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Posted by Wendy Collins
Posted on 23/09/06 01:03
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Taiyo Yuden YUDEN000T02
 

 

Verbatim branded - YUDEN000T02:


We created our test data discs using CD-Speed's 'create data disc" function.

Burning drive '� BenQ DW1640:

Burn speed 8x

Transfer Rate Test

Scanning drive '� BenQ DW1640:

Scanning drive '� NEC ND-4570A:

Scanning drive '� Lite-ON SHW-16H5S

Scanning drive '� Plextor PX-760A:


Scanning
Drive

PI
Average

PIF
Average

BenQ
DW1640

2.38

0.05

NEC
ND-4570A

3.65

0.03

Lite-On
SHW-16H5S

0.72

0.01

Plextor
PX-760A

0.98

0.00

All our scanning drives show a similar trend, PI levels are however higher with our BenQ and NEC scans.


Burning drive - LG GSA-H10N:

Burn speed 8x

Transfer rate test

Scanning drive '� BenQ DW1640:

Scanning drive '� NEC ND-4570A:

Scanning drive '� Lite-ON SHW-16H5S

Scanning drive '� Plextor PX-760A:

Scanning
Drive

PI
Average

PIF
Average

BenQ
DW1640

5.46

0.84

NEC
ND-4570A

3.64

0.03

Lite-On
SHW-16H5S

0.66

0.07

Plextor
PX-760A

0.76

0.00

On this occasion the BenQ and NEC drives show elevated PI errors and a PI spike at roughly the same area of the disc where the writing speed jumped from 6x to 8x. The Lite-On and Plextor drives don't show this.


Burning drive '� Lite-On SHW-16H5S:

Burn speed 8x

Transfer rate test

Scanning drive '� BenQ DW1640:

Scanning drive '� NEC ND-4570A:

Scanning drive '� Lite-ON SHW-16H5S

Scanning drive '� Plextor PX-760A:

Scanning
Drive

PI
Average

PIF
Average

BenQ
DW1640

5.93

0.05

NEC
ND-4570A

6.87

0.01

Lite-On
SHW-16H5S

1.35

0.00

Plextor
PX-760A

2.57

0.00

Although none of our drives had any problems in scanning this test disc, the Plextor and Lite-On drives reported the most similar error levels.


Burning drive '� NEC ND-4570A:

Burn speed 8x

Transfer rate test

Scanning drive '� BenQ DW1640:

Scanning drive '� NEC ND-4570A:

Scanning drive '� Lite-On SHW-16H5S:

Scanning drive '� Plextor PX-760A:

Scanning
Drive

PI
Average

PIF
Average

BenQ
DW1640

3.49

0.02

NEC
ND-4570A

4.02

0.01

Lite-On
SHW-16H5S

0.69

0.01

Plextor
PX-760A

1.01

0.00

All our scanning drives show a fairly similar trend on this test disc, although the BenQ and NEC drives show higher average PI levels.


Burning drive '� Pioneer DVR-111:

Burn speed 8x

Transfer rate test

Scanning drive '� BenQ DW1640:

Scanning drive '� NEC ND-4570A:

Scanning drive '� Lite-On SHW-16H5S:

Scanning drive '� Plextor PX-760A:

Scanning
Drive

PI
Average

PIF
Average

BenQ
DW1640

1.97

0.02

NEC
ND-4570A

2.79

0.01

Lite-On
SHW-16H5S

0.73

0.01

Plextor
PX-760A

0.94

0.00

Once again our scanning drives broadly agreed with each other with this test disc.


Burning drive '� Plextor PX-760A:

Burn speed 8x

Transfer rate test

Scanning drive '� BenQ DW1640:

Scanning drive '� NEC ND-4570A:

Scanning drive '� Lite-On SHW-16H5S:

Scanning drive '� Plextor PX-760A:

Scanning
Drive

PI
Average

PIF
Average

BenQ
DW1640

1.75

0.01

NEC
ND-4570A

3.13

0.01

Lite-On
SHW-16H5S

0.66

0.00

Plextor
PX-760A

0.97

0.00

Again all our scanning drives showed a similar trend on this test disc, although the NEC drive in particular showed a higher average level of PI errors .


Summary:
With our Taiyo Yuden YUDEN000T02 8x DVD+R media, all our scanning drives showed a very similar trend with our test media. The exception being, the BenQ DW1640 and NEC ND-4570A which showed elevated PI errors on a couple of our test discs.

Now let's head onto the next page where we will test Verbatim MCC004 16x media…..

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Very Nice!

Cdfreaks rulez:X

I will post it, in some fé³rums at my country..:S

Mordorr
Woh, a very insightful review which contains very useful facts to take into account when testing my burnt discs

Thanks Cdfreaks ;)
This message was edited at: 26-04-2007 12:39
You guys have way too much free time....
Thanks a lot for the informative explanation. There's appears to be a lot more to interpreting media scan results than simply basing it off a Nero quality score percentage. I used to think that this stuff was a waste of time but I now realize that you are teaching those what to look for when backing-up data and video. These results do indeed make a difference when considering an important decision as to what media to select or media/burner combo to use when having to back-up critical data. Not all media is equal and that is something important to remember when trying to back-up your irreplaceable memories such as weddings! A million thanks guys and keep it up!
This is all Greek to me, and I don't know what all these scan results mean. Last week I bought a spindle of a 100, that were on special for $19.99 at Office Max. (Verbatim DVD-R 16X branded MCC03RG20 Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.) They seem to work fine. I was thinking of getting another spindle before the sale ends. (On the 27th)

This chart seems to show that they're suppose to be first class quality. http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

So do these scans results show that they're first class DVD-R's, or do they belong more in the second class group?
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