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Hammer Storage MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW-9585 DVD Burner Review
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Posted by Wesley Novack
Posted on 02/10/05 23:36
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DVD-R media compatibility and write quality:





Brand:

Verbatim

Manufacturer:

CMC for Mitsubishi Chemicals

Code:

MCC 03RG20

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

16x

Write Speed:

16x

Write Time:

6m:04s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

17.47

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.07

The Kprobe graph shows some large unwanted PIF spikes, but this is probably the best 16x burn that we have ever produced with this drive. Additional burns on this same media type did not turn out so well.




Brand:

RiDATA - (Thanks to Advanced Media/Ritek-USA for providing)

Manufacturer:

Ritek

Code:

RITEKF1

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

16x

Write Speed:

16x

Write Time:

6m:05s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

8.66

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

1.98

Our first burn on this media coastered. The disc was unreadable. The second burn shown here was at least readable, but we can see that the 16x writing zone strategy is severely broken. Needs improvement!





Brand:

Verbatim VideoGard (Thanks to Verbatim USA for providing)

Manufacturer:

CMC for Mitsubishi Chemicals

Code:

MCC02RG20

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

9m:00s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

2.06

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.02

Hip hip hooray! These results are simply outstanding. Highly recommended!





Brand:

Memorex - (Thanks to Memorex USA for providing)

Manufacturer:

CMC Magnetics

Code:

CMCMAGAM3

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

16x

Write Speed:

6x

Write Time:

10m:29s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

10.40

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.18

Unfortunately these popular 16x DVD-R discs from Memorex are only supported at 6x. The writing quality could also use some improvement as we do not like the large amount of PIF spikes reported by the Kprobe scan.






Brand:

SONY - (Thanks to SONY USA for providing)

Manufacturer:

SONY Japan

Code:

SONY08D1

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

8m:12s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

11.79

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.06

This SONY DVD-R media produced a perfect reading curve, but the Kprobe graph shows some PIF spiking problems… Overall this is an 'ok" performance, but we would like to see much better results on this high quality media. Needs improvement.



Brand:

FujiFilm - (Thanks to Fujifilm USA for providing)

Manufacturer:

Taiyo Yuden

Code:

TYG02

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4483MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

8m:59s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

5.37

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.02

Good write quality that produced an excellent read back curve. A couple of PIF spikes above 4 is nothing major to be worried about.



Brand:

Memorex (Thanks to Memorex USA for providing)

Manufacturer:

CMC Magnetics Corporation

Code:

CMCMAG AE1

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4483MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

9m:00s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

69.71

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

12.00

The Kprobe scan is acceptable and the reading curve is almost perfect. We have seen MUCH better results on this media on other drives! Needs improvement!



Brand:

RiDATA (Thanks to Advanced Media/RITEK USA for providing)

Manufacturer:

Ritek Corporation

Code:

RITEK G05

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4483MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

9m:08s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

57.17

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.26

Definitely not the best we have seen on this media either. PI levels are spiking over 300, there are many PIF spikes above 4 and the reading curve has some trouble. It's time to go back to RITEKG05 burning school.





Brand:

Memorex - (Thanks to Memorex USA for providing)

Manufacturer:

Prodisc

Code:

PRODISCF01

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4483MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

8m:59s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

40.42

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.18

The reading curve is perfect but we don't like the large number of PIF spikes that are reported by the LiteOn drive.



Brand:

Optodisc - (Thanks to Optodisc Taiwan for providing)

Manufacturer:

Optodisc

Code:

OPTODISCR008

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4483MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

9m:00s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

481.60

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

48.70

BEEP! BEEP! Watch out because the coaster car is coming through! Ouch! Panasonic needs some serious improvement with this media type.

DVD-ReWritable media:

The MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW-9585 should support writing to DVD-RW at 6x maximum. We tested with both Verbatim and Ritek DVD-RW certified at 6x.

The MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW-9585 was able to write to the Verbatim 6x DVD-RW at 6x CLV (Constant Linear Velocity). This produced an average writing speed of 6.00x and a total writing time of 9 minutes and 56 seconds. But now let us check the writing quality!





Brand:

Verbatim

Manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Code:

MCC01RW6X01

Disc Type:

DVD-RW

Capacity:

4483MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

9m:56s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

6.00

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.02

Stupendous burn! Marvelous read back!






Brand:

RiDATA - (Thanks to Advanced Media/Ritek USA for providing)

Manufacturer:

RiTEK Corporation

Code:

RITEK W06

Disc Type:

DVD-RW

Capacity:

4483MB

Certified Speed:

6x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

14m:50s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

18.72

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.06

Unfortunately this 6x certified DVD-RW from Ritek is only supported at 4x maximum. On the bright side, the writing quality is still quite good!



Brand:

Optodisc - (Thanks to Optodisc Taiwan for providing)

Manufacturer:

Optodisc

Code:

OPTODISCW004

Disc Type:

DVD-RW

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

14m:48s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

11.56

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

3.19

Another good rewriteable burn on Optodisc DVD-RW media!

DVD-R/RW Summary: Overall, the write quality is on DVD-R media is not so grand. The drive is very picky with what discs it will write to with good quality. We hope that Panasonic can improve the writing strategies in a future firmware! The write quality on DVD-RW media appears to be quite good.

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Posted by _chef_ on Monday 03 October 2005 10:47
Nice review!

Really bad for using SL DVD media. :(
Posted by _chef_ on Monday 03 October 2005 10:57
What a coincidence:

" Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R-DL-RITEK-D01-001] "
Posted by lui_gough on Monday 03 October 2005 13:46
You might want to turn off emoticons for :r in Ritek and Ricoh and :* for the Optodisc ram

Looks like overall bad burner to me. I'm not buying something like that, looks like the burn ZCLV is slow too.
Posted by Wesociety on Monday 03 October 2005 19:02
emoticons removed, thx
Posted by merlin100 on Wednesday 05 October 2005 00:48
Question? Why remove the emoticons?

Ritek are bad, full stop!
[edited by merlin100 on 05.10.2005 00:51]
Posted by zcool on Tuesday 07 February 2006 19:04
how do i download the firware for
MATSHITA DVD-RAM SW-9585
Posted by brucekrymow on Tuesday 06 February 2007 21:54
Zcool - are you having issues w/ your SW-9585?
Posted by K-dub (guest) on Saturday 23 June 2007 05:13
I've had good luck with mine, as long as I burn at about 4x... until recently, when after burning a backup copy of an ISO file, it no longer recognizes disks. I/O error.
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