Optical Drives & Media

Memory 52MAX CD-RW

I like this particular drive more than my Lite-ON 52x drive. It is more quiet. The difference between it and the Lite-ON drive is that the Lite-ON always appears to spin up to 52x right away. The Memorex spins up to a slower speed, then as accesses continues accelerates. This works very well, the latency is similar, but for the typical small access size, the drive doesn't spin up and sound like a vacumn cleaner. Both sound like a vacumn when full bore at 52x.

• CD Recorder, Ultra Speed Product Page
• Software Guide
• Firmware: 3252AJ1v2

Lite-ON 52x CD-RW

Pioneer 18x DVDxRW

LG CD

LG CD-RW

Pioneer A03

Plextor CD-RW

Lacie CD-RW

Yamaha CD-RW

NEC CD

Toshiba 3301, 3401, CD

Samsung DVD-ROM SD-608

Sony CD-RW

Toshiba DVD-ROM

CD Standards

CD Media Types

• CD-ROM
• CD-R
• CD-RW
• Imation
• Memorex
• TDK

DVD Media Types

• DVD-ROM
• DVD-R
• DVD+R
• DVD-RW
• DVD+RW
• DVD-R DL
• DVD+R DL

Magneto-Optical Media Types

• Fujitsu DynaMO: 128 MB .. 2.3 GB

DOS / Window Tools

• NeroInfoTool
• DVDInfoPro