TDK
CyClone 12/10/32 IDE CDR-W -
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RW reading tests
For the RW tests we used Ricoh HS RW media written at 10x speed. The TDK CyClone
drive has slight better performance than the PX-W1210A; this however is nowhere
as good as what the Sanyo CRD-BP3 delivers:
CloneCD Tests
Procedure:
We used CloneCD (v2.7.8.1) and three original CDs (Rally Masters, Euro2000
and Incoming) in order to test the reading time for the TDK CyClone 121032
(firmware v1.02). We also tested the reading performance with backups of the
original CDs. This is due to reading speeds being different for original media
than speeds for backup media (i.e. slower). For your pleasure, we added the
results for the Plextor PX-W1210A (firmware v1.04) to help when making your
own comparisons.
Results:
a) SafeDisc Results:Euro 2000 (Total: 257982 sectors - 10141 bad sectors)
- Reading Speed: Max
|
Drive
|
CD
|
Fast Skip Error - O retries - Software Correction
|
"Intelligent Bad Sector Scanner" + Best "Fast
Skip Error" result
|
|
Plextor
PX-W1210A
vs
TDK
CyClone
|
Original
|
2:35
min
2:37
min
|
4:02min
4:12
min
|
|
Backup
|
3:40
min
15:05
min
|
4:45
min
14:36
min
|
b) LaserLock Results: Rally Masters (Total: 321528 sectors
- 6317 bad sectors) - Reading Speed: Max
|
Drive
|
CD
|
Fast Skip Error - O retries - Software Correction
|
"Intelligent Bad Sector Scanner" + Best "Fast
Skip Error" result
|
|
Plextor
PX-W1210A
vs
TDK
CyClone
|
Original
|
-
|
52:21
min
57:05
min
|
|
Backup
|
3:38
min
3:47
min
|
3:05
min
4:45
min
|
c) SecuROM Results:
|
Drive
|
CD
|
Read SubChannel Data from Data Tracks
|
|
Plextor
PX-W1210A
vs
TDK
CyClone
|
Original
|
3:55
min
-
|
|
Backup
|
3:53min
-
|
The TDK CyClone drive doesn't support reading of Subchaneel data!
Verdict of CloneCD Tests:
The TDK CyClone CDR-W drive performed as well as we expected. It's reading
performance when reading protected CDs was fast and matched the Plextor when
using original CDs. However, things are not the same when using backup CDs since
the reading times seem to be longer. This is not so much of a problem but the
real issue is that the drive cannot read SubChannel data! :(
This is a problem that most Plextor TLA#202 drives seems to have. Our Plextor
drive was the TLA#000 series and didn't have any such problem. You can't really
blame TDK for this because if you buy a brand new Plextor model, which has TLA
#202, you probably will not be able to read SubChannel data.
