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DVD R Quality and DVDRW performance
 

DVD-R media compatibility and write quality:


 

 


 

 

Brand:

Verbatim Data Life Plus

Manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Chemicals

Code:

MCC02RG20

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x '? but slowed down to 4x a bit over mid-way.

Write Time:

11m:49s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

26.38

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

1.01

 

Brand:

Traxdata '? Thanks to Conrexx for providing it.

Manufacturer:

Ritek

Code:

RITEKG05

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x (but slowed down to 4x near the end).

Write Time:

10m:34s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

61.0

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

1.20

 

Brand:

MiFlop Extreme '? thanks to MiFlop for providing it.

Manufacturer:

Taiyo Yuden

Code:

TYG02

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

9m:51s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

9.02

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

0.22

 

Brand:

BenQ

Manufacturer:

Daxon '? but with Sony ADIP.

Code:

SONY08D1

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

9m:49s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

166.20

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

59.48

 

Brand:

Datawrite

Manufacturer:

Prodisc '? but with Fujifilm technology and ADIP.

Code:

FUJIFILM03

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8X

Write Speed:

8X '? but slowed down to 4x near the end.

Write Time:

11m:10s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

52.15

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

9.29

 

Brand:

Princo

Manufacturer:

Princo

Code:

PRINCO

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

14m:51s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

109.90

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

3.16

 

Brand:

Mirror '? thanks to Miflop for providing it

Manufacturer:

Anwell Precision technology

Code:

AN31

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

14m:49s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

49.24

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

14.77

 

Brand:

O1ne

Manufacturer:

Lead Data.

Code:

LEADDATA01

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

14m:48s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

161.00

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

26.74

DVD-R
Brand

Manufacturer

Media code

Certified
Write
Speed

Supported
Write
Speed

BenQ

DAXON

DAXON008S

8x

4x

We only had one more type of 8x DVD'?R media, but unfortunately it were not supported at more than 4x speed.

Overall thoughts: Well, it's far from as good as the best drives '? but still not as bad as the BTC drives we have had in the past. Media compatibility is for the most part acceptable, but writing quality for DVD-R and DVD+R needs improvements for most disc types.

Re-Writing data:


 

 

The MSI DR8-A2 supports rewriting DVD-RW and DVD+RW at 4x speed, let us write two discs in Nero and see how fast it is.

Here is the writing time for writing 4.4Gb of data to a 4X Verbatim DVD-RW disc:

 

The drive used 15 minutes and 1 second to write the disc at 4x speed.

And here is the writing time for writing 4.4Gb of data to a Ricoh 4X DVD+RW disc:

 

The MSI DR8-A2 used 14 minutes and 13 seconds to write the disc, as a comparison the NU DDW-082 used 14 minutes and 34 seconds and the NEC ND-2500A used 13 minutes and 52 seconds. This put the MSI DR8-A2 between the two other drives.

 Writing Quality with DVD Re-Writable discs:


 

 

Due to request from our readers we will add a few write quality tests with Re-Writable media. Settings and testing procedures is the same as used earlier in this review so you may want to go back and read them if unsure. All discs used for these tests have been written to before, but none have been written to more than 25 times.

DVD+ReWritable media:


 

Brand:

That's Write - Thanks to That's Write for providing it.

Manufacturer:

Ricoh (by Ritek)

Code:

RICOHJPNW11

Disc Type:

DVD+RW

Capacity:

4483MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

14m:17s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

8.18

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

1.72

 

Brand:

Verbatim DataLifePlus

Manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Kagaku Media

Code:

MKM A02

Disc Type:

DVD+RW

Capacity:

4483MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

14m:24s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

52.38

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

2.93

 

Brand:

RiData '? thanks to RiData for providing it.

Manufacturer:

Ritek

Code:

RITEKW04

Disc Type:

DVD-RW

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

14m:57s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

5.73

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

0.054

 

 

Brand:

Verbatim Data Life Plus

Manufacturer:

Mitsubishi (Real '? Made in )

Code:

MCC01RW4X

Disc Type:

DVD-RW

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:1s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

2.08

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

0.12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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