Toshiba SD-R5002 & Pioneer DVR-A05 review

[DirtyAbdul]

folks:

just a quick post for those of you who are considering getting a new burner:

review of the Pioneer DVR-A05:
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Articles/PrinterFriendly.asp?ArticleHeadline=Pioneer+DVR%2DA05

review of the Toshiba SD-R5002:
http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Articles/PrinterFriendly.asp?ArticleHeadline=TOSHIBA+SD%2DR5002

DA

[gooki]

Thanks for that.

Any idea if the Toshiba SD-R5002 is supported by PrimoDVD?

[wfn1]

yes, you have to get the latest pxengine from veritas though.

[gooki]

Thank you very much, I will be buyimg a Black Toshiba SD-R5002 today then.

Thanks again. .Gooki

[comfysofa]

Not sure if this is the plae to be posting this - but ive got a problem burning discs......burn the disc ok - no problems (got an a03) but if i try and read the disc in any other reader it gets an error but if read in the writer its ok - anyone else had this ????

[wfn1]

you need to stop crossposting into different unrelated threads and make your own topic.

[alexnoe]

Fortunately, we have a professional CDVD drive designed on cdfreaks, and he commented on the error correction tests of CDRInfo:
The phrase he used once was "in case anyone is impressed by this: it's just a bunch of meaningless crap".

OK now here the full quote from spath in cdfreak's DVD Hardware Forum (note that he likes sarcasm :sly: )
For instance in the first test with an ABEX TDR-821 I learned
that the DVR-A05 can read 48 mm large scratches without
error. Wow, 4.8 cm scratch is more than 6 times the maximum
theoretical limit of the DVD standard !! What a drive !!

And the second test with a TDR-825 is equally impressive :
they read fingerprints from 65 to 75 mm without errors.
Hmm, I wonder what kind of animal has 7.5 cm large
fingerprints... (maybe they used special baboon test discs
for this review or something).

At least I know they did not use the standard test discs,
because these are described on the official ALMEDIO page
(http://www.almedio.co.jp/tmsection_itemlist.phtml?tmcategoryid=2&language=english),
and they are completely different from the ones cdrinfo
guys describe.

Definitely one of their best reviews, which perfectly illustrates
the kind of high-quality technical contents you can get at cdrinfo

[DirtyAbdul]

Originally posted by gooki
Thank you very much, I will be buyimg a Black Toshiba SD-R5002 today then.

Thanks again. .Gooki

you're very welcome. did you get your drive already? what's your burning experience (that's a "burning" question :p)? keep us posted!

DA