The Optorite DD1205 supports up to 40X CD-R and 24X US-RW recording speeds.

• CD-R Format

The drive supports 4X, 8X, 16X, 24X, 32X, and 40X writing speeds. Below are the recording speeds as detected by Nero Burning Rom.

According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive reached the maximum 40X speed. The test started at 18.21X and finished at 41.17X having an average speed of 31.15X. Click on the image to see the complete graph.

• CD-R Recording Times

For the burning tests we created an 80min data compilation through Nero Burning Rom, recording the data on a 700MB disc. The Optorite DD1205 finished the task in 3:13 minutes, for the maximum 40X writing speed. This is the same time as the DD1203.

The writing performance varies according to the inserted media. The ExacLink system will lower the writing speed if the media ID code is not found in the drive's firmware. Below is a chart demonstrating all recording times with various media. As you can see, in the case of Waitec media the time rewuired was much longer since the speed was 16X.

- Other features

The 99min media was recognized as 80min.

• CD-RW Format

The DD1205 supports a maximum 24X P-CAV rewriting speed with Ultra Speed Rewritable Media (US-RW). Below you can see the Nero CD-DVD Speed writing simulation test with blank 24X US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

We also used Nero Burning Rom in order to burn a data disc with 24X US-RW media from MC. The data compilation we burned had a size of 651 MB and the duration of the recording process was 3:43 minutes.

- CD-RW Mount Rainier Tests

Mount Rainier isn't supported.