40x CD-RW Roundup Vol. 2

Review Pages

1. CyberDrive CW078D
2. LG GCE-8400B
3. Mitsumi CR-485C
4. WAITEC Storm40
5. TDK CyClone 401248B
6. Samsung SW-240B
7. Data Reading Tests
8. CloneCD Reading Tests
9. DAE Tests
10. CDR Tests - Page 1
11. CDR Tests - Page 2
12. CDR Tests - Page 3
13. Writing Quality of CyberDrive
14. Writing Quality of WAITEC
15. Writing Quality of MITSUMI
16. Writing Quality of LG
17. Writing Quality of Samsung
18. Writing Quality of TDK
19. HS-RW/Packet/Mt. Rainier Tests
20. Conclusion
21. Positive And Negative Of Each Drive

40x Roundup Vol. 2 - Page 16

Writing Quality for LG GCE-8400B

We used many media, including 40x certified, and burned them at various recording speeds with LG GCE-8400B. The produced CDs, were measured from DigitalDrives and results are illustrated in the following tables. The most interesting results comes from the maximum recording speed of 40x.

- 40x writing speed

Brand	C1		Average Burning Time (mins)
Brand	Max	Average	Average Burning Time (mins)
Mitsui 74min (24x)	16	0.9	3:03
Hitachi Maxell 74min (40x)	24	0.8	2:59
Taiyo Yuden 74min (32x)	15	0.2	3:04

Plasmon Data 80min (40x)	60	9.4	3:18
Taiyo Yuden 80min (40x)	23	0.5	3:07
Prodisc 80min (32x)	21	1.6	3:14
Mitsubishi Chemicals 80min (40x)	22	0.9	3:11
Philips 80min (40x)	18	1.2	3:37
Hitachi Maxell 80min (32x)	23	1.4	3:06
Mitsui 80min (40x)	27	0.8	3:09

The writing quality of LG GCE-8400B is very good. The drive produces 0.5 C1 error rate with Taiyo Yuden 80min 40x but the best recording times come with Hitachi-Maxell 40 media in both 74 and 80min tasks.