CD-R recording is a very complicated process. A wide variety of elements and technologies interact with each other when a CD-Writer transfers data contents onto a Compact Disc surface.
Ingenious processes, originating from optical, mechanical and chemical sciences, have been shaped and tuned to perform a precise job inside the drive.
Disc speed, ambient temperature, dye sensitivity, media reflectivity, laser pick-up lifetime and other properties, contribute to the final result while influencing the processes.
Inside the recorder, every activity is controlled by the core element; the firmware (*).
It contains many software routines that instruct and verify the handling of data by the various other key components, like the Encoder/Decoder, Sled- and Spindle Servo and Optical Pick Up.
A certain firmware version of a drive will allow that model to write data (according to the official standards) on a variety of media with a particular quality (ranging from good to excellent) and with a selectable speed.
High-Speed recording is not always compatible with High Quality recording. The goal is to find the best compromise between quality and speed.
This brief will summaries some of the functions performed by the firmware, and
explain some of the latest technologies that are being used in current Plextor CD- Recorders. Moreover, we will indicate for each of them how Plextor addresses the difficulties that arise, which will allow you to recognize the different elements of
Plextor’s expertise that make the whole of a Plextor product.
