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Posted by Tor Magne
Posted on 11/02/04 18:01
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DVD-R media compatibility and write quality:


Brand:

Verbatim Data Life Plus

Manufacturer:

Taiyo Yuden

Code:

TYG01

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:5s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

15.599

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

0.003

Another good result, especially the amount of PO-8 errors is low. Highly recommended discs.


Brand:

Verbatim Data Life Plus

Manufacturer:

Moser Baer India (but with Mitsubishi dye and ADIP)

Code:

MCC01RG20

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:3s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

19.312

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

0.161

The errors increased dramatically at the end of the disc, but we did not have any problems reading the disc back. All in all there should not be any problems with these discs.


Brand:

Dysan

Manufacturer:

CMC Magnetics

Code:

CMCMAG.AF1

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4X

Write Speed:

4X

Write Time:

15m:6s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

36.247

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

0.011

The result with these Memorex DVD-R discs manufactured by CMC Magnetics is acceptable, but notice that the quality of CMC Magnetics manufactured discs varies from brand to brand and batch to batch.


 

Brand:

Datasafe

Manufacturer:

Ritek

Code:

RITEKG04

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:4s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

7.912

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

0.229

Also some highly recommended discs and you should not have any problems with these either. But notice that the quality of these discs also varies from batch to batch.




Brand:

Maxell

Manufacturer:

Maxell

Code:

MXL RG02

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:5s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

7.461

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

0.068

Another good result, as expected from these good and rather expensive discs.


Brand:

Princo

Manufacturer:

Princo

Code:

PRINCO

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:06s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

73.264

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

1.040

We did try some different Princo discs and got many different results, some better and some much worse than the example shown here. Princo varies to much in quality to be among the discs that we recommend.


Brand:

MMORE

Manufacturer:

Optodisc

Code:

OPTODISCK001

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:3s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

57.612

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

0.060

The overall amount of errors is ok, but the reading curve shows some slight reading problems at the end. There is other discs that is better suited for the Lite-On LDW-811S than these.


Brand:

Unbranded, sold as AZO 4X Certified.

Manufacturer:

Unknown

Code:

VDSPMSAB01 / VDSPSAB01

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:6s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

256.952

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

1.176

This is really low quality media and you should try to avoid it at all cost.


Brand:

O1ne

Manufacturer:

Lead Data.

Code:

LEADDATA01

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:4s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

349.625

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

12.755

It seems like the Lite-On is not correctly calibrated for this media at all since most other writers is able to write this media type with acceptable quality. Stay away from these if you have a Lite-On LDW-811S.


Brand:

Datawrite Redtop v2

Manufacturer:

Unknown

Code:

AN31

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:5s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

163.991

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

0.244

This is another low quality disc type that should be avoided.




Brand:

Fortis

Manufacturer:

Digital Storage Technology

Code:

Dvsn

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:3s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

180.906

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

0.402

Another media type that is rather low quality, and the only wise decision is to stay away from this media.


Brand:

Xeed / Mitsui MAM-E

Manufacturer:

Mitsui

Code:

MCI4XG01

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:6s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

1023.665

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

100.848

Now this is what we could call a bad result! The disc ends up as a complete coaster, but on the other hand; this is some  of the lowest quality media available on the market.


Brand:

Samsung

Manufacturer:

BeALL

Code:

BeAllG40001

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:4s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

42.310

PI-8 uncorrectable errors(PO) Avg/Sec:

0.138

While the result is not bad, it's far from as good as we hoped. Most other writers are able to write these discs with better quality.

Again we present a table with various media to see if all media types are supported at certified speed.

DVD-R
Brand

Manufacturer

Media code

Certified
Write
Speed

Supported
Write
Speed

PRINCO

PRINCO

PRINCO

4x

-*

Fortis

Gigastorage

GSC001

4x

4x

That's write

Unknown

VANGUARD

4x

4x

Unbranded

Yi Jhan

Yi Jhan 001

4x

4x

Unbranded

Gigastorage

GSC002

4x

4x

Datawrite red v2

Infosmart

INFOSMART01

4x

2x

UL-Tran media

Onidtech

ONIDTECH

4x

4x

Unbranded

Unknown

AML

4x

2x

Unbranded

Unknown

AN30

4x

2x

Unbranded

Pioneer (fake!)

PVCR001002

4x

4x

Unbranded

Unknown

AN32

4x

4x

Unbranded

Unknown

(No code)

4x

4x

Unbranded

Unknown

LONGTEN 001

4x

4x

*This is a very problematic Princo disc type that few writers are able to recognize and write successful, and the Lite-On are not able to detect the disc. 

Overall thoughts: Not that bad, most quality discs are written with quite good results and only a few discs are not supported at certified speed. But there is room for improvement on some disc types like Mitsubishi 8x DVD+R and Lead data 4x DVD-R for example.

This concludes our DVD-writing tests so head on to next page and read about the packet writing performance of this drive…

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