Aopen DVD+RW DVDRW5160 - Page 7

DVD Tests

- Writing Performance

We used Nero 5.5.5.7 and wrote the same amount of data for all Pioneer DVR-A03/Ricoh DVD+RW MP5120A/Panasonic LF-D311 /Philips DVDRW208 and Aopen RW5120A drives. In the Nero's 5.5.5.7 writing tab, only the 2.4x writing speed is displayed. The results are listed in the following table among with the average CPU Usage:

As the tests result showed, the AOpen RW5120 is the faster DVD re-writer,as it currently stands. The Philips DVDRW208A is slower by one second and Ricoh MP5120A needs some improvement since its behind by 17secs. In order to backup almost 4.38GB of data you will need 22:30mins. The Pioneer DVR-A03 needs 28mins at 2X and 56mins at 1X writing speeds.

- Erase Time Performance

Aopen RW5120A has very low erase times - less than one minute for quick erase and 11mins for full erase. The drive is just one second slower than Philips DVDRW208.

- Packet Writing Performance

We used the same file/methodology as we are using for our CD packet-writing test. The AOpen RW5120A has the same performance with Philips DVDRW208. The Ricoh MP5120A is slight faster:

- Compatibility Tests

The compatibility tests done with the same discs used for the DVD-ROM drives (Matsushita's DVD-R, Pioneer's DVD-RW and Ricoh's DVD+RW media). All discs were written with Nero 5.5.5.7 and contained the same DVD movie.

As we had seen with the Ricoh MP5120A, Aopen RW5120A also supports DVD-R/DVD+RW media without any problems but not DVD-RW media. In fact the drive cannot recognize it at all, while the Ricoh MP5120A could recognize it but the playback of the written DVD movie failed.