The drive is available in pearl white or black. I chose the white model to match my computer case. It can read and write all formats of CD-R\RW and DVD-+R\RW as well as the new DLDVD+R\RW
The drive is fast and quiet. It can burn a standard 80 minutes of audio on a CD in just under 3 minutes and full 4.7GB (4.37GB actual size) DVD-R in less than 12. It can burn a DVD+R in less than 8 minutes and the dual layer DLDVD+R at full capacity (8.5GB) in about 45 minutes.
I have checked this DVD Writer with Edgetec (Fm Moser Baer) -RW & Mitsubhishi Medias +RW at 8x speed and it writes flawlesslesly. Software Used Nero ver 6.0 and Sonic DVD writer (This software is released by Sony).
I recommend this for those users who want to purchase a DVD writer in cheap
price with good performance.
Drive Specifications
Buffer Size: 2MB
Media Size: 8.5GB or 17GB double sided
CD access time 105ms
DVD access time 110ms
IDE/ATAPI interface
Supported DVD writing methods:
Muti-session, multi-border
Supported CD writing methods:
Muti-session, mixed mode, disc-at-once, session-at-once
Write Speeds
CD-/ R 48X
CD-/ RW 24X
DVD-R 8X
DVD+R 16X
DLDVD+R/RW 2.4X
Read Speeds
CD formats 48X
DVD formats 16X
CD and DVD Media exact storage sizes
CD-R/RW= 650MB or 700MB (700MB is most common now)
DVD-R/DVD-RW = 4, 706, 074, 624 bytes ( 4488 MB )
DVD+R/DVD RW = 4, 700, 372, 992 bytes ( 4482 MB )
DLDVD+R = 8, 547, 993, 600 bytes ( 8152 MB )
Information on read and write speeds of DVD optical media.
Single Layer(4.7GB) write speeds
1x (CLV) = about 58 minutes
2x (CLV) = about 29 minutes
2.4x (CLV) = about 24 minutes
4x (CLV) = about 14.5 minutes
6x (CLV/ZCLV) = about 10-12 minutes
8x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 8-10 minutes
12x (PCAV/ZCLV) = about 6.5-7.5 minutes
16x (CAV/ZCLV) = about 6-7 minutes
Dual/Double Layer(8.5GB) write speeds
1x CLV = about 105 minutes
2.4x CLV = about 44 minutes
4x CLV = about 27 minutes
Single Layer (4.7GB) read speeds
1x read speed is 1.321MB/s = ~56 minutes
6x CAV (avg. ~4x) read speed is max 7.93MB/s = ~14 minutes
8x CAV (avg. ~6x) read speed is max 10.57MB/s = ~10 minutes
12x CAV (avg. ~8x) read speed is max 15.85MB/s = ~7 minutes
16x CAV (avg. ~12x) read speed is max 21.13MB/s = ~5 minutes
DVD Write types
CAV = Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is written at a constantly increasing speed.
CLV = Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is written at a constant speed.
ZCLV = Zone Constant Linear Velocity, the DVD is divided into zones. After each zone the write speed is increased.
PCAV = Partial Constant Angular Velocity, the DVD is being written at an increasing speed until a certain speed. After this speed it will not increase anymore.
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