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.
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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:
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