Toshiba SD-R1202 CD-RW / DVD combo
5. CDR Tests
CDR Tests
Toshiba SD-R1202 supports up to 16x (Z-CLV) writing. We did our tests with Nero v5.5.8.0 and CloneCD v4.0.0.0 beta 21 software. For the CDR tests we used: Creation 74min (12x), Taiyo Yuden 74 & 80min (24x), Intenso 80min (16x), Mitsubishi Chemicals 74/80min (24x), and Verbatim/TDK 74min HS-RW media.
- 74 min CDs
We created "DataCD" job with data slight higher than 74mins (74:03:65).
We burned the same job with both CDR-W drives:
Toshiba SD-R1202 finished the 74min 12x writing test faster than the other CD-RW drives and finished in only 396secs.
At 16x, the drive finished in 324 secs and shares the third position with the Yamaha CRW2200E.
The picture below comes from Nero when Mitsubishi Chemicals 24x media were used. That was the best burning result for 74 min at 16x:
- 80min CDs
As in the previous test, we created a DataCD (80:01:47) and used the same
media for all burns:
At 12x, Toshiba SD-R1202 was a couple of seconds slower than the other drives. In the 16x writing test, the drive behaved differently and finished the writing just one second faster than in the 12x writing test, as Nero reports.
The explanation is that the Toshiba drive does not support the DAO 16x writing speed when the overburning option is applied. In that case, the drive reduces the writing speed to 12x.
- Writing quality
We used Mitsubishi Chemicals, Taiyo Yuden and Intenso media and burned them at 16x with oshiba SD-R1202. We used Nero 5.5.8.0 as the CDR software. The produced CDs, were measured from DigitalDrives and results are illustrated in the following tables.
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Brand
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C1
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C2
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Average Burning Time (mins)
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Max
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Average
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Max
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Average
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Taiyo Yuden 74min 16x - writen at
12x
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18
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0.5
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0
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6:39
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Mitsubishi Chemicals 74min 24x - written
at 16x
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16
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2.2
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5:24
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Intenso 80min 16x - written at 16x
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19
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1
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7:18
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Intenso 80min 16x - written at 12x
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46
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3.7
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7:19
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- Other features
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Overburning Writing
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Up to 94mins
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CD-Text (Read/Write)
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Yes/Yes
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8cm CDs
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Yes
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- CloneCD Writing Tests
CloneCD
v4.0.0.0 beta 9 reports that the drive supports the DAO-RAW feature. We performed
our usual tests and we confirmed that the drive supports the DAO-RAW writing
mode at the following CD protections: SafeDisc 1/2, LaserLock 1/2 and SecuROM
2 CD protections.
- SD2 Support
For the SD2 test we used the "Emperor: Battle for Dune", "Max Payne", "Serious Sam - The Second Encounter" and "Medal of Honour Allied Assault" game titles. We used the drive both as reader/writer at the maximum reading/recording speed. The produced backups worked in all the drives we tested.
