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Posted by bxf on 10/04/08 11:33
onehappymadman@yahoo.com wrote:
> bxf wrote:
> > onehappymadman@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I recently ordered a Toshiba SD-R5372 from the internet. It was
> > > advertised as 6X DVD-RW Read and Write with the firmware upgrade, which
> > > I downloaded and installed.
> > >
> > > However, I can only get it to read and write at 2x speed.
> >
> > How do you know what the READ speed is?
>
> When I was copying a family camcorder DVD, I'm pretty sure Nero told
> me. The time it takes for reading is about the same time as for
> writing (about 20 minutes). That's strange, now that you mention it.
> The family movie is about 1 hour... this would imply 3x speed, no?
I assume when you say "copying" you mean to your hard drive. I find
this strange. Disks are limited in their writing speed. I am not aware
of a limit on READ speed imposed by the disk itself. But, I don't claim
to know everything.
> > > I am using Maxell DVD-RW disks.
> > >
> > > Why would this be? I can think of several possibilities:
> > > 1. The Toshiba unit doesn't like my Maxell media
> >
> > This is a possibility. But also, what is the speed rating of these
> > particular disks (look at the packaging)? In any event, buy one or two
> > reputable brand disks that are not the newest models and try with
> > these. I had a problem trying to use a one DVD drive with disks that
> > were so new that the machine didn't recognize them and insisted on
> > writing a 2x instead of the disk's rating of 16x.
>
> Ok, I'll try this. The speed rating is not on the disc label (!?) and
> I had long since thrown the original plastic wrap away.
Come to think of it, until very recently, I hadn't seen (in Europe) any
RW disk that exceeded 4x. So unless your Maxell disks are very new,
they would not exceed that speed. As a matter of fact, there are still
some 2x disks about, so perhaps what you got is correct for your
particular disks. Do not assume that every disk will be written at the
speed that the drive is capable of putting out. The disk "tells" the
drive (via the drive's firmware, I believe) which speed it should use
for any given disk.
> > > 2. Misconfiguration in the software (actually, I eliminated this,
> > > using both Nero and another program; both read the media at 2x)
> > > 3. Defective unit
> > > 4. I was cheated by the salesman
> >
> > Well, it should be possible to verify the model's specs according to
> > Toshiba. And, you can confirm you particular drive's model via
> > Properties > Hardware.
>
> Good idea. I thought I had to take the computer apart again and record
> the serial number on the drive... was hoping to avoid this
> time-consuming step.
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