CD Recording Tests

We made some test burns with the LaCie d2 DL drive and we discovered that the reported results are exactly the same as the NEC ND-2510A results. This was expected since the CD writing strategies are the same for both 2.15 and 2.04 firmware versions. However, we had to make several test burns to see the affects of IEEE1934 or USB2.0 connection on burning results. We noticed that there was no difference at all. Taking this into account, there is no need to present CD recording times and jitter tests, since they are exactly the same as the ND-2510A. Please refer to the NEC ND-2510A drive's results to see CD recording performance.

For reference reasons you can see writing strategies versions in different firmware versions later on this review.

- CD-R Format

The drive supports 4X, 8X, 16X (CLV), 20X, 24X and 32X (Zone-CLV) writing speeds.

According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive reached the maximum 32X speed. The test started at 16X and finished at 32.05X having an average speed of 27.36X.

- Other features

The LaCie d2 DL drive supports overburning, writing up to 90min and can read/write CD-Text.

Unfortunately, the drive is incapable of overburning up to 99min, giving the following error.

- CD-RW Format

The drive supports 4X, 8X and 16X rewriting speeds, with Ultra Speed Rewritable Media (US-RW).

Below you can see the Nero CD-DVD Speed writing simulation test with blank 24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

- CD-RW Mount Rainier

It doesn`t support the Mount Rainier feature.