AOpen 52/24/52 CDRW with Mt. Rainier
Friday, 10 September 2004 06:58
Last Updated on Saturday, 19 April 2008 16:31
| Article Index |
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| AOpen 52/24/52 CDRW with Mt. Rainier |
| Drive, Bundle, Installation and More |
| CD Read Tests |
| CD Write Tests |
| Final Thoughts and Conclusion |
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| Introduction: |
| With nothing much to review at this point, I begged Dallmann Computers for another CDRW drive. I really wanted to try out the latest drive from AOpen, as is supports the Mt. Rainier format for writing to CD-RW's. If you're not familiar with Mt. Rainier, we'll touch more on that later. |
| This drive is currently the fastest drive available from AOpen and boasts CAV writing at speeds of up to 52x on a CDR, as well as P-CAV writing of CD-RW's. It's specs look awfully impressive, but what looks good on paper doesn't always cut it in the real world. |
| I was quite impressed with the BenQ 5224 CDRW drive I reviewed last month, so this drive will have to live up to some pretty high expectations. Is AOpen up to the challenge? Let's find out! |
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| Specs and Features: |
| What CDRW review would be complete without the specs ripped from the Manufacture's website? Here they are from AOpen's product page: |
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| Here is how the specs translate into features. . . |
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| It looks pretty good so far, but before we get into performance too much, we'll take a quick look at the drive itself, what it comes with, and installation. . . not to worry, they'll be plenty of benchmarks. . . |
