The Toshi was popularised before the release of the Liteon LTD-163 and later the 165. It is really a very nice unit but does not like FES in v4 when not required. e.g. with Motoracer 3, it will report errors to the end that aren’t really there, so “Auto” is the best option when prots are unknown.
In my recent tests with NWN and WCIII, a Liteon LTD-163 read was the only backup that played the WCIII first splash screen “ATARI” properly. All other reads, Toshi 1402 included, minimised the first splash screen and found difficulty progressing to the next series of splash screens. I haven’t tested with the “Regenerate…” trick yet, so the Toshi might come through OK in that regard.
I haven’t tested ‘unnecessary’ FES settings with the 163 yet so I won’t speculate on phantom errors with this unit. If you’re just a movie buff or have a bit of non-movie DVD stuff (like some PC mag cover discs) then go Toshi; if you just like backing up your software, go Liteon 163…