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| Posted by | Wesley Novack |
| Posted on | 25/11/04 11:23 |
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DVD+R Double Layer Writing:
The Mad Dog MD-16XDVD9 supports the DVD+R9 DL standard for writing Double Layer discs with a size of 8.5 GB, at a writing speed of 4x.
Testing procedure: We wrote a DVD ISO image in Nero 6 using the Disc-at-once writing method:
Verbatim 2.4x DVD+R9 Double layer, written at 4x. Total writing time is 26 minutes and 44 seconds.
RiDATA 2.4x DVD+R9 Double layer, written at 2.4x. Total writing time is 43 minutes and 38 seconds.
Test results:
| Brand: | Verbatim - (Thanks to Mad Dog for providing) |
| Manufacturer: | Mitsubishi (Singapore) |
| Code: | MKM 001 |
| Disc Type: | DVD+R DL |
| Capacity: | 8152MB |
| Certified Speed: | 2.4x |
| Write Speed: | 4x |
| Write Time: | 26m:44s |
| PI-8 errors Average/Sec: | 2.74 |
| PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec: | 0.12 |
Simply superb results! This is an excellent quality DL burn. Highly recommended.
| Brand: | RiDATA - (Thanks to Advanced Media/Ritek USA for providing) |
| Manufacturer: | Ritek |
| Code: | Ritek.D01 |
| Disc Type: | DVD+R DL |
| Capacity: | 8152MB |
| Certified Speed: | 2.4x |
| Write Speed: | 2.4x |
| Write Time: | 43m:38s |
| PI-8 errors Average/Sec: | 10.93 |
| PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec: | 1.17 |
Good results here also! PIF levels were slightly elevated on the 2nd layer, but the resulted disc was fully readable in all of our drives and was also perfectly playable in all of our standalone players!
Here are the comparison results measured against other drives:
| Drive | Size | Writing | Writing | Book | KProbe | KProbe |
| Philips | 8016 MB | 2.4x | 45m:05s | DVD-ROM | 3.05 | 0.02 |
| SONY | 8016 MB | 2.4x | 44m:37s | DVD-ROM | 66.52 | 0.05 |
| LaCie d2 | 8103 MB | 2.4x | 42m:44s | DVD-ROM | 6.43 | 0.16 |
| Philips | 8103 MB | 2.4x | 45m:59s | DVD-ROM | 3.33 * | 0.06 * |
| BenQ | 8151 MB | 2.4x | 45m:46s | DVD-ROM | 3.21 | 0.02 |
| Pioneer | 8152Mb | 4x | 27m:02s | DVD-ROM | 2.42 | 0.11 |
| Samsung | 8103 MB | 2.4x | 43m:46s | DVD+DL | 8.26 | 0.01 |
| Mad Dog | 8131 MB | 4x | 26m:44s | DVD-ROM | 2.74 | 0.12 |
*Verbatim DVD+R9 DL
** Philips DVD+R9 DL
Both the Verbatim and the Ritek DVD+R9 DL discs written by the MD-16XDVD9 worked perfectly in our standalone players. Players that we tested on include the Philips DVP642, Koss KD365 and Toshiba SD-K620. The MD-16XDVD9 burns DVD+R DL discs with a DVD-ROM booktype by default, which is definitely a plus and helps to improve compatibility with standalone players.
DVD+R9 DL Summary: The MD-16XDVD9 is an excellent choice for DVD+R9 DL writing and will produce reliable quality double layer discs. It is also one of the fastest DL writers we have tested. Great job here Mad Dog!
Before we round off this review, let us run the drive through some advanced tests at next page…
DVD-R/RW Writing performance
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