Ricoh MP5125A DVD+RW
5. CDR Tests
CDR Tests
The Ricoh DVD+RW MP5125A supports up to 12x (CLV) writing. The drive includes "JustLink" as the main anti-buffer underrun protection. We did our tests with Nero v5.5.8.0 and CloneCD v4.0.0.0 beta 21 software. For the CDR tests we used: Creation 74min (12x), Taiyo Yuden 74 & 80min (24x), Mitsui 74min (24 & 16x), Mitsubishi Chemicals 74/80min (24x), and Verbatim/TDK 74min HS-RW media.
74 min CDs
We created "DataCD" job with data slight higher than 74mins (74:03:65).
We burned the same job with both CDR-W drives:
Ricoh MP5125A was just one second faster than the MP5120A. The difference is really small and we could say that the drives behave the same way.
The picture below comes from Nero when Mitsubishi Chemicals 24x media were used. That was the best burning result for 74 min at 12x speed, with the "JustSpeed" enabled.
80min CDs
As in the previous test, we created a DataCD (80:01:47) and used the same
media for all burns:
In the maximum writing speed, Ricoh MP5125A was faster than MP5120A by 5 seconds.
- Writing quality
We used Mitsubishi Chemicals media and burned them at 12x with Ricoh MP5125A. We used Nero 5.5.8.0 as the CDR software. The produced CDs, were measured from DigitalDrives and results are illustrated in the following tables.
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Brand
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C1
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C2
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Average Burning Time (mins)
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Max
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Average
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Max
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Average
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Taiyo Yuden 74min (24x)
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17
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1.6
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0
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6:45
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Taiyo Yuden 80min (24x)
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36
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3.5
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7:14
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The C1 error rate at the 12x recording speed is lower for the 74min media.
- Other features
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Overburning Writing
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Up to 99mins
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CD-Text (Read/Write)
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Yes/Yes
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8cm CDs
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Yes
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CloneCD Writing Tests
CloneCD
v4.0.0.0 beta 30 reports that the drive supports the DAO-RAW feature. We performed
our usual tests and we confirmed that the drive supports the DAO-RAW writing
mode at the following CD protections: SafeDisc 1, LaserLock 1/2 and SecuROM
2 CD protections.
SD2 Support
For the SD2 test we used the "Emperor: Battle for Dune", "Max Payne", "Serious Sam - The Second Encounter" and "Medal of Honour Allied Assault" game titles. We used the drive both as reader/writer at the maximum reading/recording speed. Unfortunately, the produced backups did not work at any drive we tried to. With CloneCD v4.x "Amplify Weak Sectors" setting this can be overpassed.
