Memorex DVD±RW True-8x - Page 6

- Reading Tests

To create an image of the various protected titles onto the hard disk, we used CloneCD v.4.3.1.9 software and the appropriate settings, depending on the protection type of the inserted discs. Below the capabilities of Memorex are summarized, according to CloneCD software. Notice that the drive supports writing of CD+G under RAW DAO:

The game titles we used for testing the image creation speed for each protection scheme are given in the table below:

PSX Pressed Media

SafeDisc v.2

SecuROM v.2

Memorex proved to be a fast backup device for PSX games although Nec was faster. In addition, regarding the Safedisc protected game, Memorex drive needed 33:57 minutes to finish the ripping process. Although this is not the slowest ripping speed we have experienced, the other two drives returned faster ripping speed values. From the above graph we can conclude that Nec was the fastest drive among the three devices of the roundup while Pioneer speed is resembling to Memorex. With the Securom protected disc both Memorex and Pioneer gave back the exact same ripping speed, faster than Nec.

- Writing Tests

The Memorex True-8x supports the DAO-RAW writing mode. For checking the drive's EFM correction status, we used 4 different game titles with different SafeDisc 2 and SafeDisc 3 versions having the latest software patches installed. After making the images of the various titles to the hard disk, we burned them (maximum speed) using CloneCD. Two different discs were created for each title; one with the "Amplify Weak Sectors" enabled and one more with the function disabled.

The table below shows the results of the attempted backups and whether they ran (game installed / played normally), or not.

Memorex True-8x is surely not a good backup device for protected games. After the end of the writing process the only game that was playable was Max Payne protected with Safedisc v2.51.020. The drive made invalid copies of all other games we tested either with CloneCd Amplify Weak Sectors on or off.