Toshiba SD-R5372 Review

CD TESTS1 - CAPABILITIES

CD-ROM READ

For our first test we tested the drives ability to handle pressed CD-ROMs.

As you can see from above, the drive managed an average speed of 36.14 speed using PCAV. Towards the end of the CD it managed 48.06x.

CD-R READ

The Toshiba didn't have too much trouble reading our CD-R test media. The drive averaged a data reading speed of 34.96 using CAV. A good performance.

CD-RW DATA READ

We next tested a CDRW disk - the drive had no problems with it but maxed out at 23.86x which is within spec., averaging 17.98 speed but is no competition for the Plextor..

CD-ROM AUDIO READ

For this test we used a pressed AUDIO-CD and examined the drive's ability to read audio.

The drive performs well in this test with a perfect 10 score and averaged 27.09 x speed - it peaks at 36.01x (toward the end of the disk).

CD-R ADVANCED DAE QUALITY

Next we used CDSpeeds advanced DAE test. The drive managed an average speed of 26.57 and it's quality was 100 (perfect).

The SD-R5372 is capable of reading CD-TEXT and reading subchannel data but can not read data from the leadin and lead-out areas. As shown above, the drive is only good for feeding a burner at 12 speed on the fly.

CD-R 99Min READING

All of our standard 99-min disks failed to read in (including our backups), the Toshiba can recognise the disks it just wasn't able to complete the tests.

C2 ERROR REPORTING

Next we examined the ability of the drive to accurately extract audio information. This is aided by something called C2 error information which is on a CD. If your drive can report C2 information then it will be faster and more accurate at ripping audio. We used Exact Audio Copy 0.95 b5's "Detect Read Features" option to examine what the drive could do:

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