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ASUS BC-1205PT Blu-ray Combo Drive

By Vincent Chang - 3 Oct 2007

Additional Burns

Additional Burns

Besides the standard set of media used to determine the write performance of any given DVD writer, another mode of test we conduct for a comprehensive assessment of DVD writers is to feed the drive with all available media at point of testing to get a better overview of media compatibility. Understanding a drive's media compatibility is especially important for anyone looking to purchase a DVD writer. In addition, we can also determine the brand of media that would allow 'OverDrive' or 'OverSpecification' writing. Since the media used in this section are used on a basis of availability at point of testing, formal write comparisons between drives will not be made here.

16x DVD+/-R

  • TDK 16x DVD-R = TTH02
  • Maxell 16x DVD+R = RITEKF1
  • Fujifilm 16x DVD+R = PRODISCR05
  • Maxell 16x DVD-R = RICOHJPNR03
  • Fujifilm 16x DVD-R = PRODISCF02

8x DVD-/+R and DVD-R DL

  • Verbatim 8x DVD-R = MCC02RG20
  • Verbatim 8x DVD+R = MCC003
  • TDK 8x DVD+R = RICOHJPNR02
  • Fujifilm 8x DVD+R = YUDEN000T02
  • Verbatim 4x DVD-R DL = MKM01RD30

The top speed of the ASUS BC-1205PT for DVD media is 12x but since we didn't have media of such speeds, we used 16x instead. Predictably, the ASUS could only manage 12x and it also failed to overspeed for any of the 8x media that we threw at it.

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