Nero DiscSpeed (formerly CD-DVD Speed) 4.11.2.0

Publisher's Description:

Nero DiscSpeed (formerly CD-DVD Speed) is a benchmark which can test the most important features of an optical drive. These tests include: Transfer rate, Seek times, CPU (Central Processing Unit) usage, Burst rate, DAE (Digital Audio Extraction) quality & Spinup/spindown time. It can also check the CD (Compact Disk) and DVD (Digital Versatile Disk) media quality.

Latest Changes:

• Added tooltips
• Many small improvements and bug fixes

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Latest User Reviews:

Reviewer:	halc	Apr 28, 2008
Version:	4.11.2.0
Updating my earlier review: 5 stars. This is the best cd/dvd/bd read error reporting software out there in terms of features, support for various drives and tweakability. Other alternatives include kProbe, Plextools Pro and PxScan, but they are manufacturer specific. NB! You must learn how to interpret the results as they will not directly tell you the quality of the disc/burn. The software only reports what the drive sees (i.e. read errors).
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Reviewer:	halc	Aug 10, 2007
Version:	4.7.7.3
The best from the best. It still has some minor niggles here and there, but this is an indispensable tool for those who know how to use it properly.
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Reviewer:	Canuckistani	Sep 1, 2006
Version:	4.60
I see there is a little confusion about what the test mean so here is a quick look at them and a couple of tips. The benchmark test is most useful for comparing the performance between different burners which is something most folks will rarely or never do. It is still useful as a general test to check the condition of your burner. If it goes through the benchmark without stalling or throwing up an error message you can be reasonably confident your burner is still in good mechanical order. Use a clean unscratched commercially pressed data disc for this test. The disc quality test examines the quality of a burnt disc and a good rule of thumb is a score of 80 or higher is acceptable and a score of 95 or higher is an archival quality burn. If the score of the disc quality test is below 80 or the test exhibited any odd behaviour open the scandisc tab and run the read test. Any files which failed to burn or are damaged will be listed highlighted in red or yellow at the end of the test with good files highlighted in green. DAE test tests the ability of your burner to "rip" audio files and it is highly recommend that you read the help file before proceeding. The over burning test is self explanatory. This little tutorial is far from complete or authoritive but it should be enough for someone to get started quickly with this program. More information and a mountain of tips and tricks can be found at club.cdfreaks.com and cdrlabs.com
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Reviewer:	QQ	Aug 31, 2006
Version:	4.60
Yes yleclerc, that DOES say SO MUCH about the program! God, people like you make me hate internet.
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Reviewer:	horsecharles	Apr 12, 2006
Version:	4.51.1
I don't know much(but i know i love you-- err: stay on topic, focus split personalities, focus!)-- so i will also give it a rating lower than it's current consensus.......NOT!!!
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