CDRLabs.com has wrapped up their latest review of the TDK veloCD drive. This latest TDK drive offers a maximum write speed of 52x while reading can be done at a maximum speed of 48x. The veloCD drive also supports the ultra-speed re-writing standard of 24x:
TDK's new veloCD 52/24/48 is the first drive we've tested that can write faster than it reads. In a world where many people are of the mindset that faster is better, the veloCD's 48x read speeds might make some shy away from the drive. While TDK claims that the veloCD is better because reading at 48x is safer than at 52x, I have a feeling that they're going to have a hard time convincing buyers of this. |
TDK's new veloCD was also one of the fastest writers we've tested. The drive had no problems outperforming the 52x writers from ASUS and CyberDrive in our tests. More importantly, the drive's media compatibility was also very good. The veloCD was able to write at 52x to a variety of media while keeping the writing errors to a minimum. Unfortunately, the drive didn't do quite as well when rewriting. While the veloCD 52/24/48 performed very well in our Mt. Rainier tests, it was considerably slower than some of the other drives when packet writing or rewriting with programs like Nero.
So overall CDRLabs.com was quite pleased with TDK's latest veloCD drive giving it an overall score of 9. If you're interested in reading the complete review you can do so right here.
Source: CDRLabs.com
