CD Recording Tests

- CD-R Format

The drive supports 4X, 8X, 16X (CLV), 20X, 24X and 32X (Zone-CLV) writing speeds.

According to Nero CDSpeed, the drive reached the maximum 32X speed. The test started at 16X and finished at 32.05X having an average speed of 27.36X.

- CD-R Recording Times

We created an 80min data compilation with Nero Burning Rom and recorded it on a 700MB disc. The NEC drive returned a time of 3:29 minutes, with 32x writing speed selected, which is a very good time (for 32x).

The writing performance varies depending on the inserted media. Below is a chart demonstrating all recording times with various media.

The best performance came with SKC 80min 52X media at 3:28mins. The highest recording time came with Verbatim and Traxdata 80min 52X media at 3:31mins.

- Other features

TDK 882N supports overburning, writing up to 90min and can read/write CD-Text.

Unfortunately, the drive is not capable of overburning up to 99min, giving the following error.

- CD-RW Format

The TDK 882N supports 4X, 8X and 16X 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.

We also used Nero Burning Rom in order to burn a data disc with 24x US-RW media from MC. The data compilation we burned had a size of 651 MB and the duration of the recording process was 5:05 minutes.

- CD-RW Mount Rainier

The TDK 882N does not support the Mount Rainier feature.