TDK 1616N Recorder - Page 9

Writing Quality Tests - 3T Jitter Tests

On this page we present the 3T Pit & Land Jitter graphs when using various media burned at 32X and 48X writing speeds.

- 3T Pit results

Generally, mediocre performance was reported with the 1616N drive. The highest 3T Pit jitter reached 55nsec, which is way above the Red Book limit (35nsec). Best results were achieved with BenQ CD-R media. TDK should improve the CD media recording performance in a future firmware release.

- 3T Land results

Here too, the average 3T Land results were also high. The maximum 3T Land Jitter reached 55nsec while BenQ CD-R media produced the best results.

According to the above graphs, the TDK 1616N did not produce the results we expected, going on to the good performance of former NEC based drives. On the other hand, when writing at 32X, recording quality was far better, but when writing at 48X, media quality was reduced. It should be noted that all discs were recorded at the maximum supported speeds.