TEAC
DV-W58G-A - Page 1
After the DV-W58G,
TEAC decided to rise up the recording speed for the -R format due to the
large competition, released its DV-W58G-A drive, supporting
8x for both +R and -R format and 4x for the RW. The drive is also a fast
CD-R
writer
with the maximum writing speed of 40x. The full specifications for the DV-W58G-A
drive are presented in the following table.
- Specifications
Interface |
IDE/ATAPI |
Buffer
Size |
2MB |
|
Disc
Diameter |
12cm,8cm |
Write Speed |
DVD-R |
8x(Z-CLV) |
DVD-RW |
4x(CLV) |
DVD+R |
8x(Z-CLV) |
DVD+RW |
4x(CLV) |
CD-R |
8x-40x(Partial CAV) |
US-RW |
10x-24x(Partial
CAV) |
Read
Speed |
DVD+R/RW |
2.5x-6x(CAV) |
DVD-R/RW |
2.5x-6x(CAV) |
DVD-ROM ( single layer ) |
5.2x-12x(CAV) |
DVD-ROM ( dual layer) |
3.5x-8x(CAV) |
CD-ROM / Finalized CD-R Data
CD-DAE / Video CD |
16x-40x(CAV) |
Finalized CD-RW |
13x-32x(CAV) |
Data Transfer Rate |
Programmed I/O |
16.6MB/s
max. |
Burst DMA |
16.6MB/s max. |
Burst
UDMA |
33.3MB/s max. |
Disc rotation speed |
8200rpm approx. (40x CAV, CD-ROM) |
Applicable discs |
DVD-ROM,
DVD-Video, DVD±RW |
CD-ROM, CD-ROM-XA, CD-DA, Video-CD, Photo
CD,
CD-Extra, CD Plus, CD-Text, CD-R, CD-RW |
|
|
Random
Access Time |
[DVD]
160ms Random stroke
[CD] 160ms Random stroke |
Ambient Temperature |
Operating: 5 - 45oC
Non-Operating: -40
- 60oC |
Relative Humidity |
Operating:
15- 80% (non-condencation)
Non-Operating: 15
- 95% (non-condencation) |
Power Requirements |
+5V,
+12V |
MTBF |
70,000POH
( duty 25%) |
Dimensions |
148.4W
X 42.2H X 170D ( mm ) |
Mass ( Weight ) |
0.9Kg or less typ. |
The drive uses 2MB buffer memory. RAW DAO 96 writing (CD) is supported,
while Mount Rainier is not.
The TEAC DV-W58G-A uses the RPC II region control, allowing a user to change
the drive's region at most 5 times. For our tests, we set the region
code to 2 (Europe).
- Retail package
The
retail package includes the warranty, a multi language printed user manual,
mounting screws, IDE
and analog audio cables.
Packaged software includes Nero Burning Rom software
along with a blank TEAC DVD+RW 4x media.
- The drive
On the rear panel there are
the analogue and digital audio outputs (SPDIF), 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.
- Installation
The TEAC drive was connected to our test PC and was identified
as "TEAC DV-W58G-A" under
WinXP. All tests were performed with firmware v.U4S2.
The following pages include test results for TEAC drive in comparison
with two other dual 8x DVD burners, Nec ND-2500A and Pioneer DVR-107D.
