External USB Slim Recorders Comparison

Review Pages

1. Introduction / Haiway External ODD&HDD Device
2. Rodzone A11-SU3
3. Rioddas BT-638 (1st variation)
4. Amicool BT-686
5. Cocopa ECD813-Y
6. Pop-up ODD Device
7. Effelon ODD Device
8. Rioddas BT-638 (2nd variation)
9. HLDS PortableDVD
10. Comparison Of Specifications
11. CD Reading Performance
12. Writing Performance Test Methodology
13. Imation 52X CD-R
14. Maxell 52X CD-R
15. Maxell 52X PRINTABLE CD-R
16. PlexDisc 52X PRINTABLE CD-R
17. Ritek 52X CD-R
18. Verbatim 52X CD-R
19. DVD Reading Performance
20. DataWrite 16X DVD-R
21. HP 16X DVD-R
22. Maxell 16X DVD-R
23. No Brand 16X DVD-R
24. PlexDisc 16X DVD-R
25. TraxData 16X DVD-R
26. Verbatim 16X DVD-R
27. JVC 16X DVD+R
28. Maxell 16X DVD+R
29. Philips 16X DVD+R
30. Sony 16X DVD+R
31. Verbatim 16X DVD+R
32. Verbatim 8X DVD+R DL
33. Summary of Burning Results
34. Conclusion - Final Total Score

Verbatim 52X CD-R branded media has MID 97m26s66f and probably it based at CMC Magnetics Media. The Maxell 52X CD-R Branded media has exactly the same MID code.

The Verbatim 52X CD-R media was recognized (!) from all tested drives so we managed to get some idea of the overall performance.

The Rioddas BT-638 (HLDS GU10N) due to its Zone-CLV writing strategy has the lowest average writing speed.

After the burn process, we tried to read the burned disc with the same drive and wrote down their average reading speed.

The highest reading speed came from the Pop-up (Optiarc AD-7560A). After many hours measuring all discs we have our burn quality results.

The drives with the lowest C1/C2 errors are expected to get higher score points even they burn slower a disc. After all we all want perfectly readable discs.