LiteOn combo SOHC 5232K - Page 11

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 DD0203 drive.

• Taiyo Yuden 48x recorded at 40x

• Taiyo Yuden 48x recorded at 48x

• Taiyo Yuden 48x recorded at 52x

• Maxell 48x recorded at 52x

• Mam 52x recorded at 48x

• Creation 48x recorded at 52x

• Ritek 48x recorded at 52x

• CMC Magnetics 48x recorded at 52x

• Hispace 52x recorded at 52x

Below is presented information on 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
Creation 48x	Plasmon 97m27s18f	79:59:74
Mam 52X	Mitsui 97m27s58f	79:59:74
HiSpace 48x	97m25s07f	79:59:00
Ritek 48x	Fuji 97m26s45f	79:59:73

- Summary

The results are mixed-up here. Although the C1 levels are all quite low and consistent in their levels with some media brands, high peaks of C2 errors bobbed up specially with MAM and Creation media. So beware that the 52x recording cannot be recommended, unless you are certain of the drive's behavior with the media brand you use.