ASUS HD DVD-ROM HR-0205T Review

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MegaDETH
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Article posted 07 Mar 08 16:52

Introduction

 

Review:  ASUS HR-0205T
Reviewed by:  MegaDETH
Provided by:  ASUS – USA
Firmware:   AS00
Manufactured:  August 2007
ASUS USA was kind enough to send us their new HD DVD-ROM Drive, the HR-0205T; this is an internal PATA drive with an included SATA adaptor. 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 capabilities with near silent operation.   

We invite you to have a look at the “Press Release” on the ASUS HR-0205T
 

In this review we will show the performance of the HR-0205T when reading HD DVD-ROM media along with running the drive through tests on a variety of CD and DVD media.

Company Information

ASUS, a technology-oriented company blessed with one of the world’s top R&D teams, is well known for high-quality and innovative technology.  As a leading provider of 3C (computers, communications and consumer electronics) total solutions, ASUS offers a complete product portfolio to complete in the new millennium.

In 2006, the company shipped 55 million motherboards, which means one in three desktop PCs sold last year was powered by an ASUS motherboard.  Our 2006 revenues reached US$16.5 billion, and are expected to garner US$23 billion in 2007.

ASUS product’s top quality stems from product development.  It’s like learning Chinese Kung-Fu; one must begin with cultivating the “Chi” and inner strength.  Besides innovating cutting-edge features, ASUS engineers also pay special attention to EMI (electromagnetic interference), thermal, acoustics and details that usually go unnoticed to achieve complete customer satisfaction.  ASUS notebooks are the first TCO’99- certified notebooks worldwide. The requirements for this honor include radiation emission control, energy (batter consumption), ecology (environment friendly) and ergonomics.

To succeed in this ultra-competitive industry, great products need to be complimented by speed-to-market, cost and service.  That’s why all 100,000 over employees of ASUS strive for the “ASUS Way of Total Quality Management” to offer the best quality without compromising cost and time-to-market while providing maximum value to all customers through world-class services.

With unyielding commitment to innovation and quality, ASUS won 2,168 awards in 2006, meaning on average, the company received over 5 awards everyday last year.  BusinessWeek ranked ASUS amongst its “InfoTech 100” for the 9th straight year.  The readers of Tom’s Hardware Guide, the world’s largest IT website, selected ASUS as the best maker of motherboards and graphics cards.  Furthermore, the company is ranked as No.1 in quality products and services by the Wall Street Journal.

 

Now, let us connect the drive and check out the features, program bundle and writing technology on the next page…

10 Comments

guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 09 Mar 08 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.
FidelC
Posts: 987
Posted on: 09 Mar 08 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
Some Random Guy
Posts: 633
Posted on: 09 Mar 08 05:10
If you want an HD-DVD reader, get the xbox 360 add-on drive from bestbuy.com or amazon.com. $50.
guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 09 Mar 08 09:16
HD-DVD is dead!!! No point trying to resusitate because there's no life left in the old dog.
FidelC
Posts: 987
Posted on: 10 Mar 08 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.
guest
Posts: 15284
Posted on: 10 Mar 08 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. :B
SciFer
Posts: 249
Posted on: 11 Mar 08 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
MegaDETH
Posts: 4873
Posted on: 11 Mar 08 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
FidelC
Posts: 987
Posted on: 11 Mar 08 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. :B
webs
Posts: 7
Posted on: 09 Apr 08 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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