Any problems with 2x TDK -RW media and Toshiba SD-R5002? [edit]

[madoka]

Obviously I'm not expecting the drive to write at 4x speed. However, since there were reported problems with 4x media and older Pioneer burners, I want to ask around before giving it a try.

The drive's firmware version is 1031, I think.:confused:

[edit]

Yes, I had misread the label; I meant 2x -RW media. However, my question remains if there are any known problem with using it with my only 1x capable drive.

[Doom9]

4x -RW discs? a) your burner can't burn RW at more than 1x, and b) there are no 4x -RW discs because c) the specs for 4x -RW burning aren't even out yet

You'll probably mean 4x -R discs, don't you? I'd check out the Toshiba support pages, maybe you'll need a firmware update, but I'm not aware of any burner that is completely incompatible with 4x -R discs and which would force you to use first gen 1x/2x -R discs.

[alexnoe]

The Toshiba 5002 is completely incompatible with Princo 4x -R ;) But I know that it can write Verbatim 4x discs at 2x with the latest firmware

[Doom9]

The Toshiba 5002 is completely incompatible with Princo 4x -RIs that because the discs are so bad or because Toshiba tries to protect its customers from crappy discs?

[alexnoe]

They could be written at 4x (Pioneer proves this with the DVR-A05), but i guess Toshiba does not want to spend any time on those discs...so they just limit the speed on them to 1x :)