Toshiba SDR-5472
Founded as a joint venture between Samsung and Toshiba, TSST (Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology) supplies writers to both manufacturers. TSST allows the Japanese and Korean makers to each sell models under their own brand names, while cutting fabrication and development costs. The SDR-5472 has very familiar design features and characteristics. Unfortunately, it is not yet available on the market.
| Toshiba SDR-5472 | |
|---|---|
| CD-ROM reading speed | 48x |
| DVD-ROM reading speed | 16x |
| CD-R writing speed | 48x |
| CD-RW writing speed | 32x |
| DVD-R writing speed | 16x |
| DVD+R writing speed | 16x |
| DVD-RW writing speed | 6x |
| DVD+RW writing speed | 8x |
| DVD-R DL writing speed | 4x |
| DVD+R DL writing speed | 6x |
| Buffer | 2 MB |
| Firmware | TU03 |
For data protection, Toshiba uses a technology that's basically the equivalent of BurnProof to reduce write errors to a minimum.
NeroInfoTool and DVDInfoPro provide information on the writer's capabilities:
