ASUS brings High Definition technology to the masses by offering a cheaper drive that has reading capabilities for Blu-ray, DVD and CD media. The new ASUS BC1205PT enters the market in direct competition with the Pioneer BDC-202 drive, which shares the same specifications, and possibly the LiteOn DH-4O1S - a BD-ROM drive.
The ASUS BC-1205PT is a BD-ROM/DVD±R/RW/CD-RW drive capable of reading data from and writing data to DVD+R/RW/DVD-R/RW/ DVD-RAM formats.
Performance:
- Read Speed
- DVD-ROM Read: 12x, Max
- DVD-RAM Read: 5x, Max
- CD-ROM Read: 32x, Max
- BD-ROM/R/RE Read: 5x, Max
- Write Speed
- DVD+R Write: 12x
- DVD+RW Write: 6x
- DVD+R DL Write: 4x
- DVD-R Write: 12x
- DVD-RW Write: 6x
- DVD-R DL Write: 4x
- DVD-RAM Write: 5x
- CD-R Write: 32x
- CD-RW Write: 24x
- Access Time:
- BD: 250ms
- DVD: 150ms
- CD: 150ms
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Supported Formats (write):
-CD
- CD-DA
- CD-ROM XA (m1, m2f1/m2f2)
- CD-R
- CD-RW
- Bootable CD
- Photo CD (single & multi-session)
- Video CD
- CD-Extra
- CD-Text
-DVD
- DVD+R DL 8.5GB
- DVD+R 4.7GB
- DVD+RW 4.7GB
- DVD-R DL: 8.5GB
- DVD-R 4.7GB (closed session)
- DVD-RW 4.7GB (closed session)
- DVD-RAM
- DVD-Video
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System Requirements:
- CPU: Intel Pentium 4 541 3.2 GHz or above / AMD Athlon 64X2 3800+2.0 GHz or above
- Memory: Recommended above 512 MB RAM
- VGA: nVidia GeForce 7600 GT or above ATI X1600 series or above
- VGA Memory: Recommended above 256MB
Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions (W x H x D) : 148 x 42.3 x 185 mm (w/o bezel)
- Weight: 980g
Interface: SATA
Buffer Size: 4MB
Firmware Update: Flash memory upgradable |
Writing Mode:
-CD
- Disc-At-Once
- Incremental Recording
- Restricted Overwriting
- Sequential Recording
- Random Recording
-DVD
- Track-at-Once
- Disc-at-Once
- Session-at-Once
- Packet Recording (fixed & variable)
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The ASUS BC1205PT drive comes with the CyberLink BD Solution software package and also includes the following applications:
- PowerDVD
- PowerProducer
- Power2Go
- PowerBackup
- InstantBurn
The heart of the drive is the RENESAS R8J32500FPV chip, also found on the Pioneer BDR-202 drive, which we recently reviewed here on cdrinfo.com.
- DVD Info pro
- Nero Info Tool
