Panasonic LF-D521 IDE DVD-RAM - Page 7

CloneCD Reading Tests

- Procedure

We used CloneCD and 3 original CDs - Serious Sam 2 (SafeDisc 2), V-Rally 2 Expert (SecuROM 2) and NBA Jam Extreme (PSX) - in order to test the reading time of the drives. We also tested the reading performance with backups of the original CDs. The following pictures show the drive reading/writing capabilities as CloneCD reports them:

As you can see the drive is not compatible with the CloneCD DAO RAW mode.

- PSX Pressed Media

For this test we used the PSX game 'NBA Jam Extreme' and we ripped the image to the HD using CloneCD. Panasonic LF-D521 needed 75sec to finish the requested task. The Pioneer drive is slightly faster.

- SafeDisc v.2 Results

The drive needed approximately 14 minutes to create the image file on the hard disk. The performance is not very high but it can be considered as adequate for a DVD recorder. The Pioneer DVR-A05 is a slower CloneCD reader and needed approximately 1 hour to finish the task.

- SecuROM Results

Panasonic LF-D521 can read SubChannel data from Data/Audio tracks. Three minutes were enough for the drive to make the image file to the hard disk.