This is a comprehensive look at a portable drive. This drive uses a notebook drive mounted in a case with a USB 2.0 connection. While not the fastest drive, it is far more portable than a lot of stuff out there.
Let us summarize the most important positive and negative points below:
The main positive points: The drive is lightweight and compact for easy mobility. It is bundled with a nice complement of software. Very capable at DAE. Can turn in some good write quality on good DVD+R media. Impressive as a 2 sheep writer.
The main negative points: 8x DVD-R writing speeds would have been nice as 8x media is readily available. The write times for 8x are unbearably slow. CD-R/RW write quality needs improvements. Bitsetting for DVD+R media should be standard.
To sum it all up, this is what we would say: “Overall, this drive with the tested firmware is a capable DVD writer. We would like to see firmware updates to further improve writing quality and to speed up the 8x write time. Limitation of DVD-R to 4x writing speeds detracts from the appeal of this drive. If you are looking for a lightweight and compact portable burner we could recommend this given you do some careful selection of your media“.
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