Your thoughts on this guys & also if all 3 of these CDRW drives have same engine, wouldn't they all do the same copy protections? (if so then the iomega is the better choice).
*taken from hardwarezone (other tests were made, but this had the info under it that was most interesting to me)*
Nero Burning Tests
Type of Test LITE-ON LTR-32123S TDK CyClone 32x10x40x Iomega CDRW15360INT-B
CD-to-CD-R (Nero 5.5) 648MB 4:16 mins (32x) 4:17 mins (32x) 4:15 mins (32x)
HDD-to-CD-R (Nero 5.5) 648MB 3:49 mins (32x) 3:48 mins (32x) 3:47 mins (32x)
HDD-to-CD-RW (Nero 5.5) 648MB 6:59 mins (12x) 6:59 mins (12x) 6:58 mins (12x)
HDD-to-CD-R (Nero 5.5) Over-burning (99 mins) Pass Pass Pass
The results above are pretty interesting but not surprising at all. The performance of all three drives were similar and the difference is only about one to two seconds. This is not surprising considering the fact that all three drives uses the same LITE-ON pickup lens.
Overburning is also possible with the LITE-ON LTR-32123S, similar to both TDK and Iomega. Since all the drives compared here are based on the same engine, the performance and speed of all the three drives are similar to one another. This is hardly surprising at all. However, as we have seen in the other tests, Iomega is clearly the faster drive here, probably due to a more robust (and frequently updated) firmware that targets compatibility issues. If you ask me, the Iomega drive would make a much better investment.
*taken from hardwarezone (other tests were made, but this had the info under it that was most interesting to me)*
Nero Burning Tests
Type of Test LITE-ON LTR-32123S TDK CyClone 32x10x40x Iomega CDRW15360INT-B
CD-to-CD-R (Nero 5.5) 648MB 4:16 mins (32x) 4:17 mins (32x) 4:15 mins (32x)
HDD-to-CD-R (Nero 5.5) 648MB 3:49 mins (32x) 3:48 mins (32x) 3:47 mins (32x)
HDD-to-CD-RW (Nero 5.5) 648MB 6:59 mins (12x) 6:59 mins (12x) 6:58 mins (12x)
HDD-to-CD-R (Nero 5.5) Over-burning (99 mins) Pass Pass Pass
The results above are pretty interesting but not surprising at all. The performance of all three drives were similar and the difference is only about one to two seconds. This is not surprising considering the fact that all three drives uses the same LITE-ON pickup lens.
Overburning is also possible with the LITE-ON LTR-32123S, similar to both TDK and Iomega. Since all the drives compared here are based on the same engine, the performance and speed of all the three drives are similar to one another. This is hardly surprising at all. However, as we have seen in the other tests, Iomega is clearly the faster drive here, probably due to a more robust (and frequently updated) firmware that targets compatibility issues. If you ask me, the Iomega drive would make a much better investment.