40x CD-RW Roundup Vol. 2

Review Pages

1. CyberDrive CW078D
2. LG GCE-8400B
3. Mitsumi CR-485C
4. WAITEC Storm40
5. TDK CyClone 401248B
6. Samsung SW-240B
7. Data Reading Tests
8. CloneCD Reading Tests
9. DAE Tests
10. CDR Tests - Page 1
11. CDR Tests - Page 2
12. CDR Tests - Page 3
13. Writing Quality of CyberDrive
14. Writing Quality of WAITEC
15. Writing Quality of MITSUMI
16. Writing Quality of LG
17. Writing Quality of Samsung
18. Writing Quality of TDK
19. HS-RW/Packet/Mt. Rainier Tests
20. Conclusion
21. Positive And Negative Of Each Drive

40x Roundup Vol. 2 - Page 14

Writing Quality Tests for WAITEC STORM40

We used many media, including 40x certified, and burned them at various recording speeds with WAITEC STORM40. The produced CDs, were measured from DigitalDrives and results are illustrated in the following tables. The most interesting results comes from the maximum recording speed of 40x.

- 40x writing speed

Brand	C1		C2		Average Burning Time (mins)
Brand	Max	Average	Max	Average	Average Burning Time (mins)
Taiyo Yuden 80min (40x)	29	0.7			3:25
Prodisc 80min (32x)	41	2.4			3:22
Mitsubishi Chemicals 80min (40x)	17	1.3			3:24
Imation 80min (32x)	63	4.4			4:26
Vivastar 80min (16x) (Servo Contro Detection On)	5038	1120.6	3248	228.5	4:31
Vivastar 80min (16x) (Servo Contro Detection Off)	5249	659.7	3928	307.7	3:23
Hitachi Maxell 80min (32x)	26	2.1			3:22
Mitsui 80min (40x) (Servo Contro Detection On)	24	1.7			3:27
Mitsui 80min (40x) (Servo Contro Detection Off)	27	1.4			3:23

The writing quality of WAITEC Storm40 is quite good in general. The drive doesn't have any serious problems, except with Vivastar 80min 16x. When the Servo Control (Safe-BP is enabled, the recording speed lowers to 20x but the writing quality is pretty bad. When the Servo control is disabled, the writing occurs at 40x speed and as it is expected the disc almost un-readable.