I'd expect some kind of more in-depth article from Tom's Hardware Guide. Also, regarding some doubts on the features (such as Waste-proof), Tom's Hardware Guide did not do its jobs to find the truth behind it. It's quite clear that this article is definitely not up to the standard. Maybe reviewing CD-RW drives are not as exciting as reviewing new CPU and graphics card, it is still important to do the review in a professional way.
First, even though Yamaha CD2100E offers high speed CD-R writing, its High-Speed CDRW media writing performance (8x CLV or 4-10x full CAV) is behind other "slower" competitors (10x CLV on Plextor RW121032A and Ricoh MP7125), even though all these drives are claiming 10x writing speed for High Speed CD-RW Media. This is an important information for potential buyers as running 4-10x full CAV is much slower than 10x CLV.
Second, according to Yamaha's web site, the product features a function calles Waste-proof Write Strategy. They describe it as a technology that combines a large buffer memory, CAV writing support for on-the-fly data backup, and specific fine-tunings to the recording software.
Well, I'm not sure whether it is really a BURN-Proof/JustLink style function. Considering the cause of buffer under-run, large buffer memory does not guarantee a total elimination of the problem. CAV won't help either as long as buffer under-run is caused by the interruption or insufficient speed of source data stream being pumped in.
I've tested this drive with NERO BurningROM 5.0.4.4. I connected a Sony DDU-220 DVD drive as secondary master with Yamaha CD2100E as the slave. During the burn process (data from HDD), I press eject button of DDU-220 and it does cause buffer under-run. By replacing Yamaha CD2100E with a Plextor RW121032A (BURN-proof enabled) or Ricoh MP7125 (JustLink enabled), the same eject action did not stop the burning process when BURN-proof/JustLink is enabled. By reducing the burning speed, I found that 8MB buffer is just good enough to protect 8x burning against the eject operation (a single interruption). If the sustained source data rate is lower than the writing speed, havung even more buffer will not help at all. This indicates, at least in Nero BurningROM, Waste-Proof is not doing its job.
Unfortunately, I only borrowed the drive itself with the software. I don't have a chance to try the bundled Easy CD Creator 4. If you have Yamaha CD2100E, you may try to burn a CD using a source slower than writing speed to see whether Waste-proof works under "specific fine-tunings to the recording software" or it's just a marketing illusion.
First, even though Yamaha CD2100E offers high speed CD-R writing, its High-Speed CDRW media writing performance (8x CLV or 4-10x full CAV) is behind other "slower" competitors (10x CLV on Plextor RW121032A and Ricoh MP7125), even though all these drives are claiming 10x writing speed for High Speed CD-RW Media. This is an important information for potential buyers as running 4-10x full CAV is much slower than 10x CLV.
Second, according to Yamaha's web site, the product features a function calles Waste-proof Write Strategy. They describe it as a technology that combines a large buffer memory, CAV writing support for on-the-fly data backup, and specific fine-tunings to the recording software.
Well, I'm not sure whether it is really a BURN-Proof/JustLink style function. Considering the cause of buffer under-run, large buffer memory does not guarantee a total elimination of the problem. CAV won't help either as long as buffer under-run is caused by the interruption or insufficient speed of source data stream being pumped in.
I've tested this drive with NERO BurningROM 5.0.4.4. I connected a Sony DDU-220 DVD drive as secondary master with Yamaha CD2100E as the slave. During the burn process (data from HDD), I press eject button of DDU-220 and it does cause buffer under-run. By replacing Yamaha CD2100E with a Plextor RW121032A (BURN-proof enabled) or Ricoh MP7125 (JustLink enabled), the same eject action did not stop the burning process when BURN-proof/JustLink is enabled. By reducing the burning speed, I found that 8MB buffer is just good enough to protect 8x burning against the eject operation (a single interruption). If the sustained source data rate is lower than the writing speed, havung even more buffer will not help at all. This indicates, at least in Nero BurningROM, Waste-Proof is not doing its job.
Unfortunately, I only borrowed the drive itself with the software. I don't have a chance to try the bundled Easy CD Creator 4. If you have Yamaha CD2100E, you may try to burn a CD using a source slower than writing speed to see whether Waste-proof works under "specific fine-tunings to the recording software" or it's just a marketing illusion.
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