Memorex DVD±RW True-8x - Page 7

DAE Tests

- Pressed and CDR AudioCD results

Memorex supports the CAV reading strategy for DAE discs, while the maximum DAE reading speed is 40x. These specifications were confirmed by Nero CDSpeed.

Nero CDSpeed reports that the reading process of Audio disc started at 18.07 and ended at 41.29x under CAV strategy. Just like the data pressed discs we tested before, the software reported high seek times with Full seek at 282ms.The resultant graph also shows some undulations during reading.

In order to test the average ripping speed of Audio CDs with Memorex, we used a pressed Audio disc and a clone of it, on a CDR media.

- Advanced DAE Quality

Nero CDSpeed Advanced DAE Quality test returned quality score 100(perfect) for Memorex and confirms that the drive can be safely used for On The Fly Copying. On the advanced features tab, the software reports that Memorex reads CD Text and Subchannel Data but is not able to read Leadin and Leadout area information.

- Support of 90/99mins AudioCDs

The Memorex drive managed to rip the contents of our 90/99min test discs successfully.

- Reading/Ripping Protected AudioCDs

For the test procedure we used two audio discs with different audio protection schemes. We conducted the test for both recognition and ripping to the hard disk. The software used was Exact Audio Copy.

* Pressed Audio disc protected by Sony Key2Audio (Celine Dion - New Day Has Come)

* Pressed Audio disc protected by Cactus Data Shield 200 (Natalie Imbruglia - White Lilies Island)

On the above table we summarized the results of all three drives of the roundup. Only Nec managed to read and rip the contents of both protected discs. Memorex had no problem with the Key2Audio disc while CDS200 tested disc could not be ripped or playbacked.