Teac DV-516E IDE DVD-ROM - Page 6

CloneCD Reading Tests

- Procedure

We used CloneCD and 4 original CDs - Serious Sam 2 (SafeDisc 2), Desperados (LaserLock 2), V-Rally 2 Expert (SecuROM 2) and NBA Jam Extreme (PSX) - in order to test the reading time of the drives. We also tested the reading performance with backups of the original CDs, since the reading speed varies between original and backup media. The following pictures show the drive reading/writing capabilities as CloneCD reports:

- PSX Pressed Media

For this test we used the PSX game 'NBA Jam Extreme' and we ripped the image to the HD with CloneCD. Teac DV-516E finished the task in just 55 seconds. The Asus drive was 7 seconds faster.

- SafeDisc v.2 Results

The Teac drive is not recommended for such tasks, since it is extremely slow reader for SafeDisc v.2 discs. The drive needed 1 hour and 10 minutes to finish the task. The Toshiba SD-M1612 is the leader in this test.

- LaserLock v.2 Results

With the LaserLock v.2 protected disc, the drive finished the pressed disc reading in 24 minutes. The performance is low but compatible for the category. The Asus drive is the fastest with the pressed disc, but the Toshiba SD-M1612 takes the leads in the backup CD test with 1819.28 sectors /sec reading speed.

- SecuROM Results

All the drives can read SubChannel data from Data/Audio tracks. Although Teac DV-516E gave a good performance, the LiteOn drive was faster and finished both tasks in approximately 2 min.