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"Toshiba is one manufactorer that got on the dual format bandwagon a bit late,
was it worth the wait and will the SD-R5272 blend right in or prove itself to be
a hit? Checkout the review and you"ll have your questions
answered."
|  Over the years, we"ve had a number of Toshiba"s DVD-ROM and combo drives in the "Labs. However, the SD-R5272 is the first DVD writer of theirs that we"ve had the chance to look at. To give you an idea of what to expect from Toshiba"s new writer, we"ll take a look at some of its features and then see how it stacks up against some of the 8x DVD±RW drives from the competition.
| | Toshiba SD-R5272 8x DVD±RW | | CD Write Speeds | 32x, 16x (Z-CLV)
12x, 4x (CLV) | | CD Rewrite Speeds | 16x (Z-CLV)
12x, 4x (CLV) | | DVD Write Speeds | 8x (Z-CLV), 4x, 2.4x (DVD+R)
4x, 2.4x (DVD+RW)
8x (Z-CLV), 4x, 2x (DVD-R)
4x, 2x, 1x (DVD-RW) | | DVD Read Speeds | 12x Max (DVD-ROM Single Layer)
8x Max (DVD-ROM Dual Layer)
8x Max (DVD±R)
6x Max (DVD±RW) | | CD-ROM Read Speed | 40x Max | | DAE Speed | 24x Max | | Buffer Size | 2 MB | Random Access Times
| 110 ms (CD-ROM)
130 ms (DVD-ROM)
200 ms (DVD-RAM) | | CD Formats | CD-DA
CD-ROM
CD-ROM XA
Video CD
Photo CD
CD+(E)G
CD-MIDI
CD-I
CD Extra
CD-Text
CD-R
CD-RW | | DVD Formats | DVD-ROM
DVD-Video
DVD+R/RW
DVD-R/RW
DVD-RAM | | CD Recording Modes | Track At Once
Session At Once
Disc At Once
Packet Write | | DVD-R Recording Modes | Disc At Once
Incremental Write | | DVD-RW Recording Modes | Disc At Once
Incremental Write
Restricted Overwrite | | DVD+R Recording Modes | Sequential Write | | DVD+RW Recording Modes | Sequential Write
Random Write | |
Well, I just looked at this review and the folks at CDRLabs ran this puppy through the wringer. Head on over and check it out at their website. As always, you can discuss this drive here or in out Recording Hardware Forum.
Source: CDRLabs
