PleXWriter PX-W1210A CD-RW

Review Pages

1. Buffer Underruns
2. Installation
3. Data Tests: (Pressed CDs)
4. Data Tests: (74min CDs)
5. CloneCD Tests
6. DAE Tests (Audio pressed CDs):
7. CDR Tests
8. CDR-W Tests
9. Conclusion

PleXWriter PX-W1210A IDE CDR-W - Page 5

CloneCD Tests

Procedure:
We used the latest CloneCD (v2.5.6.2) and 3 original CDs (Rally Masters, Euro2000 and Incoming) in order to test the reading time for both drives. We also tested the reading performance with the backups of the original CDs since the reading speed varies from original to backup media.

Results:
a) SafeDisc Results:Euro 2000 (Total: 257982 sectors - 10141 bad sectors) - Reading Speed: Max

Drive	Firmware	CD	Fast Skip Error - O retries - Software Correction	Fast Skip Error - O retries - Hardware Correction	Intelligent Bad Sector Scanner	"Intelligent Bad Sector Scanner" + Best "Fast Skip Error" result
PleXWriter PX-W1210A	v1.00	Original	2:35 min	56:37 min		4:02 min
PleXWriter PX-W1210A	v1.00	Backup	3:40 min		1:02:20 h	4:45 min
PleXWriter PX-W124TS	v1.04	Original	2:37 min	55:52 min	1:00:28 h	5:35 min
PleXWriter PX-W124TS	v1.04	Backup	14:46 min	1:00:38 h	1:05:27 h	5:06 min

b) LaserLock Results:Rally Masters (Total: 321528 sectors - 6317 bad sectors) - Reading Speed: Max

Drive	Firmware	CD	Fast Skip Error - O retries - Software Correction	Fast Skip Error - O retries - Hardware Correction	Intelligent Bad Sector Scanner	"Intelligent Bad Sector Scanner" + Best "Fast Skip Error" result
PleXWriter PX-W1210A	v1.00	Original	Forget it	Forget it	1:14:52 h	52:21 min
PleXWriter PX-W1210A	v1.00	Backup	3:38 min		15:56 min	3:05 min
PleXWriter PX-W124TS	v1.04	Original	Forget it		47:03 min	46:11 min
PleXWriter PX-W124TS	v1.04	Backup	3:40 min		16:55 min	6:24 min

c) SecuROM Results: Incoming (Total: 241898 sectors) - Reading Speed: Max

Drive	Firmware	CD	Reading SubChannel Data
PleXWriter PX-W1210A	v1.00	Original	3:55 min
PleXWriter PX-W1210A	v1.00	Backup	3:53 min
PleXWriter PX-W124TS	v1.04	Original	4:32 min
PleXWriter PX-W124TS	v1.04	Backup	4:33 min

Verdict of CloneCD Tests:
The PX-W1210A is a very good reader for SafeDisc and SecuROM protected CDs. It's performance it also improved over PX-W124TS . However it's not a good choice for LaserLock protected CDs when using it as a reader for the original CD. However with the backuped LaserLock CDs things are not the same, since it reads then really faster. Overall we could say it won't let you down when the time for making your favourite backups comes ;)