- Pressed and CDR Audio CD results

The Philips DVDRW1648P supports up to 48X CAV DAE speed, which is the fastest available speed on the market today. The following results were reported when using Exact Audio Copy software.

As seen in the graph above, the superiority of the Philips drive is significant. Note that the Pioneer and NEC drives support up to 40x CAV DAE.

The Philips drive does not report C2 errors, according to EAC.

- Advanced DAE Quality

Once again the Philips drive reached a maximum of 48X DAE speed, and as was expected, its average reported speed was higher than the Pioneer and NEC drives. Not only is it fast, but the drive also managed to obtain a perfect quality score of 100.

The drive can read Leadin data, CD Text and Subchannel Data, but it cannot read Leadout data.

- Ripping 90mins Audio CDs

As with most of the latest drives, the Philips failed to read/rip our 90min test disc, despite all its efforts and even reducing speed.

- Ripping 99mins Audio CDs

Our 99min test disc was not a problem for the Philips DVDR1648P drive.