Toshiba-Samsung Storage Tech DVD SD-M1912 drive launched
Posted on 09/08/04 13:51 by Jan Willem                             
Toshiba-Samsung Storage Tech DVD SD-M1912 drive launched
TheInquirer reports that the joint venture of Japanese Toshiba and South Korean Samsung is responsible for a new DVD-ROM drive. The SD-M1912 is the first drive that been developed by the joint venture. Toshiba DVD-ROM drives were widely known because they were working very well with software that bypasses copy protections.

Toshiba owns 51% of the TSST joint venture, whereas Samsung owns 49%. Thanks to the sheer power of the two companies, it is one of the biggest names in the ODD market. The TSST venture is headquartered in both Japan and Korea.

The TSST drive, entitled the SD-M1912, uses optical drive technology as well as what the companies are claiming as a "cutting edge design." Apparently, the SD-M1912 will be one of the fastest optical drives available on the market. It reads DVDs at a speed of 16x, and 48x for CD-ROMs.

More information on this drive can be found here. Some screenshots of e.g. Nero InfoTool information of this drive can be found here. Discuss this in our Recording Hardware Forum.

Source: TheInquirer

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By jdub, Monday 09 August 2004 23:15
Does this mean anything important?
By PPeter, Wednesday 11 August 2004 10:51
PPeterI hope the SD-M1912 will be back to the good path was began with 1612/1712 and was unfortunalely left with 1802.
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