Ricoh MP5120A IDE DVD+RW - Page 11

RW Writing Tests

We used Nero 5.5.5.4 for writing CDs in maximum RW writing speed for all the tested drives in 10x HS-RW media. All drive support fully the HS-RW writing standard:

The Ricoh MP5120A gave back the best recording time than the competitor drives. It needs 484secs to complete the test. The erase time is also 55secs.

- Packet Writing Tests:
We used Bs Clip v3.04 for all Packet Writing tests. We used Ricoh HS RW media and we formatted it. The formatting of the media takes around 10min. After formatting, we tested all four drives for their packet writing performance.

The formatted disc had 530mbs of free space. We copied a 403 MB file (403.147 kbs) from a Hard Disk (on the same PC as the writers) to the formatted RW media-using explorer (we dragged and dropped) we completed the test twice to eliminate possible time measurement faults and user errors:

The Ricoh MP5120A gets the first place also in packet writing results. The drive outperforms the competition and delivers 7.27X writing speed. However at the reading part, Plextor PX-W1610A holds the first place.

- Packet Writing Under DVD+RW

Packet writing under DVD+RW format is quite easy. The BS Clip software must be used to format the DVD+RW under UDF v1.50 format. If the drive supported DVD+MRW format, UDF v2.0X would be used. Bs Clip will guide you in every step:

Let select the disc's label and notice that after 2mins our disc is ready:

After format is finished our disc is ready to use. We can fit up to 4.37GB of data: