CD Recording Tests

- CD-R Writing Tests

The Pioneer DVR-S706 drive supports 4x, 8x, 16x, 24x, writing speeds. Below you can see the CDSpeed writing simulation graph with Taiyo Yuden 48x CD-R media. The simulation test under Nero CD Speed confirmed the manufacturer's specifications of 24x Z-CLV recording. The average speed was 22.42x.

- Recording Times

We created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom and recorded it on a 700MB disc. The DVR-S706 needed 4:26 to conclude the burning procedure which was the faster time between the two drives.

In the following graph you can see the recording times with various media brands.

- CD-RW Writing Tests

The drive supports 24x Z-CLV maximum rewriting speed with Ultra Speed rewritable media. Below you can see the results from the CDSpeed writing simulation test with blank 24x US-RW media from Mitsubishi Chemicals.

The test once again confirmed the drive's specifications for 24x rewriting. The average speed at the end of the test was 22.31x.

We also used Nero Burning Rom software to burn a 24x US-RW data media from Mitsubishi Chemicals. The data compilation we burned onto the disc had a size of 651 MB. The duration of the recording process was 4:01 minutes.

- Other features

- CD-RW Mount Rainier Tests

We used Philips Mount Rainier Validation Suite v2.2 to test the drive's compliance with the Mount Rainier format. None of the three scripts loaded in the Validation Suite (mandatory command set, Light R'n'R and Heavy R'n'R) worked, since the drive doesn't support Mount Rainier format.