Aopen DRW8800/AAN - Page 1
Taiwanese manufacturer,
AOpen, has expanded its product line to include motherboards, graphics cards,
sound cards and other PC peripherals. With optical storage devices, Aopen
has released the
new DRW8800, commercially labeled as Aopen 8x8 DVD Dual.
- AOpen DRW4410 features
The
drive supports DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-RW, DVD, CD while offering good compatibility
with recording software. Aopen features the Just Link technology developed by
Ricoh to prevent buffer under-run errors. During the writing process, the drive
calculates the optimum laser power, adjusting it in real-time to compensate
for a dirty disc.
- Specifications
Interface
|
IDE/ATAPI |
Buffer
Size
|
2 MB |
|
Disc
Diameter
|
12cm,8cm |
| Write Speed |
DVD-R |
8X
ZCLV |
| DVD-RW |
4X
CLV |
| DVD+R |
8X
ZCLV |
| DVD+RW |
4X
CLV |
| CD-R |
32 X
ZCLV |
| CD-RW |
16x
ZCVL
|
Read
Speed
|
DVD+R |
8x |
| DVD+RW |
8x |
| DVD-R |
8x |
| DVD-RW |
8X |
| DVD-ROM |
12x |
| DVD-VIDEO |
5x |
| CD-ROM /CD-R |
40x |
| CD-RW |
32x |
| Average Access Time |
DVD |
140ms |
| CD |
120ms |
| Supported formats |
CD |
DVD |
CD-Audio
CD-DA
CD-ROM
CD-ROM XA
CD-R
CD-RW
CD-I
Photo-CD
Video CD
CD Extra
CD Text |
DVD+R
DVD+RW
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD-ROM
DVD-Video |
| Writing modes |
CD |
DVD |
Disc at Once
Packet Writing
Sesion at Once
Track at Once |
Disc at Once
DVD-Video
Incremental(DVD-R/-RW)
Multi-Border(DVD-R/-RW)
Multi-sesion(DVD+R/+RW)
Random write(DVD+R/+RW)
Restricted overwrite(DVD-RW)
Sequential write(DVD+R/+RW) |
Dimensions
|
Width 148mm
Height 46mm
Depth 190mm |
| Mass ( Weight ) |
Less than 1.02kg |
According to InfoTool, the drive uses 2MB buffer memory. On the
read features, the only unavailable read format is the DVD-RAM format while
with
the write
features it does not support DVD-RAM and Mount Rainier. PacketWriting
and all other writable/rewritable formats are supported. Under the modes tab,
RAW DAO 96 writing (CD) is also supported.
Aopen uses the RPC II region control, allowing a user to change
the drive's region at most 5 times(3 shown above). For our tests, we set the region
code to 2 (Europe).
- Retail package
The
retail package includes a quick installation quide, mounting screws, an analog
cable and the Aopen DRW8800/AAN. The software is provided on two CDs. The
first includes Nero Express 6 and PowerDVD 5.0 for writing and playback tasks.
The
second includes Sonic MyDVD and Arcsoft ShowBiz for video authoring.
- The drive
The drive's front panel is pretty much standard, with all logos on
the loading tray. The CD-RW logo ,
the +RW and -RW logos and the Aopen logo (colored black). Also on the front panel
are the eject button, the activity led indicator, the emergency hole while
there are no volume control and headphone jack.
On the rear panel there are
the analogue and digital audio outputs (SPDIF), the IDE connector
and the power input.
Removing the screws and opening the drive's cover voids the drive's warranty.
For reference reasons, we post the following pictures.
- Installation
The Aopen drive was connected to our test PC and was identified
as "AOPEN 8X8 DVD Dual AAN" under
WinXP. All tests were done with firmware v.1.4A
The following pages include test results for Aopen's drive in comparison
with two other dual DVD burners, the Teac DV-W58G-A and Memorex True-8x.
