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| Posted by | Wesley Novack |
| Posted on | 31/12/04 07:38 |
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To round
off this review we will run some advanced tests on the Memorex F16.
Copy protection:
For this
test, we will use the Sheep tests made by Alexander
Noé. Why is
it called sheep test? That is because the symbol of the first 1 to 1 copy
program called CloneCD is a sheep. When looking at supported writers, you will notice that the feature
list has sheep to indicate if a feature is supported or not. In this case
we are interested in the writer's ability to
backup/write weak sectors. Also called: 'Correct EFM encoding of regular
bit-patterns".
⋅
No
sheep: Can't backup any safedisc 2
versions without the help of software
tricks
⋅
1 Sheep:
Can backup safedisc 2 up to version 2.4x without software tricks
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2 Sheep:
Can backup safedisc 2, including version
2.5x
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3 Sheep:
Can write all possible weak sectors, few if any writers could do
this.
One of our forum moderators, Womble, has written a guide concerning the 'Sheep Test" that could be found here.
In the screenshot below we see that the Memorex F16 supports all available write and read features in CloneCD:
The
Memorex F16 supports DAO-RAW96 recording mode. This means that it can write
uncorrected data and subchannel data.
Below
are our results from the 'Sheep Tests":
|
Sheep
Tests |
Reader: |
|
One
Sheep Writer |
Yes |
|
Two
Sheep Writer |
Yes |
|
Safedisc
Writer |
Yes |
|
Three
Sheep Writer |
No |
The
Memorex F16 qualifies as a two sheep writer and can produce functional backups
of Safedisc 2.90 protected discs. This Memorex writer is a good choice for
backing up copy-protected content.
Overburning:
To test
the overburning capabilities of the Memorex F16, we used the overburning test in
Nero CD/DVD-Speed.
According
to Nero CD-DVD speed, the drive can overburn 99 minutes.
DVD+R9 DL Writing Performance
1. When writing to 8X rated media using the latest Nero, the only chice is 44x and it actually writes at 44X. The disks sem ok, but I cannot select any other speed.
2. The drive is NOT sypported by CDRWIN...I've writen them twice, but no feedback and idea if/when it may be sipported.
3. It would REALLY be nice, if Memorex updated (via their website) firmware more often...I assume that as liyeon's 1633 drive is updated, it shouldn't be much of a problem that memorex follows along...but...so far NO
You should try upgrading Nero to the latest version to see if it solves your issue #1.
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