The d2 also distinguished itself on our compatibility benchmarks.ĭespite its overall good performance, the d2 wasn't perfect. The d2 recorded a 30-minute Video CD in a mere 1:53 and burned an 8.5-billion-byte dual-layer DVD-Video image in 32:42, a result surpassed in our labs only by the blazingly fast Pioneer DVR-A08.
All these results were comparable to those of most internal 16X drives we've tested. We also backed up a 2GB hard-drive folder to a 4X DVD-RW blank in 7:35 and to a 4X DVD+RW disc in 7:12. The unit burned a 4.7GB DVD-Video image to 16X DVD+R media in 7 minutes 10 seconds and to a DVD-R disc in exactly 8 minutes.
