CD Recording Tests

- CD-R Writing Tests

The BTC DRW1008IM supports 8x, 16x, 24x, 32x and the maximum 40x CAV writing speeds. Below you can see the CDSpeed writing simulation graph with Taiyo Yuden 48x CD-R media.

The writing process began at 18.64x and finished at 42.14x reporting an average recording speed of 31.91x. According to this, the manufacturers specifications for 40x recording are comfirmed. The drive uses CAV mode.

- Recording Times

We created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom and recorded it on a 700MB disc. The best time was that of the BTC drive, completing the task in 3:09 minutes, with 40x writing speed selected. The performance is very good for 40x recording speed.

Below are the best writing times at 8x, 16x, 24x, 32x and 40x with a Taiyo Yuden media.

In the followwing graph you can see the recording times with various media brands.

Often, while recording with Creation, Hi-Space and Taiyo Yuden media at a speed of 40x, the buffer underrun error was avoided on one occassion where we received the following message.

- CD-RW Writing Tests

The BTC DRW1008IM supports 24x P-CAV maximum rewriting speed, with Ultra Speed rewritable media. Below are the results from the CDSpeed writing simulation test with blank 24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

The test once again confirmed the drives specifications for 24x rewriting. The burning procedure started at 18.77x and finished at 24.41x having an average of 23.54x.

As a comparison, we provide the rewriting time of the BTC drive against those of the LiteOn and Optorite drives.

We also used Nero Burning Rom software to burn a data disc using 24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals again. The data compilation burnt had a size of 651 MB and the duration of the recording process was 3:40 minutes.

From BTC's official website, you can stay informed regarding CD media brands that the drive supports. For your convinience we have included the links below:

CD-R

CD-RW

- Packet Writing Tests

Using InCD and Mitsubishi Chemicals 24x US-RW media for all Packet Writing tests, quick format took 32sec. The formatted disc had 530mbs of free space. We copied a 403 MB file (412.822 KB) from Hard Disk (on the same PC as the recorder) to the formatted RW media through Windows explorer (drag and drop).

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