ForumAsus HR-0205T detail information
| Posted by | Doug Schwantes |
| Posted on | 07/03/08 16:54 |
| Number of views | 4088 |
| Manufacturer | Asus |
| Product | Asus HR-0205T |
| Description | The HR-0205T incorporates HD DVD-ROM reading at 2.4x while still supporting CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and DVD+R DL reading capabiliti |
Menu
Positive
- Silent operation at 21.1 dB
- Excellent build quality.
- PATA and SATA connection (with included adaptor)
- Extremely fast disc loading time
- Accurate audio extraction quality
- Comes with PowerDVD HD edition
- Very low price to get you into HD DVD (Hi-Def) viewing.
- Smooth video playback from USB 2.0 enclosure
Negative
- Slow reading of CD-R, DVD± and DVD± DL media by today’s standards
- Doesn't read DVD-RAM
Let us summarize the most important positive and negative points below:
The main positive points: Following our tests we found that this drive is a "Silent" Reader; we were not able to hear the ASUS HR-0205T running at anytime other than during the seek testing. The drive also supports reading of CD-R/RW, DVD±DVD to include DL media. Reading of HD DVD media is the most important feature of the ASUS HR-0205T and that is accomplished using the included PowerDVD HD edition. Although the drive is PATA based the included PATA to SATA will give you the added option of using this drive in any system or even an external enclosure the performance is great.The main negative points: There is one issues that we would like to mention with hopes of them being improved. The drive has the slowest reading capabilities of any Hi-Def drive tested so far when CD-R/RW, and DVD media but then again the drive has "Silent" operation as the trade off.
So to sum it all up, this is what we would say: “If you are looking for a Silent and well built HD DVD-ROM reader for your Media PC be it PATA or SATA this is the one drive you are looking for.”
Here in the US we have found the drive listed at www.newegg.com for $99.99; March 2008.
You may discuss/comment this review below or in this thread.
Thanks to:
|
|
Verbatim USA – For providing the media used in this review. |
|
|
Maxell USA – For providing the media used in this review. |
|
|
Memorex USA – For providing the media used in this review. |
|
|
Rima.com USA – For providing Taiyo Yuden media used in this review. |
|
|
Advanced Media/Ritek-USA – For providing the media used in this review. |
Want to submit your own review? Click here
Posted by Glenn (guest) on Sunday 09 March 2008 00:49
Why bother with this drive at all,HD DVD is now dead in the water as blueray has now won the format war. 
Posted by FidelC on Sunday 09 March 2008 01:58
Because it may be about time to get one for those who bought some HD-DVDs and want to make sure they will play at all times on an HTPC
Posted by Some Random Guy on Sunday 09 March 2008 05:10
If you want an HD-DVD reader, get the xbox 360 add-on drive from bestbuy.com or amazon.com. $50.
Posted by micro$soft (guest) on Sunday 09 March 2008 09:16
HD-DVD is dead!!! No point trying to resusitate because there's no life left in the old dog.
Posted by FidelC on Monday 10 March 2008 06:04
Who cares. Try to find a 360 add-on or a Toshiba player in here. They are all sold out because people decided they needed one. On HD-DVD you can find lots of movies for less and they use the same or better codecs than blue rays. Now if you can get the same movie experience for less why on earth would you buy some bd DRM infested crap for $500+ ?
I hope some independent studios or Bollywood will chip in and buy all the HD patents and then make decent movies ppl will want to watch at DVD prices. We will see then who won what.
I hope some independent studios or Bollywood will chip in and buy all the HD patents and then make decent movies ppl will want to watch at DVD prices. We will see then who won what.
Posted by Glenn (guest) on Monday 10 March 2008 21:05
@FidelC...people who bought HD-DVD`s would have a drive already,dont you think?or else why buy them,just to sit on the shelf..noooooo dont think so.i think you are sounding off a bit upset because you have one and are now gutted that they are no longer being supported,oh well you can always put your coffee mug on them. 
Posted by SciFer on Tuesday 11 March 2008 01:49
These would make sense to buy only if they made HD-DVD burners and these players could playback our hi-def recordings, DVR or data backup (not to mention Divx HD). [Ad edited out] It would be nice to have a HD-DVD recorder with a buit-in ATSC tuner that could record our favorite shows and transfer them to HD-DVD-R media. Also the ability to digitally capture hi-def camcorder recordings, tranfer them to a built-in hard drive, edit, create menus and finally burn it to HD-DVD-R media.
This message was edited at: 11-03-2008 01:53
This message was edited at: 11-03-2008 01:53
Posted by MegaDETH on Tuesday 11 March 2008 02:06
Yes HD DVD is dead but you must realize we get review drives a month or so before it is posted so we had been working on this drive review before HD DVD was officially dead.
For what it's worth if you can pick up one of these cheap and have a need for it in a HTPC you won't find a more silent drive
For what it's worth if you can pick up one of these cheap and have a need for it in a HTPC you won't find a more silent drive
Posted by FidelC on Tuesday 11 March 2008 19:33
the only reason I'm rooting (still) for HD DVD is it's an amazing display of modern tech and it was brought to consumer for much less then the competing camp. All things equal, I would have bought an HDdvd rom first and start renting movies waiting for the burners to come along. Now it is pointless as no rental will carry hd-dvd. I will sit back and wait for the most sinister of two evils to drop (dead) or in price.
Posted by webs on Wednesday 09 April 2008 17:43
Details of a controversial plan to make money from music piracy are beginning to emerge.
Spearheaded by Warner Music Group, the plan aims to get internet service providers to pay a few dollars per user per month into a fund that would then be divided among rights holders. The scheme would essentially give P2P users a get-out-of-jail-free card for file sharing activity.
It has been learned by industry consultant Jim Griffin, hired by Warner to implement the idea, has already set up an independent company to act as a digital-rights clearinghouse. Griffin's company would be like an ASCAP for the internet, collecting fees from ISPs and divvying them up among rights holders.
In addition, BigChampagne, a company that measures digital-media consumption, would be one of the major sources supplying the necessary data to track file sharing activity.
?The hoped-for result: a truce in the music wars. ?
"The music industry has no choice," says Bob Kohn, a music-licensing expert and CEO of RoyaltyShare, which manages digital revenues for both majors and indies. "It's significantly weaker than it was in 2000. And the longer this drags on, the more difficult it will be to succeed."
In the last 10 years, sales of CDs have plummeted as digital downloads have exploded, and the U.S. music business has shrunk from about $15 billion to $10 billion.
The idea of charging a flat fee for 'all-you-can-eat' downloads is beginning to take off.
Posted by webs at 12:21 PM
see my blog for more information; www.yuwie.com/webs
Spearheaded by Warner Music Group, the plan aims to get internet service providers to pay a few dollars per user per month into a fund that would then be divided among rights holders. The scheme would essentially give P2P users a get-out-of-jail-free card for file sharing activity.
It has been learned by industry consultant Jim Griffin, hired by Warner to implement the idea, has already set up an independent company to act as a digital-rights clearinghouse. Griffin's company would be like an ASCAP for the internet, collecting fees from ISPs and divvying them up among rights holders.
In addition, BigChampagne, a company that measures digital-media consumption, would be one of the major sources supplying the necessary data to track file sharing activity.
?The hoped-for result: a truce in the music wars. ?
"The music industry has no choice," says Bob Kohn, a music-licensing expert and CEO of RoyaltyShare, which manages digital revenues for both majors and indies. "It's significantly weaker than it was in 2000. And the longer this drags on, the more difficult it will be to succeed."
In the last 10 years, sales of CDs have plummeted as digital downloads have exploded, and the U.S. music business has shrunk from about $15 billion to $10 billion.
The idea of charging a flat fee for 'all-you-can-eat' downloads is beginning to take off.
Posted by webs at 12:21 PM
see my blog for more information; www.yuwie.com/webs
Related tags
A tag is a relevant keyword or term associated with or assigned to a piece of information (like picture, product, or video clip), thus describing the item and enabling keyword-based classification of information it is applied to. We use it to make searching our database easier and enable all our users to contribute to our database.
add a tag
Add related tags
Related content
Related reviews/articles
Visit the Forum
Get the latest reviews via RSS 
