The latest releases from many major manufacturers has created a pressing demand for a comparison in which CDRinfo has gathered the eight best recently reviewed drives. Over the following pages, we will be comparing some of their primary characteristics such as transfer rate, error correction, ripping speed, as well as writing quality and writing times. Here is a list of the drives chosen in alphabetical order, along with their respective manufacturer logos ..

	DRW-1608P
	DW-1640A
	SOHW-1693S
	ND-3530A
	DVR-109
	PX-740A
	TS-H552U
	DRU-800A

- Specifications

First, lets have a look at each drive's exterior and the firmware release which was installed in the drive during the review period.

DRW-1608P	DW-1640A
1.50 firmware release	BSHB firmware release
SOHW-1693S	ND-3530A
KS04 firmware release	2.10 firmware release
DVR-109	PX-740A
1.09 firmware release	1.01 firmware release
TS-H552U	DRU-800A
US03 firmware release	KY01 firmware release

The following table contains some detailed specifications for the reviewed drives. Clicking on the name of any of these drives will take you to the respective review which has been released by CDRinfo over the last few months...

Now that we've introduced the drives and had a brief look at their specifications, it is time to move on to the comparison tests for all eight CDRinfo reviewed drives...