CD Recording Tests

- CD-R Writing Tests

The TEAC DV-W58G-A supports a maximum CD-R writing speed of 40x. To confirm this we used a blank 80min CD-R disc from TY and NeroCDSpeed to emulate the writing process.

After the end of the test, CDSpeed reported an average speed of 31.45x. The ending speed at 41.56x confirmed the drives specifications.

- Recording Times

We created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom and recorded it on a 700MB disc. The difference between the drives was expected, due to the different maximum supported speed of each.

Bellow two graphs are presented, where you can compare the writing times with different media brands, while in the second one you can compare the times in all the supported speeds for Teac Drive.

- CD-RW Writing Tests

TEAC DV-W58G-A supports 24x(Z-CLV) for US-RW media. To test the writing speed and method used for the TEAC with the -RW format, we used CDSpeed writing simulation test with a blank 24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

Once again our test confirmed the drive's specifications.

Below we provide a comparison of the three drives where we used Nero Burning Rom software to burn a 651MB data compilation onto 24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

The difference between Teac and Pioneer is logical due to the different supported speed for this type of recording.

- Packet Writing Tests

For the packet writing test we used the InCD packet writing software from Nero and a Mitsubishi Chemicals 24x US-RW media. The tested file is a 403 MB file (412.822 KB) and we used the drag and drop method with Windows Explorer to write the file from our hard disk onto RW media.

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