Test machine

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For this review we will be using two computers with the following configuration:

Review PC #1:

· Motherboard: Asus P5K Deluxe WI-FI/AP

· Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe @3.70 GHz

· Memory: 4x 2GB A-DATA PC2-6400 DDR2

· Video: ATI  2600HD Pro HDMI

· Display: Hanns·G HG-216DPO 21.6″ 5ms Widescreen HDMI LCD

· Sound: SoundMAX Digital HD Audio (Onboard)

· Hard Disks: 2x 320GB – 1x 750GB Seagate SATA-II

· Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 is installed on this machine.

Review PC #2:

· Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5

· Processor: Intel i7 920 @ 4.0GHz

· Memory: 3X2GB G-Skill DDR3

· Video: eVGA GTX 260

· Display: 24″ Acer HDMI LCD

· Sound: Realtek ALC889A HDAudio (Onboard)

· Hard Disks: Seagate SATA II 320GB

· Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 is installed on this machine.

Software:

We will be using the following software in this review:

• Nero 8.1.1.0 Ultra Edition Enhanced
• Nero CD/DVD Speed
• Nero InfoTool 5.1.0.0
• DVDINFOPro HD
• K-Probe v2.5.2
• Exact Audio Copy V0.95 beta 4
• DVDFab 6.0.1.0

Editors note: During all of our testing we will be using the Digistor DIG-78102 with the “Single” USB cable to gauge how the drives integrated Li-Polymer battery performs.

Installation and Supported Features:

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The installation was flawless; we plugged in the drive using the supplied USB cable and the drive was instantly recognized and ready for use.

Here is the Nero InfoTool output for the drive and its supported features:

Here is the DVDINFOPro HD output for the drive and its supported features:

DVDInfoPro HD readout

BD Advisor showing Blu-Ray compatibility

CD-DVD Speed reports the burst rate of 27 MB/s:

Disc Writing Technology:

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Now let’s take a closer look at the writing technology of the Digistor DIG-78102:

8x CD-Recordable:

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses CLV (Constant Linear Velocity), to write at its maximum speed of 8.01X, this gives an average speed of 8.01X.

8x CD-Rewritable:

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses CLV (Constant Linear Velocity) to write CD-RW media at its maximum speed of 8.01X, this gives an average speed of 8.01X.

8X DVD+R writing speed:

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses Z-CLV (Zone-Constant Linear Velocity) to write DVD+R at the maximum supported speed of 8X. This gives an average write speed of 5.36X and a writing time of 12 minutes 09 seconds.

8X DVD-R Writing speed:

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses Z-CLV (Zone-Constant Linear Velocity) to write DVD-R at the maximum supported speed of 8X. This gives an average write speed of 5.35X and a writing time of 12 minutes 47 seconds.

For comparison we have made the following table:

As you can see from the graph, our Digistor DIG-78102 posts good writing times for both DVD+R and DVD-R.

4X DVD+RW writing speed:

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses Z-CLV (Zone-Constant Linear Velocity) to write DVD+RW at 4X. The average speed is 3.79X and total writing time is 15:22 minutes.

For comparison we have made the following table:

As you can see from our graph the Digistor DIG-78102 does perform quite well even though the maximum writing speed is only 4x.

4X DVD-RW writing speed:

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses Z-CLV (Zone-Constant Linear Velocity) to write DVD-RW at 4X. The average speed is 3.75X and total writing time is 16:48 minutes.

For comparison we have made the following table:

As you can see from our graph the Digistor DIG-78102 does perform quite well even though the maximum writing speed is only 4x.

2X DVD+R DL writing speed:

The Digistor DIG-78102 supports 2.4x writing speed on DVD+R DL media.

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses CLV (Constant Linear Velocity) to write DVD+R DL media at 2.4X which gives an average write speed of 2.38X and a total write time of 44 minutes and 30 seconds.

2X DVD-R DL writing speed:

The Digistor DIG-78102 supports 2.0X writing speed on DVD-R DL media.

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses CLV, (Constant Linear Velocity) to write DVD-R DL media at 2.0X. The average speed is 1.99x and the total writing time is 53 minutes and 25 seconds

For comparison we have made the following table:

As you can see from our chart above the Digistor DIG-78102 performs quite a bit slower than the competition.

DVD-RAM

The specifications for the Digistor DIG-78102 state that the drive is capable of writing DVD-RAM at 5X.  Let’s take a look at the write strategy for this media.

5X DVD-RAM Writing

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses Z-CLV (Zone-Constant Linear Velocity) to write at is maximum speed of 5X.  This gives an average speed of 4.50X and a total writing time of 14 minutes and 12 seconds.

For comparison we have made the following table:

As you can see from our chart above the Digistor DIG-78102 does a good job when writing DVD-RAM media at 5X.

BD-R

The specifications for the Digistor DIG-78102 state that the drive is capable of writing BD-R at 2X.  Let’s take a look at the write strategy for this media.

2X BD-R Writing

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses CLV (Constant Linear Velocity), to write at is maximum speed of 2X.  This gives an average speed of 1.99X and a total writing time of 45 minutes and 26 seconds.

BD-RE

The specifications for the Digistor DIG-78102 state that the drive is capable of writing BD-RE at 2X.  Let’s take a look at the write strategy for this media.

2X BD-RE Writing

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses CLV (Constant Linear Velocity), to write at is maximum speed of 2X.  This gives an average speed of 1.98X and a total writing time of 45 minutes and 20 seconds.

BD-R DL

The specifications for the Digistor DIG-78102 state that the drive is capable of writing BD-R DL at 1X.  Let’s take a look at the write strategy for this media.

1X BD-R DL Writing

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses CLV (Constant Linear Velocity), to write at is maximum speed of 1X.  This gives an average speed of 1.00X and a total writing time of 180 minutes and 31 seconds.

BD-RE DL

The specifications for the Digistor DIG-78102 state that the drive is capable of writing BD-RE at 1X.  Let’s take a look at the write strategy for this media.

1X BD-RE DL Writing

The Digistor DIG-78102 uses CLV (Constant Linear Velocity), to write at is maximum speed of 1X.  This gives an average speed of 1.00X and a total writing time of 180 minutes and 25 seconds.

Book type (bitsetting):

The Digistor DIG-78102 does not support bitsetting.

CDSpeed bitsetting

On the next page let’s take a look at the Reading Performance…

• Introduction
• Reading Performance