52x CD-RW Roundup Vol3 (Optorite CW5201 & Plextor Premium)

Review Pages

1. Introduction - Plextor Premium
2. Introduction - Optorite CW5201
3. Data CD Reading Tests
4. Error Correction Tests - Plextor Premium
5. Error Correction Tests - Optorite CW5201
6. Protected Data Disc Tests
7. DAE Tests
8. CDR Writing Tests
9. PlexTools Professional Tests
10. Writing Quality Tests 1 - Plextor Premium
11. Writing Quality Tests 2 - Plextor Premium
12. Writing Quality Tests 1 - Optorite CW5201
13. Writing Quality Tests 2 - Plextor Premium
14. RW Writing Tests
15. Conclusion

52x CDRW Roundup - Page 5

CD Error Correction Tests

Optorite CW5201

- ABEX TCD-721R

Errors total	Num: 155325680
Errors (Loudness) dB	Num: 736386	Avg: -27.1 dB(A)	Max: -5.4 dB(A)
Error Muting Samples	Num: 326996	Avg: 1.2 Samples	Max: 3582 Samples
Skips Samples	Num: 49	Avg: 775.5 Samples	Max: 2939 Samples
Total Test Result	49.2 points (of 100.0 maximum)

The score for the Optorite drive is 49.2 points, which is a low performance. The average errors was -27.1dB(A), and many errors were muted. Although the skip samples were less than we expected, their average length was high.

Optorite CW5201 seems to have some problems when it comes to reading scratched discs, and the drive does not reduce the reading speed to avoid read errors.

- ABEX TCD-726

The total amount of errors is smaller in the case of the TCD-726 disc. The Loudness errors were only 22 and the average level was -38dB(A). In addition, only 6 samples were muted and their average length was very small. The performance for the Optorite drive is high. (91.5 points).

Errors total	Num: 4546
Errors (Loudness) dB	Num: 22	Avg: -38.0 dB(A)	Max: -23.2 dB(A)
Error Muting Samples	Num: 6	Avg: 1.0 Samples	Max: 1 Samples
Skips Samples	Num: 0	Avg: 0.0 Samples	Max: 0 Samples
C2 accuracy	100.0 %
Total Test Result	91.5 points (of 100.0 maximum)

- Conclusion

Test Disc	Reading Speed	Score
ABEX TCD-721R	max	49.2
ABEX TCD-726	max	91.5
Average Score		70.35

The Optorite CW5201 gets an average score of 70.35 points out of 100 at our CD error correction tests. It seems that the drive can easily handle defected or dusted discs, but will not behave very well with heavily scratched ones.

Nero CDSpeed tests

- ABEX 721R

According to the Nero CDSpeed test, the quality score for Optorite CW5201 is 83.4 points, while the C2 accuracy is 98.81%. The performance is high but the C2 accuracy could be better.