52x CD-RW Roundup Vol3 (Optorite CW5201 & Plextor Premium)

Review Pages

1. Introduction - Plextor Premium
2. Introduction - Optorite CW5201
3. Data CD Reading Tests
4. Error Correction Tests - Plextor Premium
5. Error Correction Tests - Optorite CW5201
6. Protected Data Disc Tests
7. DAE Tests
8. CDR Writing Tests
9. PlexTools Professional Tests
10. Writing Quality Tests 1 - Plextor Premium
11. Writing Quality Tests 2 - Plextor Premium
12. Writing Quality Tests 1 - Optorite CW5201
13. Writing Quality Tests 2 - Plextor Premium
14. RW Writing Tests
15. Conclusion

52x CDRW Roundup - Page 8

CDR Tests

We tested the drive with latest version of Nero Burning Rom. The supported writing speeds for both drives are illustrated below:

Optorite CW5201

Plextor Premium

- Supported media

In the following chart you can see the maximum allowed writing speeds according to the inserted disc type:

Disc	ID Code	Capacity	Plextor Premium	Optorite CW5201
Plextor 48X	TaiyoYuden 97m24s01f	79:59:72	52X	40X
Mitsubishi Chemicals 48X	97m34s23f	79:59:73	52x	52x
SKC 48X	97m26s26f	79:59:73	52x	48x
Imation 48X	CMC Magnetics 97m26s66f	79:59:71	52x	32x
Ritek 52x	Ritek 97m15s17f	79:59:70	52x	52X
TDK 48X	97m15s05f	79:59:74	40x	24X
Fuji 40X	97m26s45f	79:59:73	52x	48x
Prodisc 40x	97m32s19f	79:59:72	52x	52X
EMTEC 48X	97m17s06f	79:59:74	24x	52X
FujiFilm 52x	Taiyo Yuden 97m29s01f	79:59:72	52x	40x
Ciba Plasmon 48x	97m27s18f	79:59:74	48x	48x
Mitsui 48X	97m27s58f	79:59:74	32x	24X

More information about the type of each media we used is available in the following pages. The supported media list for the Premium drive is available in the following URL.

In the following table you can see the best recording times we had for the various supported speeds.

The lowest writing time we had for Plextor Premium was 2:48min at 52x. The Optorite CW5201 gave a slightly lower time for the same speed (2:42min).

PoweRec will reduce the writing speed in case the media cannot handle it. The following screen shot comes from Nero Burning Rom after a successful burning at 52x, while the actual writing speed was reduced to 32x: