TOSHIBA SD-R1202 COMBO IDE CD-RW/DVD-ROM - Page 8

Conclusion

Considering the drive as a 16x CD-RW recorder, we could say that the Toshiba SD-R1202 is a fast CD-R reader with good access times, support of Subchannel Data reading and good CloneCD performance. The drive cannot completely compete the other 16X CD-RW of the market but can write CD-R media fast and the quality of the written data is high. Also, the drive can overburn CDs up to 94 min, can read up to 98 min CDs and supports CD-text for audio CDs.

The DVD reading features of the drive are also interesting. Toshiba SD-R1202 ripped the DVD-Video disc to the hard disk in a high speed and also read fast the inserted DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R and DVD+RW media. DVD playback was smooth and with no picture quality problems.

The major disadvantages of the drive are the low DAE ripping speeds and 16x HS-RW reading speed. The drive also cannot handle any audio CD protection. The CD-R burning tests showed that the Toshiba SD-R1202 cannot overburn a CD in DAO mode at maximum 16x speed. The speed automatically lowered to 12x, and as a result, the recording times were higher.

Toshiba SD-R1202 combo CD-RW / DVD-ROM drive will not disapoint the candidate user who does not want to spent money for two seperate drives; a CD-RW and a DVD-ROM drive. The overall performance is more than adequate and this is applied to CD writing and DVD reading, as well.