The Waitec Action 16 supports 48X CD-R and 24X US-RW recording speeds.

• CD-R Format

The following screenshot confirms the maximum speed of 48X. The test started at 22X and finished at 48.78X, having an average speed of 36.90X.

• CD-R Recording Times

Using Nero Burning Rom, we created an 80min data compilation, recording the data on several 700MB disc. In only 2:44 mins, the Waitec Action 16 completed the task at the max speed of 48X.

In the graph that follows we can see a graphical depiction of all the recording times with various discs, with the writing performance varying according to the inserted media.

- Other features

• CD-RW Format

The Waitec Action 16 supports 24X Z-CLV rewriting speed 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.

The drive starts the writing task at 16X and reaches a maximum of 24X at the 13:00 min address mark on the disc. The test started at 16.01X and finished at 24.25X, having an average speed of 22.33X.

We also used Nero Burning Rom in order to burn a data disc with 24X US-RW media from MCC. The data compilation we burned had a size of 650 MB and the duration of the recording process was 3:57 minutes.