slot	24×	8×	8×	5× P-CAV	None	24×	8×	6×	5× P-CAV	None	AV mode (FAT32 simulation)
SE-506^[36]	External (USB-B mini)	2013	Manual tray	24×	8×	8×	5× P-CAV	6×	24×	8×	6×	5× P-CAV	6×	AV mode (FAT32 simulation)

Possible domain abuse

As of 2021-05-13 whois.verisign-grs.com claims that the previous official website domain was newly registered on 2017-02-13T00:00:00Z. According to the registrant's whois system whois.regtons.com and a whois on the IP addresses it seems to belong to a Czech hosting company. The website shows TSST infos from probably 2015, but a lot of ads which surely wouldn't be on a trusted vendors homepage and might cause harm to your computer or privacy (i.e. clicking on the firmware updates link opens up ads which surely nothing have to do with the firmware updates you were looking for).

See also

• Hitachi-LG Data Storage
• Sony Optiarc

References

1. News: U.S. investigating optical disc drive industry . Reuters . October 27, 2009 . November 10, 2013.
2. Web site: Toshiba-Samsung JV Wins Korean Bankruptcy Shield. Montgomery . Jeff. July 2, 2016. Law360. July 7, 2017.
3. Web site: Toshiba Samsung SH-M522 CD-R/RW / DVD-ROM Combo Drive IDE Writer/Brenner white. 2020-08-06. www.electromyne.de.
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5. Web site: Samsung DVD-ROM Drive TS-H352 CD/R DVD/R Computer Laufwerk IDE PATA weiß / white. 2020-08-08. www.electromyne.de.
6. Web site: Toschiba Samsung DVD-ROM Drive TS-H352 ATAPI IDE s. 2020-08-08. www.tiger-technik.de.
7. Web site: Samsung DVD-ROM Drive SD-616 CD+DVD/R IDE Desktop Laufwerk weiß / white. 2020-08-08. www.electromyne.de.
8. Web site: Ian. 2006-05-18. CDRLabs.com - Features - Samsung SH-S162L 16x DVD±RW/RAM - Reviews. 2020-08-06. CDRLabs. en-gb.
9. Web site: SH-S182D/TS-H652D user manual. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809154712/https://data2.manualslib.com/pdf/21/2029/202851-samsung/shs182d.pdf?9b6751b1b62a35a1a41c6d7b5754511b&take=binary. 2020-08-09. 2020-08-09. ManualsLib. TSSTcorp.
10. Web site: Samsung TS-H652 DVD-RW DL lightScribe ATAPI IDE sc. 2020-08-09. www.tiger-technik.de.
11. Web site: Toshiba Samsung DVD Writer SH-S182 DVD±R/RW (±R DL) 5,25" PC Drive black/schwarz. 2020-08-06. www.electromyne.de.
12. Web site: Package label of SE-S184M.
13. Web site: 2007. Super -writemaster DVD Writer SH-S203B(TS-H653B)/ SH-S203D(TS-H653D). live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200807021911/https://data2.manualslib.com/pdf2/42/4133/413287-samsung/shs203d.pdf?e7d13d91534e058869c1ce5ec0674d00&take=binary. 2020-08-07. 2020-08-07. Samsung Electronics. ko. User manual.
14. Web site: Weeser-Krell. Bernd. 2009-03-18. Samsung SH-S223. 2020-08-07. PC-WELT. de-DE.
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16. Web site: SAMSUNG TSST Super-WriteMaster SH-224FB Bulk Schwarz (SH-224FB/BEBE) . www.hardwareschotte.de . 7 August 2020 . de .
17. Web site: SH-222BB / SH-224BB user manual . . 17 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200817192157/https://storage.bhs.cloud.ovh.net/v1/AUTH_8ac2a19b62c94a0da86f4a6b5a8a0a6b/production_pdfs_17/19e41424e4777a58b2b46bda3feec45dc0598f88deade733c98a5036133b?temp_url_sig=a1b2fa3cd8702660c74acb9ef0b1ad1117dc0fcc&temp_url_expires=1597692700&filename=samsung-sh-224bb-sh-224bb-rsms-user-manual.pdf . live . August 17, 2020 . 31–32 . 2012.
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21. hxxp://www.tsstodd.com/manual-2/ Archive of TSSTcorp optical drive manuals - link damaged intentionally because as of 2021-05-13 the website seems to be not trustworthy and this page doesn't exist on archive.org before 2017
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23. Web site: SATA CD/DVD±RW Drive Burner Writer for TSST TS-L633. 2020-08-07. www.mydvddrives.com. en.
24. Web site: TS-L633 TS-L633C / DESH Dell TS-L633 Slim Dvd±Rw Optical Drive. 2020-08-07. www.ascendtech.us.
25. Web site: SATA Slot CD/DVD±RW Drive Writer for TSST TS-T633C. 2020-08-07. www.mydvddrives.com. en.
26. Web site: 2009-04-16. TSST TS-T633A 12.7mm Slotload 8x DVDRW, v.D600, A05. 2020-08-07. www.dell.com.
27. Web site: bluraysupplier.com. Samsung TS-LB23 SATA BD-ROM / DVD-Brenner. 2020-08-07. www.bluraysupplier.com. ru.
28. Web site: Mitchell. Brian. 2006-10-03. Toshiba SD-L902A HD DVD Writer for Notebook PCs Announced. 2020-08-07. ecoustics.com. en-US.
29. Web site: TSSTcorp CDDVDW SU-208CB SATA CD/DVD±RW Drive Burner. 2020-08-07. www.mydvddrives.com. en.
30. Web site: [hxxp://www.tsstodd.com/spec-2/ Spec]. 2020-08-07. ODD Support English. zh. Place where you can check the SPEC for basic model of each product group. Link damaged intentionally as of 2021-05-13 the website seems to be not trustworthy and this page doesn't exist on archive.org before 2017..
31. Web site: SE-208 user manual.
32. Web site: CDRLabs.com - Samsung SE-208GB Portable 8x DVD Writer - Reviews . CDRLabs . 9 August 2020 . en-gb . 2014-12-03.
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34. Web site: 2014-01-08. Samsung SE-B18AB - externer DVD-Brenner im Test. 2020-08-07. PC-Max.de. de.
35. Web site: Samsung SE-B18AB SE-B18AB/RSSD Datenbogen - Seite 1 von 3. 2020-08-07. Manualsbrain.com. de.
36. Web site: 2013-07-06. Samsung SE-506 - externer Blu-ray Brenner. 2020-08-07. PC-Max.de. de.

External links

• Archived official website from 2015 on archive.org - be careful to be not redirected to newer snapshots after domain reregistration