Digit Life heeft een lap tekst geupload waarin de Creative CD-RW Blaster, de Iomega ZipCD en de TDK CyClone met elkaar vergeleken worden. De ZipCD kan 8 speed schrijven, de andere twee mogen zichzelf 12 speed fikkers noemen. De drives werden uitgebreid getest op access time, leessnelheid, CPU gebruik, DAE en schrijfsnelheid onder verschillende omstandigheden en formaten, zowel met CD-R en CD-RW media. Als extra vergelijkingsmateriaal doet er af en toe een andere drive mee. De TDK CyClone bleek uiteindelijk de beste keus, maar helaas zijn er nog geen gegevens bekend over de prijs van die drive:
Creative RW121032E
Low price (as comparing to the equivalent Plextor), perfect functional possibilities of the recorder and wide availability. If you are going to buy it right now, better wait until wider support from companies. It will allow you to choose a program to your taste and prevent any problems concerning packet record of CD-RWs.
Iomega ZipCD 1024INT-A
It's challenging to find the ZipCD widely available. It's quite an average CD-RW drive in terms of writing and reading. Considering all this I assume that the price is a bit too high.
It mainly suit those who appreciate everything rare and stylish, who don't need fast record of CD-Rs, don't use often packet mode and track extraction is just secondary issue.
TDK CyClone CDRW121032
Well, it's an undoubted leader in our tests. At the moment we can't provide you with the price for this device, but in any case, don't be afraid buying it, you won't be disappointed.