Good things come in small packages: Waitec Action 8/ LiteOn 851S

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DVD Data Transfer Diagram

CD Data Transfer Diagram

DVD Extraction

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DVD Ripping Der Eisbär DVD+R DVD-R DVD+RW DVD-RW
ASUS DRW-0402P/D 14:01 12:39 12:39 12:37 12:39
Gigabyte GO-W0404A 18:08 12:40 12:36 12:37 12:38
MSI DR4-A 19:23 13:50 13:49 13:59 13:49
MSI DR8-A 13:26 09:17 09:17 09:16 09:16
Waitec Action 8 13:42 12:34 12:36 12:31 12:36

Audio Extraction

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CD Ripping SVCD (Nero) Audio CD Audio CD-R
ASUS DRW-0402P/D 1200 194 203
Gigabyte GO-W0404A 160 170 155
MSI DR4-A 202 173 158
MSI DR8-A 202 173 158
Waitec Action 8 166 179 160

DVD Writing

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DVD Writing DVD+R 8x DVD+R 4x DVD-R 4x DVD+RW 4x DVD+RW 2,4x DVD-R 2x
ASUS DRW-0402P/D na 14:25 14:34 na 22:30 28:39
Gigabyte GO-W0404A n/a 14:15 14:29 14:01 27:53 (2x) 28:31
MSI DR4-A na 14:57 14:35 n/a 23:14 29:02
MSI DR8-A 12:34 (Verbatim)9:41(Memorex) 14:37 14:34 13:53 23:15 28:55
Waitec Action 8 n/a (requires 8X media) 14:19 14:48 14:00 23:43 29:13
Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.