Toshiba Adds DVD-ROM Drive to Industry Leading Optical Lineup; First U.S. Offering from the Toshiba Samsung Storage Tech

August 9, 2004

Toshiba Storage Device Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., announced today the introduction of the SD-M1912 DVD-ROM drive. Shipping is planned for Mid-August 2004.

Toshiba's SD-M1912 DVD-ROM drive is the first drive to ship from the new Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) Joint Venture.

The SD-M1912 provides read speeds of 16X for DVD-ROM (21,600KB/sec.) and 2X for DVD-RAM (2,700 KB/sec.), with a 48X speed playback for CD-ROM (7200KB/sec.)

Specifications
--------------

----------------------------------------------------------------------
Model name SD-M1912
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Supported Disc -- Read --
Formats CD-ROM/R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-Dual, DVD+/- R/RW,
DVD-RAM
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Interface IDE (ATAPI)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Average random seek DVD-ROM (Single): 93ms (Typ); 130ms (Max)
time DVD-ROM (Dual): 115ms (Typ); 150ms (Max)
CD-RW: 90ms (Typ); 130ms (Max)
CD-ROM : 90ms (Typ); 130ms (Max)
DVD-RAM : 200ms (Typ); 400ms (Max)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Continuous data CD-ROM/R (Mode 1) Max 7,200 KB/sec (Max 48X)
transfer rate -------------------------------------------------
CD-RW (Mode 1) - Max 4,800 KB/sec (Max 32X)
-------------------------------------------------
DVD-ROM (Single Max 21,600 KB/sec (Max
Read) - 16X)
-------------------------------------------------
DVD-ROM (Dual Read) Max 10,800 KB/sec (Max 8X)
-------------------------------------------------
DVD+/- R Max 6X (8,100 KB/sec)
-------------------------------------------------
DVD+/- RW Max 6X (8,100 KB/sec)
-------------------------------------------------
DVD - RAM Max 2X (2,700 KB/sec)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Buffer capacity 512KB
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Power consumption DC +5v / 1.5A, +12v / 1.5A
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Power source DC +5v+/- 5%, +12v+/- 10%
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Operating
temperature 5-45 Degrees Celsius
----------------------------------------------------------------------
External dimensions 148.2mm x 42mm x 184mm
(W x H x D)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Weight 0.74kg
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Source: Toshiba


Rank 2 /5 (1 vote)
Tags

Relevant PhysicsForums posts

More news stories

Anonymous knocks CIA website offline (Update)

The website of the Central Intelligence Agency was inaccessible on Friday after the hacker group Anonymous claimed to have knocked it offline.

Technology / Internet

created 14 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (13) | comments 21

New error-correcting codes guarantee the fastest possible rate of data transmission

Error-correcting codes are one of the triumphs of the digital age. They’re a way of encoding information so that it can be transmitted across a communication channel — such as an optical fiber o ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created 23 hours ago | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Small modular reactor design could be a 'SUPERSTAR'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though most of today's nuclear reactors are cooled by water, we've long known that there are alternatives; in fact, the world's first nuclear-powered electricity in 1951 came from a reactor ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.4 / 5 (14) | comments 27 | with audio podcast

New power source discovered

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and RMIT University have made a breakthrough in energy storage and power generation.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.7 / 5 (34) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Advanced power-grid model finds low-cost, low-carbon future in West

(PhysOrg.com) -- The least expensive way for the Western U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to help prevent the worst consequences of global warming is to replace coal with renewable and other ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created 22 hours ago | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 11 | with audio podcast


The power of estrogen -- male snakes attract other males

A new study has shown that boosting the estrogen levels of male garter snakes causes them to secrete the same pheromones that females use to attract suitors, and turned the males into just about the sexiest ...

Fool's gold may prove an unlikely alternative to overexploited catalytic materials

Catalytic materials, which lower the energy barriers for chemical reactions, are used in everything from the commercial production of chemicals to catalytic converters in car engines. However, with current catalytic materials ...

Could Venus be shifting gear?

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has discovered that our cloud-covered neighbour spins a little slower than previously measured. Peering through the dense atmosphere in the infrared, the ...

A frank discussion of the power law and linking correlation to causation

(PhysOrg.com) -- Michael Stumpf a mathematics professor at Imperial College in London, and Mason Porter a lecturer at Oxford have teamed together to write and publish a perspective piece in Science regarding the in ...

Google users warned of threat to smartphone wallets

Users of Google smartphone wallets were being warned on Friday that there is a way to crack pass codes intended to thwart thieves from going on illicit shopping sprees.

Employers feel no love for unscrupulous practice of 'service sweethearting'

A new study led by two Florida State University marketing professors finds that some frontline service employees who are rewarded for hikes in customer loyalty and satisfaction also may engage in "service ...