CD Recording Tests

- CD-R Writing Tests

To test the writing speed and writing method of the drive we used a blank 80min CD-R disc from BenQ and NeroCDSpeed to emulate the writing process.

The writing emulation process confirmed the 24x maximum writing speed of the Philips drive. DVDRW885K used P-CAV writing strategy while the reported average speed was 23.50X. The process started at 18.24X and the speed increased until the 14min mark, after which and up until the end of the writing process the speed was constant at ~24X.

- Recording Times

We created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom and recorded it on a 700MB disc.

- CD-RW Writing Tests

To test the writing speed and writing method of the drive we used a blank 74min CD-RW disc from Mitsubishi Chemicals and Nero CDSpeed to emulate the writing process.

The disc was written with an end speed of 10.14x while the average reported speed was only 9.95X . The RW media was written with CLV.

Below we provide a comparison of the two drives where we used Nero Burning Rom software to burn a 651MB data compilation onto 24x US-RW media from MC.

Both drives have the same specifications for CD recording.

CD Overburning

-80min

- 99min

The Philips drive supports overburning for the CD.