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Reading Performances:

For these tests we will use Nero CD/DVD-Speed to read various CD, DVD and BD media. As already mentioned in the introduction, this drive supports:

• BD : 2x
• DVD : 8x
• CD : 32x

CD-ROM pressed discs:

For this test we used an original pressed CD-ROM disc containing the Ulead DVD MovieFactory 5 that is about 67 minutes in length.

The Panasonic SW-5582 reads CD-ROM at 32x, with average 24.90x and read time 2:50 minutes.

CD-Recordable Discs:

For this test we used a Data CD-R that was made using Nero CD-DVD Speed 'create data disc". The disc we used was a Verbatim 52x certified CD-R disc.

The Panasonic SW-5582 reached 32x when reading a full CD-R disc with average speed of 25.31x and a total read time of 3:19 minutes.

CD-Rewritable discs:

Again, we made a Data CD with Nero CD-DVD Speed 'create data disc". This time we used a Verbatim Ultra Speed (32X) CD-RW.

The drive reads CD-RW discs at 24x speed.

Audio '? Digital Audio Extraction:

To test the digital audio extraction performance of the Panasonic SW-5582, again we used Nero CD-DVD Speed to measure the transfer rate. The audio disc we used is 76 minutes in length (76:04.45).

The Panasonic SW-5582 reached 24x reading Audio-CD.

Advanced audio '? EAC test:

For this test we used EAC (Exact Audio Copy) to test the drive's audio extraction performance. As we can see from the screenshot below the drive supports accurate stream and audio caching.

Below are the results produced by EAC:

Burst mode

Secure mode

The drive performed slow in burst mode and secure mode.

Advanced audio '? DAE quality test:

For this test we used the 'Advanced DAE Quality Test" feature in Nero CD-DVD Speed. The CD-R media we used is a 40x certified Memorex Music CD-R made by Ritek. (Thanks to Memorex USA for sending us this media.)

The extracting quality is excellent, but the drive performed a little slow in this test.

DVD reading performance:

Again, we will use Nero CD-Speed to measure the reading performance, this time for various types of DVD discs.

DVD '? DVD-Video:

For our DVD reading performance tests we are going to start with a Single and Double Layered DVD video discs. While only 1X speed is required to watch DVD movies, it's useful to be able to read the discs at higher speeds if you're going to extract (rip) the content of the disc to your hard drive.

DVD-Video Single Layer

 
DVD-Video Double Layer

The Panasonic SW-5582 is riplocked and reads a pressed DVD-Video (CSS) at up to 6x for a Single Layer disc, and at up to 8x for a Double Layer disc

DVD '? DVD+R(W):

For this test we used a Verbatim 16x DVD+R and a Verbatim 8x DVD+RW with 4.38GB of data. (Thanks to Verbatim USA for sending us this media.) Below are the results:

DVD+R

DVD+RW

The drive is locked and reads DVD+R and DVD+RW at 8x speed.

DVD '? DVD-R/RW:

For this test we used a Verbatim 16X DVD-R disc and a Verbatim 6X DVD-RW disc filled with 4.38GB of data (Thanks to Verbatim USA for sending us this media). Our test results are found below:

DVD-R

 
DVD-RW

The drive is locked and reads DVD-R and DVD-RW at 8x speed.

DVD '? DVD±R DL:

For this test we used a Verbatim 8x DVD+R DL disc and a Ridata 6X DVD-R DL disc filled with 4.38GB of data (Thanks to Verbatim USA and Advanced Media/Ridata for sending us these discs). Our test results are found below:

DVD+R DL

 
DVD-R DL

Again the drive is locked and reads DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL at 8x speed.

DVD '? DVD-RAM:

For this test we used a Maxell 5x DVD-RAM filled with 4.27GB of data (Thanks to Maxell USA for sending us this media). Our test results are found below:

DVD-RAM 

The Panasonic SW-5582 reads DVD-RAM at 5x without any problems.

BD '? BD-ROM:

For this test we used a Single Layer BD-ROM disc filled with 23.19GB of data. Our test results are found below:

BD-ROM (Single Layer)

The Panasonic SW-5582 reads BD-ROM at 2x without any problems.

BD '? BD-R SL:

For this test we used a Verbatim BD-R media filled with 22.56GB of data (Thanks to Verbatim USA for sending us this media). Our test results are found below:

BD-R SL

The Panasonic SW-5582 reads BD-R Single Layer 25GB at 2x without any issue.

BD '? BD-RE SL:

For this test we used a Verbatim BD-RE media filled with 22.56GB of data. (Thanks to Verbatim USA for sending us this media.) Our test results are found below:

BD-RE SL

The Panasonic SW-5582 reads BD-RE Single Layer 25GB at 2x without any issues.

Now it's time to head on to a more interesting part: Writing CD-R and CD-RW discs…

Features & Technology

CD-R/RW Writing Performances