ASUS HD DVD-ROM HR-0205T Review

Asus HR-0205T detail information

Posted by	Doug Schwantes
Posted on	07/03/08 16:52
Number of views	5143
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

Conclusion

Introduction

Features & Technology

Reading Performances

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Reading Performances

Reading performance

We will use Nero CD/DVD-Speed to read various HD, CD and DVD Discs; including audio discs and DVD-media. We have run all of our reading tests with the drive in standard PATA mode and using the SATA adapter; the drive performs identical in all tests so for the reading performance section we be just showing you the results with the drive using the included SATA adaptor.

HD DVD-ROM reading performance

HD DVD-ROM

For this test we will read a SL and DL HD-ROM:

HD DVD-ROM SL

The ASUS HR-0205T read our SL HD DVD-ROM at just over 2x.

HD DVD-ROM DL

Reading of HD DVD-ROM DL is done at the drives rated speed of 2.4x.

Not let’s take a look at CD reading performance……..

CD reading performance

Pressed CD-ROM discs

We used an original pressed World of Warcraft CD-ROM disc containing 74.22.42 minutes of data.

The ASUS HR-0205T reached 14.72X, so how does that compare with other Hi-Def drives, let’s take a look here:

CD-ROM Pressed Discs	Average Read Speed	Start Read Speed	End Read Speed	Seek Times Random	Seek Times 1/3	Seek Times Full
Panasonic SW-5582	24.90x	14.42x	32.91x	133ms	135ms	266ms
Plextor PX-B900A	25.01x	14.45x	33.11x	138ms	148ms	286ms
Lite-On LH-2B1S	26.07x	14.83x	34.52x	143ms	183ms	255ms
LG GBW-H10N	30.99x	17.84x	41.17x	108ms	131ms	293ms
Phillips SPD7000BD	34.53x	14.79x	34.83x	140ms	159ms	209ms
Sony BWU-100A	33.48x	14.37x	25.28x	154ms	151ms	286ms
Pioneer BDC-S02BK	25.22x	14.63x	33.40x	6ms	4ms	2ms
Pioneer BDR-202	25.21x	14.57x	33.33x	144ms	165ms	313ms
LG GGW-H10N	31.61x	18.09x	41.99x	99ms	111ms	189ms
LG GGC-H20L	30.70x	17.84x	40.70x	107ms	130ms	206ms
ASUS BC-1205PT	25.29x	14.71x	33.47x	134ms	153ms	295ms
ASUS HR-0205T	11.19x	6.58x	14.72x	125ms	3ms	3ms

The ASUS HR-0205T reads much slower than the other drives in speed but has fast seek times.

CD-Recordable Discs

For this test we used a Data CD-R that we created with Nero CD-DVD Speed in “create data disc” mode. We used a Taiyo Yuden 48X certified manufactured by Taiyo Yuden. (Thanks to Rima.com for sending us this media.)

The ASUS HR-0205T reached the speed of 14.99X when reading a full CD-R data disc. Let’s take a look on how that compares with other Hi-Def drives.

CD-R Discs	Average Read Speed	Start Read Speed	End Read Speed	Seek Times Random	Seek Times 1/3	Seek Times Full
Panasonic SW-5582	25.31x	14.34x	33.51x	127ms	141ms	225ms
Plextor PX-B900A	24.60x	14.31x	32.46x	146ms	157ms	236ms
Lite-On LH-2B1S	26.68x	15.35x	36.21x	137ms	153ms	204ms
LG GBW-H10N	31.15x	17.80x	41.50x	133ms	160ms	296ms
Phillips SPD7000BD	26.68x	15.35x	35.22x	137ms	152ms	206ms
Sony BWU-100A	25.29x	14.33x	33.56x	150ms	162ms	248ms
Pioneer BDC-S02BK	25.22x	14.60x	33.40x	6ms	5ms	2ms
Pioneer BDR-202	24.91x	14.64x	32.91x	147ms	168ms	306ms
LG GGW-H10N	25.51x	14.13x	33.61x	196ms	199ms	329ms
LG GGC-H20L	30.43x	17.77x	40.31x	117ms	141ms	201ms
ASUS BC-1205PT	25.34x	14.64x	33.57x	128ms	154ms	298ms
ASUS HR-0205T	11.37x	6.52x	14.99x	128ms	3ms	3ms

With our CD-Recordable Disc the ASUS HR-0205T reads much slower than the other drives in speed but has fast seek times.

CD-Rewritable discs

For the CD-Rewritable tests we created a Data CD using Nero CD-DVD Speeds’ “create data disc”. We used a Verbatim 32X CD-RW. (Thanks to Verbatim USA for sending us this media)

The ASUS HR-0205T reaches a read speed of 15.00X; let’s compare this with our other tested Hi-Def drives:

CD-RW Discs	Average Read Speed	Start Read Speed	End Read Speed	Seek Times Random	Seek Times 1/3	Seek Times Full
Panasonic SW-5582	18.95x	10.76x	25.06x	129ms	143ms	224ms
Plextor PX-B900A	18.45x	10.74x	24.33x	154ms	162ms	245ms
Lite-On LH-2B1S	26.69x	15.40x	36.26x	137ms	156ms	202ms
LG GBW-H10N	31.47x	18.01x	41.88x	138ms	168ms	307ms
Phillips SPD7000BD	26.69x	15.40x	35.23x	138ms	153ms	206ms
Sony BWU-100A	18.96x	10.77x	25.12x	172ms	175ms	262ms
Pioneer BDC-S02BK	18.65x	10.92x	24.59x	4ms	4ms	1ms
Pioneer BDR-202	18.60x	10.94x	24.53x	150ms	173ms	311ms
LG GGW-H10N	19.39x	11.02x	25.71x	196ms	238ms	380ms
LG GGC-H20L	31.15x	17.87x	41.47x	111ms	138ms	207ms
ASUS BC-1205PT	19.07x	10.93x	25.29x	137ms	153ms	299ms
ASUS HR-0205T	11.37x	6.57x	15.00x	128ms	4ms	3ms

With our CD-Rewritable Disc again the ASUS HR-0205T reads much slower than the other drives in speed but has fast seek times.

Audio – Digital Audio Extraction

To test digital audio extraction performance with the ASUS HR-0205T we used Nero CD-DVD Speed to measure the transfer rate; the audio disc we used is 79:47:10 minutes in length.

The ASUS HR-0205T reached the speed of 15.06X when reading our Audio-CD; let’s take a look on how that compares with our other tested drives below:

Audio Discs	Average Read Speed	Start Read Speed	End Read Speed	Seek Times Random	Seek Times 1/3	Seek Times Full
Panasonic SW-5582	18.93x	10.89x	25.03x	128ms	141ms	272ms
Plextor PX-B900A	18.83x	10.94x	25.06x	142ms	157ms	291ms
Lite-On LH-2B1S	27.33x	15.45x	36.22x	137ms	153ms	213ms
LG GBW-H10N	31.07x	17.85x	41.33x	116ms	130ms	185ms
Phillips SPD7000BD	27.33x	15.44x	36.20x	137ms	159ms	210ms
Sony BWU-100A	9.42x	5.44x	12.48x	176ms	168ms	307ms
Pioneer BDC-S02BK	25.09x	15.03x	36.68x	NA	NA	NA
Pioneer BDR-202	25.07x	14.95x	33.64x	170ms	198ms	344ms
LG GGW-H10N	26.10x	14.27x	29.68x	181ms	192ms	347ms
LG GGC-H20L	30.91x	18.72x	41.08x	113ms	146ms	225ms
ASUS BC-1205PT	24.16x	15.11x	32.71x	129ms	192ms	347ms
ASUS HR-0205T	11.42x	6.56x	15.06x	135ms	4ms	3ms

The ASUS HR-0205T performed the slowest with Digital Audio Extraction times but has fast seek times.

Audio Extraction:

For this test we used EAC (Exact Audio Copy) to test the drives Audio extraction performance. As we can see from the screenshot below, the drive supports accurate stream and C2 error info and doesn’t support caching.

Below is the results produced by EAC:

Burst mode

Secure mode

The ASUS HR-0205T performed slow in both burst mode and in secure mode.

DVD reading performance

DVD-ROM “Pressed Disc”

We utilized Nero CD-DVD Speed to measure the reading performance. We will test the reading performance on various types of DVD discs. To start off with we will test the ASUS HR-0205T at reading “Pressed” DVD-Video discs both Single Layer and Double Layer.

DVD-Video Single Layer

DVD-Video Double Layer

The ASUS HR-0205T reads the SL DVD-Video disc at 4.93X and the DL DVD-Video disc at 4.92X. Let’s take a look below to see how the drive compared with other we have tested:

DVD Video	Average Read Speed (SL)	Start Read Speed (SL)	End Read Speed (SL)		Average Read Speed (DL)	Start Read Speed (DL)	End Read Speed (DL)
Panasonic SW-5582	4.64x	2.56x	6.21x	4.66x		2.59x	6.18x
Plextor PX-B900A	6.08x	3.41x	8.11x	4.61x		2.58x	6.13x
Lite-On LH-2B1S	9.27x	5.12x	12.36x	5.67x		3.15x	7.54x
LG GBW-H10N	6.02x	3.38x	8.02x	6.20x		3.54x	8.22x
Phillips SPD7000BD	9.27x	5.13x	12.35x	5.67x		3.15x	7.54x
Sony BWU-100A	4.62x	2.56x	6.19x	4.63x		2.58x	6.16x
Pioneer BDC-S02BK	3.93x	2.20x	5.74x	3.90x		2.21x	5.19x
Pioneer BDR-202	3.93x	2.20x	4.24x	3.90x		2.21x	5.18x
LG GGW-H10N	9.04x	4.99x	12.05x	6.15x		3.42x	8.11x
LG GGC-H20L	7.60x	4.26x	10.14x	6.11x		3.42x	8.05x
ASUS BC-1205PT	3.92x	2.18x	5.23x	3.94x		2.18x	5.27x
ASUS HR-0205T	3.71x	2.10x	4.93x	3.75x		2.11x	4.92x

The ASUS HR-0205T performed the slowest in reading both SL and DL DVD Video discs.

DVD+R/RW

For testing the read speed of DVD+R and DVD+RW discs we used Verbatim 16X DVD+R and a Ritek 8X DVD+RW. Both Discs were written with 4.38GB of data using Nero CD-DVD Speed. (Thanks to Verbatim USA and Ritek USA for sending us this media.) See the results below:

DVD+R

DVD+RW

We have prepared this table to show you how the ASUS HR-0205T reads DVD+R/RW media as compared with other drives:

DVD+R DVD+RW	Average Read Speed (+R)	Start Read Speed (+R)	End Read Speed (+R)	Average Read Speed (+RW)		Start Read Speed (+RW)	End Read Speed (+RW)
Panasonic SW-5582	6.17x	3.41x	8.24x	6.17x	3.42x		8.24x
Plextor PX-B900A	6.17x	3.41x	8.26x	6.15x	3.40x		8.22x
Lite-On LH-2B1S	9.37x	5.10x	12.51x	9.36x	5.12x		12.50x
LG GBW-H10N	7.71x	4.24x	10.30x	7.68x	4.22x		10.28x
Phillips SPD7000BD	9.37x	5.12x	12.57x	9.36x	5.11x		12.50x
Sony BWU-100A	6.17x	3.40x	8.25x	6.16x	3.40x		8.23x
Pioneer BDC-S02BK	9.46x	5.23x	12.65x	6.31x	3.50x		8.43x
Pioneer BDR-202	9.43x	5.18x	12.62x	6.31x	3.50x		8.43x
LG GGW-H10N	7.67x	4.20x	10.26x	6.27x	3.43x		8.38x
LG GGC-H20L	9.23x	5.12x	12.35x	7.69x	4.24x		7.69x
ASUS BC-1205PT	9.47x	5.24x	12.66x	6.32x	3.51x		8.44x
ASUS HR-0205T	3.74x	2.09x	4.99x	3.75x	2.10x		5.00x

The ASUS HR-0205T is again the slowest at reading our DVD+R and DVD+RW test disc.

DVD-R/RW

For testing the DVD-R and DVD-RW reading performance we used Verbatim discs we used Verbatim 16X DVD-R and a Ritek 6X DVD-RW. (Thanks to Verbatim USA and Ritek USA for sending us this media.) Below you will find our test results.

DVD-R

DVD-RW

We have provided this table to show how the ASUS BC-1205PT compares with other drives for reading DVD-R and DVD-RW media:

DVD-R DVD-RW	Average Read Speed (-R)	Start Read Speed (-R)	End Read Speed (-R)	Average Read Speed (-RW)	Start Read Speed (-RW)	End Read Speed (-RW)
Panasonic SW-5582	6.15x	3.41x	8.22x	6.15x	3.41x	8.23x
Plextor PX-B900A	6.14x	3.41x	8.21x	6.14x	3.40x	8.21x
Lite-On LH-2B1S	9.36x	5.12x	12.52x	9.36x	5.12x	12.51x
LG GBW-H10N	7.70x	4.24x	10.29x	7.68x	4.20x	10.29x
Phillips SPD7000BD	9.36x	5.18x	12.49x	9.36x	5.12x	12.50x
Sony BWU-100A	6.15x	3.40x	8.23x	6.15x	3.40x	8.23x
Pioneer BDC-S02BK	9.45x	5.25x	12.64x	6.29x	3.49x	8.42x
Pioneer BDR-202	9.45x	5.74x	12.63x	6.29x	3.40x	8.41x
LG GGW-H10N	7.67x	4.21x	10.25x	6.27x	3.42x	8.39x
LG GGC-H20L	9.23x	5.12x	12.33x	7.69x	4.23x	10.28x
ASUS BC-1205PT	9.46x	5.26x	12.66x	6.30x	3.49x	8.43x
ASUS HR-0205T	3.75x	2.11x	5.00x	3.75x	2.10x	5.00x

Here again the ASUS HR-0205T is the slowest at reading our DVD-R and DVD-RW test disc.

DVD±R DL

For this test we used a Verbatim DVD±R DL discs filled with data. (thanks to Verbatim USA for providing us with this media)

DVD+R DL

DVD-R DL

We have provided this table to show how the ASUS HR-0205T compares with other drives for reading the DVD±R DL media:

DVD+R DL DVD-R DL	Average Read Speed (+R)	Start Read Speed (+R)	End Read Speed (+R)	Average Read Speed (-R)	Start Read Speed (-R)	End Read Speed (-R)
Panasonic SW-5582	6.18x	3.44x	8.25x	6.17x	3.44x	8.23x
Plextor PX-B900A	6.17x	3.43x	8.23x	6.17x	3.43x	8.21x
Lite-On LH-2B1S	5.69x	3.15x	7.58x	5.69x	3.15x	7.57x
LG GBW-H10N	6.17x	3.43x	8.23x	6.17x	3.41x	8.24x
Phillips SPD7000BD	5.69x	3.15x	7.59x	5.57x	3.15x	7.57x
Sony BWU-100A	6.17x	3.43x	8.24x	6.18x	3.43x	8.23x
Pioneer BDC-S02BK	6.31x	3.57x	8.42x	6.31x	3.52x	8.47x
Pioneer BDR-202	6.31x	3.51x	8.42x	6.31x	3.52x	8.41x
LG GGW-H10N	9.26x	5.15x	12.35x	9.27x	5.16x	12.35x
LG GGC-H20L	6.16x	3.42x	8.22x	6.18x	3.43x	8.22x
ASUS BC-1205PT	6.32x	3.52x	8.43x	6.32x	3.52x	8.47x
ASUS HR-0205T	3.78x	2.11	5.03x	3.78x	2.12x	5.04x

Here the ASUS HR-0205T is the slowest at reading our DVD±R DL test disc.

Video Playback

For this test we have installed our ASUS HR-0205T into an Plumax PM-525U2-PCB V5 USB 2.0 External Enclosure, as you will notice from our burst rate screen shot below the drive is showing 23 MB/s; very close to our Internal installation burst rate.

We will now test the playability of several movie formats. Our first disc an Pressed Single Layer DVD Video "The Mask", this DVD played with no skipping or stuttering. Our next DVD is an Pressed Dual Layer DVD Video "Titanic"; this disc is quite large at 7.50 GB. While playing this video we were able to skipped through the chapters with ease and speed, the playback was smooth with no stuttering or skipping. Finally we loaded a Pressed HD-ROM DL disc "King Kong"; the Video playback was smooth as silk with no pixilation and no skipping, the audio was smooth and clear as well.

This concludes our ASUS HR-0205T review, lets head on to the last page to read our Conclusion…

Features & Technology

Conclusion

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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.

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

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

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

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