Forty-Speed CD-RW Shootout

Keefe John writes: "Several months ago, 40x burning became a reality when Plextor got the jump on all of the other optical storage companies with the PX-W4012TA CD-RW. Since then, many companies have been coming out with versions of their own. As with any genre of products, a few stood out above the rest. Namely, the original tried and true Plexwriter; the wallet-friendly Lite-On, and the speed-daemon Teac. Today Techware Labs will be comparing the three drives on their relative merits. Read the full review over at Techware Labs."

Comments

Re:SCSI CDRW drives?

[velocipenguin]

It's true that SCSI gear is more expensive. However, often the performance gain is quite significant. For average desktop use, there may not be a huge performance gain, but you are quite correct in stating that they are useful for specialized cases. SCSI drives are marvelous for audio/video editing - the seek time is very low and they can move large files around very quickly. I have never seen a buffer underrun occur with a SCSI CD burner. For the average desktop user, SCSI is too expensive to be viable, but it's great if you need high performance.

Re:Yeah, this is SO worthwhile

[saider]

Only if your monkeys can change the CDs faster than 28 seconds. That may seem trivial, but motivating a minimum wage someone to keep an eye on CD's without dozing off/browsing slashdot is not easy. It really is better to get an automated system, but they won't use these drives. They may use the same technology, but the drives featured are for end users, not production shops.

Actually it is just a progression of technology. Things will always get faster/better/cheaper over time. There is no need to justify these small differences because the benefit will go largely unnoticed. The only place it matters is in advertising.