1. Package - Installation
CyberDrive
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CyberDrive
DX122D is the first internal IDE DVD+R/RW recorder that can burn a disc at
6:00min. This is the first drive capable of 12x DVD recording. This device
is also capable of 4x DVD+RW, 32x CD-R and 24x US-RW recording while can reads
CD with speed up
to
40x and DVD-ROM at 12x.
-Features
CyberDrive provide
12x recording speed for DVD+R and DVD+RW media. Also uses
an advance tilt stabilizing technology to lower jitter level. Buffer underrun
protection is
also supported, but it doesn`t support DVD-RAM media.
-Specifications
Host/Interface |
ATAPI (E-IDE), PIO Mode 4, MW DMA mode
2, Ultra DMA mode 2 |
Usable CD Formats |
CD-DA, CD-ROM (Mode 1 &2), CD-ROM XA, mixed
mode, Photo CD, Video CD / Super Video CD, Enhanced CD, CD-Plus,
CD-Text |
Usable DVD Formats |
DVD-Video (Single/Dual layer), DVD-ROM (Single/Dual layer),
DVD+R, DVD+RW |
Writing CD mode: |
CD-R & CD-RW: Disc-at-Once, Track-at-Once, Session-at-Once, Packet
Writing
|
Writing DVD mode: |
DVD+R & DVD+RW: Disc-at-Once, Multi-Border
for DVD-R/RW |
DVD, CD Read Performance |
12x DVD-ROM, 8x DVD+R/-R/+RW/-RW, 40x CD-ROM
|
DVD, CD Write Performance |
12x DVD+R, 4x DVD+RW, 32x
CD-R, 24x CD-RW.
|
Access time |
Average access time - 130 ms typical for random access
- 130 ms typical for 1/3 stroke access
|
Buffer memory |
8 MB with Buffer Underrun Protection |
Audio output |
Analogue output (Molex connector) |
The drive uses a 8MB buffer memory store and supports RAW DAO 96 writing
(CD). The drive does not support Mount Rainier.
The drive uses the RPC II region
control, allowing a user to change the drive's region at most 5 times. Since
for our tests, we set the region code to 2 (Europe), the number illustrates
above is 4.
- The drive
On the rear panel you can find the analogue and digital audio outputs (SPDIF),
the IDE selection pins, the IDE connector
and the power input.
Removing the screws and opening the drive's cover voids the drive's warranty.
For reference reasons, we post the following pictures. Click on the photos
for
an enlarged view.
The main chipset is coming from Philips and its Nexperia series.
- Installation
The device was connected to our test PC and was identified
as "DVD+R/RW DX122D" under
WinXP. All tests were done with firmware revision v.052E.
The following pages include our recording test
results of the CyberDrive DX122D drive but remember that this is a preview and
not a complete review since we are waiting for a firmware upgrade real soon
from CyberDrive..
2. CD recording tests
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CD Recording Tests
- CD-R Writing Tests
The CyberDrive supports 8x, 12x, 16x, 24x, 32x writing speeds.
Below you can see the CDSpeed writing simulation graph with Taiyo Yuden
48x CD-R
media.
The
simulation test, under Nero CD Speed, confirmed the manufacturer's specifications
for 32x recording, which is under P-CAV. The average speed was 28.90x.
- Recording Times
We created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning
Rom and recorded it on a 700MB disc. CyberDrive needed 3:20 to conclude the
burning procedure.
Below we present the best writing times for CyberDrive drive at 8x, 12x,
16x,
24x, 32x with a Taiyo Yuden media.
In the following graph you can see the recording times with
various media brands.
- CD-RW Writing Tests
The
CyberDrive supports 24x P-CAV maximum rewriting speed,
with Ultra Speed rewritable media. Below
you can see the results from the CDSpeed writing simulation test with blank
24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.
The
test once again confirmed the drive's specifications for 24x rewriting. The average
speed at the end of the test was 23.57x.
We also used Nero Burning Rom software to burn a 24x US-RW data media from
Mitsubishi Chemicals again. The data compilation we burned onto the disc, had
a size of 651 MB.
The duration of the recording process was 3:37 minutes
for CyberDrive.
- Packet Writing Tests
We used InCD and Mitsubishi Chemicals 24x US-RW media for all Packet Writing
tests. The formatted disc had
530mbs of free space. We copied a 403 MB file (412.822 KB) from Hard Disk
(on the same PC as the recorder) to the formatted RW media through Windows
explorer (drag and drop).
Operation
|
Duration
|
Average speed
|
Read
|
14:35 min
|
3.14X
|
Write
|
2:30 min
|
18.34X
|
The reading time is much higher than usual.
- Other features
Overburning
|
Up to 99min
|
CD text reading/writing
|
Yes
|
3. 3Tjitter Tests - Page 1
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Writing Quality Tests - 3T Jitter Tests
On an 80min 48X CD-R disc from Taiyo Yuden we burned the same AudioCD
project at 8x, 12x, 16x, 24x, 32x. The 3T
Pit & Land Jitter graphs are presented here.
- 3T Pit results
As we can easily conclude from the graphs above and below, the drive gives
low jitter values using 8x, 12x, 24x and 32x speeds.
The average
3T Pit Jitter values for all recording speeds are illustrated in the following
table.
- 3T Land results
The jitter land levels illustrated in the graph above, are very good for all
speeds . Once again, recording at 16x the drive gave us really high levels.
The following average values graph confirms a good burning quality
of the CyberDrive recorder, except at 16x speed.
Recording Speed
|
Average 3T Pit Jitter (ns)
|
Average 3T Land Jitter (ns)
|
> 35ns
|
Max 3T jitter values (ns)
|
8x |
29.49 |
34.83 |
No |
32 Pit, 38 Land |
12X
|
27.17 |
31.63
|
No |
31 Pit, 35 Land
|
16X
|
40 |
42.63
|
Yes |
40 Pit, 43 Land
|
24X
|
31.88 |
32.98
|
No |
35 Pit, 36 Land
|
32X |
37.54 |
37.37 |
Yes |
44 Pit, 42 Land |
- Summary
CyberDrive is an average recorder, at least with Taiyo Yuden media. The recording
quality is poor for 16x and 32x writing while is good for the other speeds.
We expect that the upcoming firmware will fix this. In the following page we
test the drive's writing quality with other media brands.
4. 3Tjitter Tests - Page 2
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Writing Quality Tests - 3T Jitter Tests
The same Nero compilation used in the previous jitter tests was used once
again, this time with media from different brands. The recording speed was
the maximum
in all cases. The following graphs indicate the 3T Pit & Land Jitter results.
- 3T Pit results
According to the results we took from the jitter measurements, CyberDrive
performed very well with all media brands. The CMC Magnetics, Maxell, Philips,
Mam, Primedisc
and Samsung prove to be very good combinations with CyberDrive recorder. The
Samsung media returned
good jitter results.
The average 3T Jitter values for all manufacturers discs are illustrated in
the following graph.
- 3T Land results
The jitter land values were almost at the same levels with this one of 3T
Pit.
Recording Speed
|
Average 3T Pit Jitter (ns)
|
Average 3T Land Jitter (ns)
|
> 35ns
|
Max 3T jitter values (ns)
|
Maxell 48x |
33.66 |
33.80 |
No |
35 Pit, 37 Land |
Mam 52x |
28.85 |
26.12 |
No |
33 Pit, 31 Land |
Cmc 48x |
31.02 |
29.27 |
No |
32 Pit, 31 Land |
Philips 52x |
33.66 |
35.29 |
Yes |
35 Pit, 37 Land |
Samsung 48x |
26.71 |
25.61 |
No |
30 Pit, 30 Land |
Primedisc 52x |
33.15 |
33.02 |
No |
35 Pit, 35 Land |
- Summary
The drive performed very good with CD recording tests with all the media brands
we tested. The writing quality is high for all. There wasn`t even one
case that we could see increased jitter values over 37ns at 32x recording.
On the following page we check
the C1 and C2 error rates for the same discs.
5. C1/c2 measurements
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Writing Quality Tests - C1 / C2 Error Measurements
The C1 / C2 error rate was measured for the recorded discs burned during the
previous writing tests (jitter). The software used was UMDoctor Pro II, and
the reader was the Optorite DD0401 drive.
-
Taiyo Yuden 48x recorded at 8x
-
Taiyo Yuden 48x recorded at 12x
-
Taiyo Yuden 48x recorded at 16x
-
Taiyo Yuden 48x recorded at 24x
-
Taiyo Yuden 48x recorded at 32x
-
Primedisc 52x recorded at 32x
-
Maxell 48x recorded at 32x
Below we present information regarding the CD-R
media used in this test.
Disc
|
ID Code
|
Capacity
|
Taiyo Yuden 48X
|
TaiyoYuden 97m24s01f
|
79:59:72
|
Maxell 48x
|
Ritek 97m15s17f
|
79:59:70
|
CMC Magnetics 48x
|
CMC Magnetics 97m26s66f
|
79:59:71
|
Samsung 48x
|
Plasmon 97m27s18f
|
79:59:74
|
Mam 52X
|
Mitsui 97m27s58f
|
79:59:74
|
Philips 52X |
Ritek 97m15s17f |
79:59:70 |
Primedisc 52X |
Ritek 97m15s17f |
79:59:70 |
- Summary
According to our measurements, generally the drive's CD writing quality is
very good but not with all of our media brands we tested. The C1
levels are all low except
with
the Philips media at the end, while we have two cases with high C2 errors with
Samsung and Maxell media. However in both cases
the
playback under CDSpeed finished successfully without reporting any error.
6. DVD recording tests
CyberDrive DX122D PREVIEW - Page 6
DVD Recording Tests
- Writing Performance
CyberDrive DX122D supports DVD+R/RW writing. The maximum
supported speed for DVD+R is 12x P-CAV and 4x CLV
for
DVD+RW media.
12x DVD+R
An
8x DVD+R disc from MKM was used to check the 12x writing strategy
of the drive. The software used was Nero CDSpeed, with its "create disc" function.
The
drive started writing at 6.70x and gave an average speed at 10.51x.
MKM 4x DVD+RW
- Burning Tests
The best recording times are illustrated in the following table. The values
were taken after burning 4315MB of data on various DVD+R, DVD+RW
media, using the maximum allowed writing speed for each disc.
Maxell 4x DVD+R (recorded at 12x)
CMC Magnetics 8x DVD+R (recorded at 12x)
Princo 8x DVD+R (recorded at 12x)
Maxell 4x DVD+RW (recorded at 4x)
The table below presents the writing speeds, media name and media code for
the various
discs used.
Media
|
Code
|
Speed |
CMC Magnetics 8x DVD+R
|
CMC MAG E01
|
12x |
Mitsubishi Chemicals 8x
DVD+R
|
MCC 003
|
ERROR |
That's 8x DVD+R
|
YUDEN000 T02
|
ERROR |
Verbatim 8x DVD+R
|
MCC 003
|
ERROR |
Maxell 4x DVD+R
|
YUDEN000T01
|
12x |
Ricoh 4x
DVD+R
|
RICOHJPN R02
|
12x |
Philips 8x DVD+R
|
PHILIPS C08
|
ERROR |
From the media brands we tried only in three cases the recording procedure
finished successfully. In the other cases Nero reported failure, as below,
while in case of That's media the Lead out procedure never ended.
Off course we are excpecting that with the upcoming firmware upgrade the media
compatibility list will expand. CDRinfo will update this article as soon as
the new firmware will be available.
- Packet Writing Tests
For this test we copied a 403 MB file (412.822 KB) from the hard disk (on
the same PC as the recorder) to the formatted RW media through Windows explorer
(drag and drop).
DVD+RW
|
Duration
|
Average speed
|
Read
|
2:50 min
|
1.7X
|
Write
|
1:15 min
|
4X
|
7. Kprobe PI/PO quality tests
CyberDrive DX122D PREVIEW - Page 7
PI/PO
quality results
The following screenshots present the PI/PO results for various DVD+R
and DVD+RW media, recorded with the CyberDrive DX122D at the maximum allowed
speed.
The software used for the measurements was KProbe v1.1.28, the ECC was
set to 8 and the reading drive was the LiteOn LDW-811S. The specific methodology
is very dependable on the
drive
used as a reader, while the reliability of the PI/PO provided output is
not also technically confirmed. Hence as a result, we cannot safely come up
with conclusive results,
although we do make a comparison
of the drive's behavior
when using
various
DVD recordable/rewritable
media.
The recording discs used are presented below, coming with
details about each disc type.
-
CMC Magnetics 8x DVD+R (recorded
at 12x)
-
Ricoh 8x DVD+R (recorded
at 12x)
-
Maxell 4x DVD+R (recorded
at 12x)
-
Maxell 4x DVD+RW (recorded at
4x)
Media
|
Code
|
CMC Magnetics 8x DVD+R
|
CMC MAG F01
|
Ricoh 8x
DVD+R
|
MCC 003
|
Maxell 4x DVD+R
|
YUDEN000T01
|
Maxell 4x DVD+RW |
PHILIPS 041 |
Here, we presented only the first Pi/PO scans with the DVD media recorded
at 12x as well as with some DVD+RW discs. A new firmware upgrade is expected
very soon, and this preview will be also updated with new
writing quality scans.