Optorite DD0203 dual DVD±RW recorder - Page 7

DAE Tests

- Pressed and CDR AudioCD results

Optorite DD0203 supports 40x DAE maximum speed. The average ripping speed was 26.7x for the pressed disc and 26.8x for the CD-R. Sony DRX-500UL is the slowest reader in this test with 22.8x and Pioneer A05 is slightly faster with 23.8x.

- EAC Secure Extract Ripping mode

Optorite DD0203 is not compliant with the C2 information retrieving commands, according to EAC:

- Advanced DAE Quality

Optorite DD0203 got a 100 score (perfect) in the Nero CD Speed Advanced DAE test. The CDSpeed showed that the average reading speed is 28.79x, and that the drive supports reading of SubChannel data and CD Text.

- Ripping of 99mins AudioCDs

Optorite DD0203 cannot recognize 99min discs. In case of 90min audio discs, the drive partially supports them since it is able to rip only up to 74min of the total audio tracks.

- Reading/Ripping Protected AudioCDs

For the test procedure we used 2 protected AudioCDs, which we tested in both recognition and ripping (with EAC) processes:

* Pressed AudioCD with Sony Key2Audio (Celine Dion - New Day Has Come)

* Pressed AudioCD with Cactus Data Shield 200 (Natalie Imbruglia - White Lilies Island)

Optorite is not fully compatible with protected audio discs. Although the drive recognized the Cactus Data Shield 200 protected disc, the software locked and the extraction was not possible. The situation was the same with the PlexTools software. On the other hand, the key2audio protection was easily handled by the drive.