LaCie d2 DVD±RW DL external drive with Firewire

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Posted by	Jan S.
Posted on	17/07/04 18:55
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CD-R Writing performance

DVD Writing performance

DVD Writing continued

DVD+R DL writing performance

Re-Writing performance

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Reading performance

Reading performance:

For these tests we will use Nero CD/DVD-Speed to read various CD and DVD's, including audio discs and DVD-media. As already mentioned in the introduction, this drive sports a specified read speed of 12X for DVD's and 40X for CD's.

Pressed discs:

For this test we used a pressed CD-ROM disc containing Creative Blaster Audigy install CD which is close to 74 minutes long. Below you will see the produced result:

The LaCie d2 DVD±RW Double Layer had no problems reaching approximately 40x, let us see how this compares to other drives, look below:

Pressed Discs	Average Read Speed	Start Read Speed	End Read Speed	Seek Times Random	Seek Times 1/3	Seek Times Full
Plextor PX-708A	31.40x	18.48x	41.45x	98ms	116ms	175ms
NEC ND-2500A	31.00x	17.85x	41.05x	104ms	114ms	166ms
Pioneer DVR-107D	30.86x	18.36x	40.76x	122ms	142ms	281ms
NU DDW-082	32.36x	18.56x	42.70x	114ms	106ms	159ms
Lite-On SOHW-812S	30.56x	17.92x	40.26x	93ms	108ms	183ms
BenQ DW822A	32.37x	18.41x	42.52x	96ms	112ms	165ms
BTC DRW1108IM	27.56x	11.44x	37.9x	96ms	110ms	169ms
Philips DVDRW885	32.47x	18.38x	42.84x	94ms	112ms	161ms
LaCie d2 DVD±RW DL	29.93x	17.18x	39.63x	106ms	114ms	165ms

Not the fastest DVD-Writer we've had so far for reading. Seek times are average. The other drives listed above (except LaCie), we used a pressed CD-ROM disc containing PlexTools v1.08 that is exactly 74 minutes long.

CD-Recordable Discs:

For this test we made a copy of the original Creative Blaster Audigy install CD. The disc we used was a Verbatim 48X certified CD-R disc manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation.

CD-R Discs	Average Read Speed	Start Read Speed	End Read Speed	Seek Times Random	Seek Times 1/3	Seek Times Full
Plextor PX-708A	31.48x	18.83x	41.37x	95ms	111ms	164ms
NEC ND-2500A	30.77x	17.92x	40.61x	113ms	115ms	166ms
Pioneer DVR-107D	31.24x	18.26x	41.21x	123ms	143ms	282ms
NU DDW-082	32.34x	18.48x	42.65x	93ms	103ms	154ms
Lite-On SOHW-812S	30.87x	18.16x	40.74x	107ms	126ms	207ms
BenQ DW822A	32.35x	18.43x	43.89x	94ms	105ms	157ms
BTC DRW1108IM	32.33x	18.83x	42.69x	91ms	100ms	169ms
Philips DVDRW885	32.45x	18.46x	42.67x	2554ms	112ms	162ms
LaCie d2 DVD±RW DL	30.66x	17.85x	40.42x	109ms	111ms	160ms

The LaCie d2 DVD±RW Double Layer drive perform well on CD-R and the seek times are good too. The other drives listed above (except LaCie), we used a pressed CD-ROM disc containing PlexTools v1.08 that is exactly 74 minutes long.

CD-ReWritable discs:

Again we made a copy of the original Creative Blaster Audigy install CD, this time we used a Verbatim Ultra Speed (16-24X) CD-RW disc made by Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation.

The drive did not read the CD-RW discs at full speed (40x); let us compare it to other drives below.

CD-RW Discs	Average Read Speed	Start Read Speed	End Read Speed	Seek Times Random	Seek Times 1/3	Seek Times Full
Plextor PX-708A	31.46x	18.47x	41.55x	109ms	116ms	183ms
NEC ND-2500A	26.14x