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Writing Data CD-R/RW discs:

The specifications state that the drive should be able to write CD-Rs at 48x and CD-RWs at 24x:

The Lite-On EZ-DUB SHW-1635SU uses CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) to write CD-R's at 48x. This gives an average writing speed of 37.32x and a writing time of 2 minutes and 36 seconds.

The Lite-On EZ-DUB SHW-1635SU uses Z-CLV, (Zone-Constant Linear Velocity) to write CD-RWs at 24x. The average speed is 22.61x and total writing time is 3 minutes and 58 seconds.

In this mini-review, we did not include any quality scans of the CD-R/RW discs.

DVD-Writing performance:

The specifications of this drive tell us that it should write DVD+R DL/-R DL at 8x/4x, DVD±R at 16x and DVD+RW/-RW at 8x/6x.

DVD+R at 16x:

The Lite-On EZ-DUB SHW-1635SU uses CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) to write DVD+R at 16x. This gives an average writing speed of 11.97x and a writing time of 6 minutes.

We can see the disc got a PI Average of 62.18 and PIF Average of 0.04.

Maxell 16x DVD+R media, average writing speed of 11.97x, and a writing time of 6 minutes and 8 seconds.

The KProbe scan shows a PI average of 0.25 and PIF average of 0.02.

Philips 16x DVD+R media, average writing speed of 11.95x, and a writing time of 6 minutes and 6 seconds.

The KProbe scan shows a PI average of 2.35 and PIF average of 0.01.

TDK 16x DVD+R media, average writing speed of 11.96x, and a writing time of 6 minutes and 9 seconds.

The KProbe scan shows a PI average of 7.50 and PIF average of 0.04.

DVD+RW at 8x:

The Lite-On EZ-DUB SHW-1635SU uses Z-CLV, (Zone-Constant Linear Velocity) to write DVD+RWs at 8x. The average speed is 7.75x and total writing time is 7 minutes and 25 seconds.

The KProbe scan shows a PI average of 91.85 and PIF average of 0.02.

DVD-R at 16x:

The Lite-On EZ-DUB SHW-1635SU uses CAV (Constant Angular Velocity) to write DVD-R at 16x. This gives an average writing speed of 11.96x, and a writing time of 5 minutes and 54 seconds.

The KProbe scan shows a PI average of 11.13 and PIF average of 0.04.

Maxell 16x DVD-R media, average writing speed of 12.01x, and a writing time of 5 minutes and 59 seconds.

The KProbe scan shows a PI average of 0.94 and PIF average of 0.01.

Philips 16x DVD-R media, average writing speed of 11.95x, and a writing time of 5 minutes and 59 seconds.

The KProbe scan shows a PI average of 27.22 and PIF average of 0.03.

TDK 16x DVD-R media, average writing speed of 11.95x, and a writing time of 5 minutes and 59 seconds.

The KProbe scan shows a PI average of 51.88 and PIF average of 0.02.

DVD-RW at 6x:

The Lite-On EZ-DUB SHW-1635SU uses Z-CLV (Zone Constant Linear Velocity) to write DVD-RW at 6x. The average speed is 5.84x and total writing time is 10 minutes and 50 seconds.

The KProbe scan shows a PI average of 2.18 and PIF average of 0.05.

DVD+R DL at 8x:

The Lite-On EZ-DUB SHW-1635SU uses Z-CLV, (Zone-Constant Linear Velocity) to write DVD+R DL at 8x. This gives an average writing speed of 6.95x, and a writing time of 17 minutes and 2 seconds.

The KProbe scan shows a PI average of 6.57 and PIF average of 0.01.

DVD-R DL at 4x:

The Lite-On EZ-DUB SHW-1635SU uses CLV, (Constant Linear Velocity) to write DVD-R DL at 4x. This gives an average writing speed of 4.02x, and a writing time of 27 minutes and 36 seconds.

The KProbe scan shows a PI average of 5.94 and PIF average of 0.01.