Toshiba External SuperMulti Drive: Features

User’s Manual

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TOSHIBA External SuperMulti Drive

Features

Versatile Multimedia Features

Please see table below for details.

DVD Recommended Disc Types

• DVD-R Media

Taiyo-Yuden, TDK, MKM, Hitachi, Maxell, FujiFilm, Panasonic, RiTEK, 

CMC 

• DVD-RW Media

TDK, MKM, JVC, RiTEK, CMC 

• DVD+R Media

RICOH, Taiyo-Yuden, MKM, RiTEK, CMC, Prodisc, Optdisc 

• DVD+RW Media

RICOH, MKM, RiTEK, CMC 

DVD-R: Read / Write

DVD-RW: Read / Write / Rewrite 

allowed

DVD+R: Read / Write

DVD+RW: Read / Write / Rewrite 

allowed

DVD-ROM: Read

DVD+R Dual: Read / Write

DVD-R Dual: Read / Write

CD-R: Read / Write

CD-RW: Read / Write / Rewrite 

allowed

DVD-RAM: Read/ Write/ Rewrite 

allowed

Support disc

Writable

Rewritable

Read

CD

CD-STAMP

x

x

o

CD-R

o

x

o

CD-RW

o

o

o

DVD

DVD-STAMP

x

x

o

DVD±R

o

x

o

DVD-RW o

o

o

DVD+R(Dual)

o

x

o

DVD-R(Dual)

o

x

o

DVD+RW

o

o

o

DVD-RAM o

o

o

Writable: Data can be written once and read many times.

Rewritable: Data can be read and written multiple times.

NOTE

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User’s Manual

TOSHIBA External SuperMulti Drive

• DVD±R Dual

MKM 

• DVD-RAM

Maxell, Taiyo-Yuden

CD Recommended Disc Types

• CD-R Media 

Taiyo-Yuden, RICOH, MKM, Hitachi, Maxell, FujiFilm, RiTEK(Phtharo), 

CMC, Pioneer, Princo, TDK 

• CD-RW Media 

RICOH, MKM, RiTEK, CMC 

• HS CD-RW Media 

RICOH, MKM, CMC 

• US CD-RW Media 

MKM 

Buffer underrun free technology

• What is “buffer underrun free technology”?

A technology to prevent “

buffer underrun

” errors that cause the speed 

of data transmission to be slower than the data writing speed when 

data is being recorded on a disc.

Reading / Recording Speed

Format / Speed

Read

Write

DVD-RAM

PCAV 5X

PCAV 5X

DVD-R

CAV 8X

PCAV 8X

DVD-RW

CAV 8X

ZCLV 6X

DVD-R DL

CAV 8X

ZCLV 6X

DVD+R

CAV 8X

PCAV 8X

DVD+RW

CAV 8X

ZCLV 8X

DVD+R DL

CAV 8X

ZCLV 6X

DVD-ROM

CAV 8X

-

CD-R

CAV 24X

PCAV 24X

CD-RW

CAV 24X

ZCLV 24X

CD-ROM

CAV 24X

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