CD Recording Tests

- CD-R Format

The TDK 1616N probably has the highest combination of writing speeds and writing technologies supporting the following writing speeds:

• 8X and 16X CLV
• 24X Z-CLV, 24X P-CAV
• 32X Z-CLV, 32X P-CAV
• 40X Z-CLV, 40X CAV
• 48X Z-CLV, 48X CAV

It's rather uncommon for a drive manufacturer to support both Z-CLV and P-CAV/CAV writing technologies for the same writing speeds, but depending on the media manufacturer the drive the adjusts accordingly to produce the best possible results.

According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive reached a maximum speed of 47.98X. The test started at 21.43X and finished at 47.98X having an average speed of 36.25X.

- CD-R Recording Times

We created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom and recorded it on a 700MB disc. The writing performance varies according to the inserted media. Below is a chart depicting all recording times with various media.

The TDK drive returned a time of 3:34 minutes at 32X writing speed when Intenso 52X media was used, and 3:01 at 48X writing speed when BenQ 52X media was used. Very good performance at this speed. It should be noted that all media was recorded at maximum supported speeds by the drive.

- Other features

The TDK 1616N supports overburning up to 88mins at full speed and can read/write CD-Text.

- CD-RW Format

The TDK 1616N supports 4X, 10X, 16X (CLV) and 24X (Z-CLV) rewriting speeds, 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.

- CD-RW Mount Rainier

Unfortunately, the TDK 1616N does not support the Mount Rainier feature.