First look: DVD-R DL

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Posted by	Jan S.
Posted on	18/05/05 03:33
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Conclusion

Introduction

Features

DVD-R DL - Data Writing

DVD-R DL - Video Writing

Read-back and Compatibilities

Conclusion

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Read back and Compatibilities

Read-back & Compatibilities:

In this section we are going to test the read-back compatibility in various PC DVD-Writers and some DVD Standalone devices.

Read-Back:

BenQ DW1640:

NEC ND-3250AW:

LG GSA-4163B:

LG GSA-5163D:

Philips DVDR1640P:

Philips DVDRxxxx:

Plextor PX-712A:

Read-Back summary:

Drive	Read-Back	Remark
BenQ DW1620	OK	No problems.
BenQ DW 1640	OK	No problems.
Lite-On SHOW-1653S	FAILED	Can't detect the medium.
LG GSA-4163B	OK	No problems.
LG GSA-5160D	FAILED	Recognized the medium as an empty 4Gb DVD-R disc
LG GSA-5163D	OK	No problems.
NEC ND-3500A	*FAILED*	Recognized the medium as an empty 4Gb DVD-R disc
NEC ND-3520AW	OK	No problems.
NEV ND-3540A	OK	No problems.
NU HDW-164	*FAILED*	Can't detect the medium.
Philips DVDR1640P	OK	No problems.
Philips DVDR16LS	OK	No problems.
Philips DVDRxxxx	OK	No problems.
Plextor PX-712A	OK	No problems.
Samsung TS-E552U	FAILED	Fails to read Layer 2, and report the disc length as 31.22 GB.
Toshiba SD-R5372	FAILED	Can't detect the medium.

We tested the discs in several drives, and some could not read the disc. It worked fine in all drives that support the DVD-R DL format of course, but else where it seems to be hit and miss.

Standalone Compatibilities:

We have 4 standalone DVD-Players available and 1 standalone DVD+R/W recorder to test the DVD-R9 DL media (Book Type: DVD-R):

Aiwa DVD Player XD-DV370
Denver DVD-Player
Medion DVD/Div-X Player MD7457
Red Star DVD-Player 230G
Mustek R100A DVD+R/W Recorder

Compatibility results:

Drive	Compatibilities	Remark
Aiwa XD-DV370	OK	No problems.
Denver DVD-188 DivX	FAILED	Failed to read the 2^nd layer.
Medion MD7457	FAILED	Reports disc as DVD-Video, but not playable.
Mustek R100A	FAILED	Reports 'NO DISC".
Red Star 230G	FAILED	Reports disc as DVD-Video, but not playable.

One out of five standalone devices could playback the DVD-R DL media perfectly with the Video content. So we believe the compatibilities speak for themselves.

Head over to the last page for the conclusion……

DVD-R DL - Video Writing

Conclusion

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Posted by Perplexer on Monday 01 August 2005 20:18

Wow, this review really made me think twice about DVD-R DL media. I would never have thought these would me that incompatible with DVD players. I don't own a DVD burner yet but now I know it's support for burning DVD-R DL media won't play a major role since I will probably not buy such discs and will go for DVD+R DL.

Posted by amin (guest) on Sunday 14 October 2007 13:29

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