PCAV vs. ZCLV Recording Technlogies

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. World Of Error Correction
3. Ricoh 74min 24x Test Results
4. Ricoh 74min 24x Test Results - Acer CRW2010A
5. Ricoh 74min 24x Test Results - LiteOn LTR-24102B
6. Ricoh 74min 24x Test Results - Plextor PX-W2410A
7. Ricoh 74min 24x Test Results - Ricoh MP7200A
8. Ricoh 74min 24x Test Results - Ricoh MP9200A
9. Ricoh 74min 24x Test Results - Sanyo CRD-BP1500P
10. Ricoh 74min 24x Test Results - Yamaha CRW2200E
11. Conclusion

Partial-CAV versus Zone-CLV - Page 6

Ricoh 74min 24x Test Results - Plextor PX-W2410A

We used the latest 20x and 24x recorders from various manufacturers in order to see how they perform with specific media brands under their maximum speeds. All CDs burned with Nero 5.5.3.5 and were Audio CDs with 74:51:27 lengh size.

- Test Results

In order to simplify the results we have gathered them in the following table:

20x writing speed
Model	C1		Average Burning Time (secs)
Model	Max	Average	Average Burning Time (secs)
Acer CRW2010	47	8,2	314
LiteOn LTR-24102B	38	2,8	280
Plextor PX-W2410A	20	1,9	267
Ricoh MP7200 (JustSpeed On)	39	0,7	277
Ricoh MP7200 (JustSpeed Off)	18	0,5	272
Ricoh MP9200 (JustSpeed on)	18	1,2	290
Ricoh MP9200 (JustSpeed off)	19	2,6	272
Yamaha 2200E (OWC on)	29	0,6	420 (with 1.0d firmware time is lower)
Yamaha 2200E (OWC off)	30	1,48	282

At the 20x writing speed, the Plextor drive shows a very "nice" behavior. The drive's C1 overall progress grows constantly and at the end of the disc the errors are somewhat more increased.

24x writing speed
Model	C1		Average Burning Time (secs)
Model	Max	Average	Average Burning Time (secs)
LiteOn LTR-24102B	43	2,9	246
Plextor PX-W2410A	31	2,0	240
Sanyo CRD-BP1500P	25	2,7	241

When writing at 24x speed, the PleXWriter produces a high amount of C1 errors at the first speed change point (5mins in this case) from 16x to 20x, and also a high value at the second speed change point (14minutes) from 20x to 24x. However at the rest of the disc the C1 error rate stays at a relatively low level. It just increases again at the end of the disc.