32x CD-RW Roundup Vol2

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. Introduction - Page 2
3. Data Tests
4. CloneCD reading Tests
5. DAE Tests
6. CDR Tests - Page 1
7. CDR Tests - Page 2
8. Writing Quality of AOpen
9. Writing Quality of CyberDrive
10. Writing Quality of Philips
11. RW-Packet Writing Tests
12. Conclusion
13. CDR Tests - Page 3
14. Introduction - Page 3

32x CD-RW Roundup Vol 2 - Page 12

Writing Quality Tests for Philips PCRW3210

We used many media ,mostly 24x certified, and burned them at various recording speeds with Philips PCRW3210. We used Nero 5.5.7.2 as the CDR software. The produced CDs, were measured from DigitalDrives and results are illustrated in the following tables:

- 20x writing speed

Brand	C1		C2		Average Burning Time (mins)
Brand	Max	Average	Max	Average	Average Burning Time (mins)
Taiyo Yuden 74min (24x)	15	0.5	0		4:23
Taiyo Yuden 74min (32x)	16	0.4			4:21
Mitsui 74min (16x)	20	0.8			4:22
Mitsubishi Chemicals 74min (24x)	35	1.5			4:20

Taiyo Yuden 80min (24x)	40	2.5			4:39
Taiyo Yuden 80min (32x)	31	1.8			4:39
Mitsubishi Chemicals 80min (24x)	40	2.6			4:39
Mitsubishi Chemicals 80min (32x)	25	1.9			4:39
Ritek 80min (24x)	24	1.6			4:45
Ricoh 80min (24x)	21	1.4			4:39

As the tests results shows, the Philips PCRW3210 performs quite well mostly with Taiyo Yuden 32x CDs. The drive doesn't produce any C2 errors.

- 32x writing speed

Brand	C1		C2		Average Burning Time (mins)
Brand	Max	Average	Max	Average	Average Burning Time (mins)
Taiyo Yuden 74min (24x)	18	0.7	0		3:32
Taiyo Yuden 74min (32x)	15	0.5			3:32
Mitsui 74min (16x)	25	0.5			3:43
Mitsubishi Chemicals 74min (24x)	40	3.5			3:31
Maxell 74min (12x)	150	20,3	5	0	3:31

Mitsubishi Chemicals 80min (24x)	46	5.6	0		3:42
Mitsubishi Chemicals 80min (32x)	25	0.9			3:47
Ritek 80min (24x)	40	2.0			3:45
Ricoh 80min (24x)	35	1.6			3:43
Taiyo Yuden 80min (24x)	35	1.5			4:44
Taiyo Yuden 80min (32x)	20	0.8			3:43

The Philips drive doesn't have any problem writing all inserted CDs at the maximum speed of 32x. In one case when low quality media were used, Maxell 74min 12x, the drive did produce high C1 and C2 errors. With high quality media no problems were spotted.