Yamaha CRW8424S CD-RW

Review Pages

1. What's new
2. Installation
3. Data Tests
4. DAE Tests
5. CDR Tests
6. Conclusion
7. FAQ

Yamaha 8424s SCSI CDR-W - Page 6

Conclusion

Positive (+):	Negative (-):
- 4MB Buffer - Scsi 3 Support - Support most burn speeds (1x,4x,6x,8x) - Supports (2x,4x) CD-RW burn speed - True 24x (max) Data performance - Up to 16x (max) DAE!! - All know burning method (TAO,DAO,SAO,Packet Writing) support - OverBurn support - Official support for 80min CDs - No problems with uncertified 8x Media - Good manual for beginners..	- No CD-Text (read/write) support - No Raw read/writting (which most newer scsi drives don't support either) - Newest 8/4/32 drives which support CD-Text and 32x reading..

Overall Yamaha 8424s is the best Yamaha CDR-W ever tested. It writes at 8x and rewrite them at 4x without any problems. Even non-certified 8x media worked OK with it. Speed when reading data is 24x (max) and when used for DAE goes up to 16x! (max). However it has newest 8432 drives to compete which support CD-Text and are capable of reading 32x speed. Who will won ?