Storagereview has put up a review on the Yamaha CRW2100E 16X ATAPI burner.
The rest of the vital specs include 16X writes, 10X rewrites, and 40X reads. What´s not listed on Yamaha´s online spec sheet is that writes actually occur at 12X-16X P-CAV. Basically, the drive starts burning at 12X at the innermost tracks, gradually increasing to 16X. The drive reaches this speed about 14-minutes into a CD-R. From then on, until the CD is filled, 16X writes continue. Why? We´re not sure. Our guess is that it has to do with 16X CLV requiring too many RPMs at the innermost tracks, which could compromise write integrity if not engineered properly. Continuing with the specs, another detail glossed over is that 10X rewrites are almost never realized. During standard writes to high-speed CD-RW media, speeds stay at 8X CLV. During packet-writes to high-speed CD-RW media, writes occur at 4X-10X CAV. In other words, 10X rewrites only occur at the outer edge of a high-speed CD-RW during packet-writinga pretty unlikely scenario.Read more
