CD Write Performance
Mitsumi's 8x writer, which we reviewed previously, takes about 10 minutes to create a full oversized CD. The new Yamaha CRW2200E manages to top this, completing its work in less than five minutes. For the first time, it takes less time to write a CD than it takes to make a hard-boiled egg!
Spin Up/Down Time
The new Yamaha drive is not only a fast CD-R, but also the fastest at spinning an ISO disc up and down, as these test results show. This is an important aspect for those who frequently change media, where the complaint is less about performance than it is about the long idle time that one must endure before the drive is ready.