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One question about Toshiba SD-M1812 readers!

PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 2:06 pm
by cold_fusion
Tell me friends, isn't there a reason(...) why the firmware for this reader is locked?

1. The reading speed for CSS protected movies is 2x. Why do you think they didn't make it higher?

My opinion: "because the movie is already scrambled. So Toshiba figured that if the movie is scrambled it should not be read at speeds that may impair movie-play reliability." Same reason why you should read Protected game cd's at a certain speed and no higher than that otherwise you will always get a coaster.

That's just one of the reasons. Think about why should a CD/DVD reader spin faster than 52/12x! Why do you think CD reader/writer stop at 52x

a. To literaly des-integrate the disc.
b. To get the worst possible copie.
c. So you can tell your friends how fast it really gets.

Unless you are a professional pirate why not just wait 15-20 minutes to rip a movie?

ViNiCiUS.

PostPosted: Sat Dec 20, 2003 5:26 pm
by dhc014
No, it's simply to impair your ability to backup DVD Movies. It's an annoyance.

PostPosted: Sun Dec 21, 2003 12:36 am
by hoxlund
cold_fusion wrote:Unless you are a professional pirate why not just wait 15-20 minutes to rip a movie?.

you rang? haha

thus the hacked pioneer 1712, or right now im using my JLMS 166s, 16x ripping

just finished ripping Gladiator, split it into 2 disks, using my favorite program DVD Shrink beta 5

so im only waiting 6 minutes on a single layer, about 13 minutes on dual layer rip

im slowly working my way through a $117 dvd order for someone

PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 5:50 pm
by ZaRipper
1. how it is the drive ?
2. does it support c2 errors ?
3. is it good ?
4. does it worth the money ?
5. does it support any DVD format ?

:o

PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 10:39 pm
by hoxlund
so far the drive is really good, no clue if it supports c2, good drive, worth the money? where you buyin it? ($30) from newegg, so far reads dvd-r/w and dvd+r/w

PostPosted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 11:34 pm
by aviationwiz
What do you mean by "Does it support C2 Errors?" I assume you are asking if it can report C2 errors, and measure them in a program like KProbe, which, no, it can not.

PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 6:27 am
by ZaRipper
thanks for your replys :lol:

I have bought it from a local store, in my town for around 30 $.

I want to use it to report C2 Errors in Nero CD Speed.

:wink:

PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 6:43 pm
by dodecahedron
cold_fusion, don't you mean Toshiba SD-M1802 ?

Toshiba SD-M1802

i'm 99.99999% sure it reports C2 errors and can be used for CDSpeed.
(have the 1712 and it works just fine with CDSpeed).

PostPosted: Thu Dec 25, 2003 8:34 pm
by dhc014
There's an SD-M1812 as well. Not sure what's different.

PostPosted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 3:40 am
by dodecahedron
dhc014 wrote:There's an SD-M1812 as well. Not sure what's different.

???
that's news to me.
it's not mentioned in Toshiba's website / DVD-ROM page