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Posted by Wesley Novack
Posted on 31/12/04 07:38
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DVD-R/RW media compatibility and write quality:




Brand:

BenQ

Manufacturer:

Daxon

Code:

SONY08D1

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

9m:32s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

6.42

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.39

The Kprobe scan looks good and the disc is fully readable at 16X with no problems. Highly recommended.

 




Brand:

Verbatim Data Life Plus

Manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Chemicals Singapore

Code:

MCC 02RG20

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

9m:30s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

9.38

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.02

The single spike in the Kprobe scan can be ignored. Perfect reading curve. These results are good.

 




Brand:

Taiyo Yuden

Manufacturer:

Taiyo Yuden

Code:

TYG02

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

9m:26s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

13.19

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.05

Again we can ignore the singular spikes since they did not affect readability. The transfer rate test is perfect. Highly recommended.

 




Brand:

RiDATA (Thanks to Advanced Media/Ritek USA for providing)

Manufacturer:

Ritek

Code:

RITEKG05

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

9m:28s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

32.78

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.11

The Kprobe results look ok but the reading curve has major issues near the end of the disc. We also had one of our test burns fail in mid-burn process with this media type. Memorex needs to improve their RitekG05 writing support.

 




Brand:

Unbranded

Manufacturer:

Prodisc

Code:

ProdiscF01

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8X

Write Speed:

8X

Write Time:

9m:40s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

577.40

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

134.10

Do not pass Go, do not collect 200 dollars! The graphs show a lot of trouble and results in an unreadable disc. Needs improvement!

 




Brand:

Memorex - (Thanks to Memorex for providing)

Manufacturer:

CMC

Code:

CMC MAG. AE1

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

8x

Write Speed:

8x

Write Time:

9m:29s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

18.37

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.03

Once again the Memorex F16 DVD writer works well with Memorex brand media.

 




Brand:

Khypermedia

Manufacturer:

CMC

Code:

CMC MAG. AF1

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:02s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

10.44

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

1.22

We obtained acceptable results with this media.

 


 

Brand:

SpinX

Manufacturer:

Moser Baer India

Code:

MBI 01RG20

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:07s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

3.90

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.23

Another acceptable result from Moser Baer made 4X DVD-R. The slow down near the end of the reading curve is a little troubling. There could be some improvements made with the write quality on these discs. 

 


 

Brand:

Unbranded

Manufacturer:

Unknown

Code:

VANGUARD

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:15s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

4.08

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

0.14

Good Kprobe results on this lower quality DVD-R. The transfer rate read test has problems near the end of the disc, but this behavior occurs with all of these discs and it is not the fault of the writer. Not recommended media.

 


 

Brand:

Sonic

Manufacturer:

Unknown

Code:

LONGTEN 001

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

14m:30s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

496.60

PI-1 failures (PIF) Avg/Sec:

1.23

This is very low quality media, so we did not expect great results. Some other DVD writers can at least make better readable discs with this media. Please avoid these low quality discs!

Again we present a small table with a few other media types, to check supported write speeds.

DVD-R
Brand

Manufacturer

Media code

Certified
Write
Speed

Supported
Write
Speed

Verbatim

Mitsubishi

MCC 03RG20

16x

4x

Maxell

Maxell

MXL RG03

8x

8x

Unbranded

Anwell

AN31

4x

4x

Unbranded

Anwell

AN35

4x

4x

Unbranded

Unknown

AML

4x

4x

Unbranded

Ritek

RITEK G04

4x

4x

Unbranded

Prodisc

PRODISC S03

4x

4x

Unbranded

TDK/CMC

TTG01

4x

4x

Supported write speeds all look mostly good with the selection of DVD-R media here. The 16x Verbatim DVD-R media is brand new and we don't hold it against Memorex that it is only supported at 4x currently. 

DVD-RW media compatibility and write quality:




Brand:

Verbatim - (Thanks to Verbatim for providing)

Manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation