Waitec Frisby II
7. Writing Quality Tests
Waitec Frisby II external CD-RW - Page 8
Writing Quality Tests
We used many media and burned them at various recording speeds with Frisby II. We used Nero 5.5.9.6 for all the recordings. The produced CDs, were measured from DigitalDrives and results are illustrated in the following table.
Brand
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Speed Recorded
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C1
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C2
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Average Burning Time (mins)
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Max
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Average
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Max
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Average
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Octron 80min 24x
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SmartBurn ON
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40X
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17
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2
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0
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3:06
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SmartBurn OFF
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24
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2
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3:05
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SanyoDigital 80min 24x
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SmartBurn ON
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32X
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29
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2
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0
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3:15
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SmartBurn OFF
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40X
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42
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6
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3:04
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Emtec 80min 24x
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SmartBurn OFF
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40X
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85
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19.5
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0
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3:04
|
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Ciba Plasmon 80min 48x
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SmartBurn ON
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40x
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44
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2.4
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0
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3:16
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SmartBurn OFF
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36
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2.8
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3:05
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Mitsui SG Ultra 80min 32x
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SmartBurn ON
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40X
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79
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10.5
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0
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3:09
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SmartBurn OFF
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69
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9.5
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3:04
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Taiyo Yuden 80min 32x
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SmartBurn ON
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40X
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22
|
3
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0
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3:05
|
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SmartBurn OFF
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132
|
8
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56
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0
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3:05
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Mitsubishi Chemicals 80min 48x
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SmartBurn ON
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40X
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86
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18.1
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0
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3:05
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SmartBurn OFF
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74
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13.6
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3:05
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Prodisc 80min 32x
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SmartBurn ON
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40x
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28
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2.7
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0
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3:03
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SmartBurn OFF
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5391936.5
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4807
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133.3
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3:03
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The writing quality of Frisby II is not bad, although it could be better. In non 40X certified media the Smart-Burn feature seems to give improved writing quality, even in cases where it did not limit the writing speed. With 40X or more certified media the feature will not make any important difference, since it is not nessecary. Frisby II seems to give a higher C1 error rate with Mitsubish Chemicals discs and also some C2 errors occured with Taiyo Yuden 32X media with the Smart Burn feature disabled.
In the following chart you can see the manufacturing details of the media we used for our tests.
Name
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Manufacturer
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Code
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Capacity
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Mitsubishi Chemicals 80min 48x
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Mitsubishi Chemicals
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97m34s23f
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79:59.73
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Taiyo Yuden 80min 32x
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Taiyo Yuden
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97m24s01f
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79:59.72
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SanyoDigital 80min 24x
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Plasmon
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97m27s19f
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79:59.74
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Octron 80min 24x
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Ritek
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97m15s17f
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79:59.73
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