Waitec X-FILE DVD+RW

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. CD / DVD Data Tests
3. CloneCD Reading Tests
4. DAE Tests
5. CDR Tests
6. HS-RW Writing Tests
7. DVD Tests
8. Conclusion

Waitec X-FILE DVD+RW- Page 5

CDR Tests

Waitec X-FILE supports up to 12x (CLV) writing. The drive includes 'SafeLink' as the main Buffer Underrun Technology. We did our tests with Nero v5.5.8.0, CloneCD v4.0.0.1 and Padus DJ v3.50.799 software. For the CDR tests we used: Taiyo Yuden 74 & 80min (24x), Imation 80min (32x) and Verbatim/TDK 74min HS-RW media.

74 min CDs

We created a "DataCD" job with data slightly higher than 74mins (74:03:65). We burned the same job with all three drives, using the same media:

Waitec X-FILE gave a fast writing time with 404 secs. The Philips DVDRW208 needs one second less than Ricoh MP5120A (406secs) to finish the task. All the drives have the same performance in this test. The following picture is from Nero when we used Taiyo Yuden 74min (24x) media:

80min CDs

Following the same procedure as in the previous test, we created a DataCD with data higher than 80min (80:01:47). the Waitec X-FILE gets the first place with 433secs, Aopen follows with approximately the same time, and Ricoh is 6 seconds slower :

The following picture is from Nero when we used Imation 80min (32x) media:

Writing Quality Tests

We used Imation and Taiyo Yuden media and wrote a full 74min CD. All CDs were burned with Nero 5.5.8.0, and they were data CDs with a 74:03:65 length size. The produced CDs were measured from DigitalDrives:

Brand	C1		C2		Average Burning Time (secs)
Brand	Max	Average	Max	Average	Average Burning Time (secs)
Taiyo Yuden 74min 16x - written at 12x	39	0.4	0		288
Imation 80min 32x - written at 12x	61	3.4	0		433

The writing quality of Waitec X-FILE is generally high, especially with Taiyo Yuden media. The following graph comes from the Imation 80min 32x media.

Other features

Overburning Writing	Up to 99mins
CD-Text (Read/Write)	Yes/Yes
8cm CDs	Yes

CloneCD Writing Tests

CloneCD v4.0.0.1 reports that the drive supports the DAO-RAW feature. We performed our usual tests and we confirmed that the drive supports the DAO-RAW writing mode at the following CD protections: SafeDisc 1, LaserLock 1/2 and SecuROM 2 CD protections.

SD2 Support

For the SD2 test we used the "Emperor: Battle for Dune", "Max Payne", "Serious Sam - The Second Encounter" and "Medal of Honour Allied Assault" game titles. We used the drive both as reader/writer at the maximum reading/recording speed. The produced backups did not work in all the drives we tested.