- Reading Tests

To create the image of the various protected titles to the hard disk, we used Alcohol 120% software and the appropriate settings, according to the protection type of the inserted discs. Below you can see the duration of each process as well as the transfer rate in each case.

The Philips drive will rip fast any PSX game and even faster, any SecuROM protected disc. With Safedisc protection however, the reported reading speed was rather slow and the whole process lasted 1:33:44 mins.

- Writing Tests

The Philips DVDR1648P supports the DAO-RAW writing mode. For checking the drive's EFM correction status, we used 5 different game titles with different SafeDisc 2 versions having the latest software patches installed. After making the images of the various titles onto the hard disk, we burned them (maximum speed) with Alcohol 120% v1.9.2.1705. Two different discs were created for each title; one with the "Rectify Sub-Channel Data" enabled and one more with the function disabled.

• FIFA 2004 - Safe Disc v3.1x
• The Sims Superstar - Safe Disc v2.9x
• The Sims Unleashed - Safe Disc v2.8x
• Serious Sam Second Encounter - Safe Disc v2.51.021
• Max Payne - Safe Disc v2.51.020

The drive is capable of creating working backups only up to SD v2.8, which is typical performance with most drives. Moreover, all discs we burned produced the following message with the DVDR1648P. With other, different drives, there was no problem.