32x CD-RW Roundup Vol 1 - Page 9

RW Writing Tests

We used Nero 5.5.7.0 for writing CDs at the maximum RW speed for all the tested drives. The LiteOn LTR-32123S support both 10x/12x writing speeds, while the Freecom 32A supports 10x writing speed:

The Mitsumi CR-480ATE is currently the faster re-writer with 408secs for writing a 74min HS-RW media. The LiteOn LTR-32123S needs 423 to finish the same task. We did notice problems when Ricoh's HS-RW (4-10x) media was used for writing at 12x writing speed. Even the project ended successfully, the media was un-readable. When we used LiteOn's 4-12x HS-RW no problems were noticed. Last the Freecom 32A needs 486secs to complete the task.

- Packet Writing Tests

We used Ahead InCD v3.19/DirectCD v5.1 for the packet writing tests with a Mitsubishi Chemicals HS-RW media. The formatted disc had 534mbs of free space. We copied a 403 MB file (403.147 kbs) from a Hard Disk (on the same PC as the writers) to the formatted RW media using Windows Explorer (we dragged and dropped) and we completed the test twice to eliminate any possible time measurement faults and user errors:

The Mitsumi CR-480ATE is still the faster writer at the packet writing mode with 8.81X. The LiteOn LTR-32123S follows with 8.55X and Yamaha CRW3200E comes third with 7.15X. The Freecom 32A comes last with 7.09X. The Yamaha CRW3200E is the faster reader for packet writing formatted discs with 20.45X and LiteOn LTR-32123S follows with 18.18X.