BTC 5224IM IDE CD-RW RECORDER - Page 8

Writing Quality Tests - Page 2

We tested the drive with a variety of other media in order to check the writing quality performance.

- 3T Pit results

As we can see from the above graphs, the 3T Pit Jitter exceeds 35ns RED book limit in some areas for almost all media. The Intenso seems to produce the worst results, while the SKC 48X media will perform well until the 45min, where the drive accelerated to 40X. Note that the speed was internally set to 32X for the rest of the burning process with the SKC media. The Mitsubishi Chemicals media also performed well until the 76min, where jitter reached the 42ns. Below are posted the average values for all tested media.

- 3T Land results

The 3T Land Jitter values seem to agree with the corresponding values of the 3T Pit test. The Mitsubishi Chemicals 48X produced the best results, while the SKC 48X the worst. Below are posted the average values for all tested media.

- Conclusion

The results with various 48X media are at least interesting. The media that worked best with the BTC 5224IM comes from TaiyoYuden and is rated at 48X. The specific media produced the lowest 3T Pit&Land values and didn't exceed the 35ns limit. The Intenso 48X doesn't seem to perform well giving the worst results. The Mitsubishi Chemicals was a good performer until 78mins, where the jitter value reached the 41ns.