CD Freaks BurnStats

Burn Statistics for September 2008

CD Freaks BurnStats provide a quick overview of usage and success rate of burners and media, based on historical data provided by real life usage of VSO-Software. This software, which is installed by tens of millions customers worldwide, anonymously sends information about each burn to our database. From this data we can derive up-to-date statistics about burners and media. More information can be found here.

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In the past, we compared the VSO statistics with company market reports, and the results were mostly corresponding. Therefore, these statistics can be considered reliable.


Most used devices:

Previous        Manufacturer Model
1 (1) LG DVD-RAM GSA-H55N
2 (2) LG DVDRAM GSA-4167B
3 (6) LITE-ON DVD A DH20A4P
4 (3) Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-111D
5 (5) LG DVDRAM GSA-H42N
6 (4) LG DVDRAM GSA-4163B
7 (7) Matshita DVD-RAM UJ-850S
8 (10) LG DVDRAM GSA-T20N
9 (9) LG DVDRAM GSA-H10N
10 (8) Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-112D
11 (11) TSST Corp CD/DVDW SH-S182M
12 (13) TSST Corp CDDVDW SH-S202J
13 (12) TSST Corp CD/DVDW SH-S182D
14 (17) LG DVDRAM GH20NS10
15 (15) NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A
16 (14) LITE-ON DVDRW LH-20A1P
17 (19) Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-115D
18 (18) LG DVDRAM GSA-H10A
19 (16) LITE-ON DVDRW SHW-160P6S
20 (22) LG DVD-RAM GSA-H58N
21 (21) TSST Corp CDDVDW TS-H653N
22 (-) TSST Corp CDDVDW TS-L632H
23 (20) TSST Corp CD/DVDW TS-H653L
24 (25) LG DVD-RAM GSA-H55L
25 (23) Optiarc DVD RW AD-5170A


Most successful devices:

Manufacturer Model Success rate
LG DVD+-RW GSA-H73N 98.94%
NEC DVD+RW ND-2100AD 98.87%
NEC DVD+-RW ND-3650A 98.81%
Sony DVD RW AW-G540A 98.58%
Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-5170S 98.53%
LG DVD-RAM GSA-H55L 98.37%
Optiarc DVD RW AD-5540A 98.32%
Plextor DVDR PX-800A 98.31%
LG DVD-RAM GSA-H54L 98.30%
10  Optiarc DVD+-RW AD-5540A 98.26%


Most used brands:

Previous       Manufacturer  Market share
1 (1) LG 31.34%
2 (2) TSST Corp 16.63%
3 (3) Pioneer 8.34%
4 (4) Optiarc 7.47%
5 (5) Sony 5.84%
6 (6) LITE-ON 5.71%
7 (7) NEC 5.56%
8 (8) Matshita 4.03%
9 (9) Philips 3.15%
10 (10) HP 2.55%


Brands with highest success rate:

Manufacturer   Success rate
Asus 97.08%
LG 97.05%
Optiarc 96.44%
Philips 96.32%
NEC 96.09%
Plextor 95.98%
BenQ 95.96%
Pioneer 95.71%
TSST Corp 95.29%
10  Teac 95.23%


Most used media formats:

Format Market share   Success rate
DVD-R 55.38% 95.87%
DVD+R 35.40% 96.15%
DVD+RW 4.15% 95.45%
DVD-RW 2.38% 91.66%
CDR 1.61% 92.20%
DVD+R DL 1.03% 90.50%
DVD-R DL 0.04% 87.77%
DVD-RAM 0.01% 74.74%
BD-RE 0.00% 100.00%


Most successful media codes:

Media Code Success rate
YUDEN000-T03-00 97.48%
GSC005 97.24%
TYG03 97.03%
MXL RG04 96.99%
FTI-016-00 96.89%
PRINCO8X02 96.72%
MXL RG03 96.69%
RITEKG05 96.62%
PRODISC-R04-04 96.41%
10  GSC003 96.40%


Most used media codes:

Media Code Market share   Success rate
CMC MAG. AM3 10.90% 95.38%
CMC MAG-M01-00 9.39% 95.74%
MCC 03RG20 7.92% 95.56%
TYG02 5.77% 95.79%
MCC-004-00 5.67% 95.91%
RITEKF1 5.36% 95.00%
SONY16D1 4.95% 94.69%
SONY-D21-00 4.74% 95.52%
RITEKG05 2.90% 96.62%
10  MBIPG101-R05-01 2.56% 95.95%