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Posted on 01/09/06 22:10
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Writing performance DVD R/RW
 

DVD-R at 18x: 



Maxell 16x DVD-R media at 18x, average writing speed of 13.33x, and a writing time of 5 minutes and 29 seconds.

Above a Quality scan of the Maxell DVD-R 16x media written at 18x.

Above the Transfer Rate Test curve.

 



Miflop extreme 16x DVD-R media at 18x, average writing speed of 13.29x, and a writing time of 5 minutes and 27 seconds.

Above a Quality scan of the Miflop extreme DVD-R 16x media written at 18x.

Above the Transfer Rate Test curve.

 



Sony 16x DVD-R media at 18x, average writing speed of 13.28x, and a writing time of 5 minutes and 31 seconds.

Above a Quality scan of the Sony DVD-R 16x media written at 18x.

Above the Transfer Rate Test curve.

 



TDK 16x DVD-R media at 18x, average writing speed of 13.26x, and a writing time of 5 minutes and 34 seconds.

Above a Quality scan of the TDK DVD-R 16x media written at 18x.

Above the Transfer Rate Test curve.

 



Verbatim 16x DVD-R media at 18x, average writing speed of 13.24x, and a writing time of 5 minutes and 33 seconds.

Above a Quality scan of the Verbatim DVD-R 16x media written at 18x.

Above the Transfer Rate Test curve.

 

DVD-RW at 6x:



The Optiarc AD-7173A uses CLV (Constant Linear Velocity) to write DVD-RW at 6x. The average speed is 6.20x and total writing time is 10 minutes and 14 seconds.

Above a Quality scan of the Verbatim DVD-RW 6x media written at 6x.

Above the Transfer Rate Test curve.

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Reactions on this item
What about adding some scans made with the Optiarc itself?
Especially CD scans.
Does the drive offer all the scanning options of a Benq?
For more tests and with several media look here
http://www.dvd-rforum.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=924
shitty burner
hi i am daaboul
Thanks a lot for these useful informations. I got one drive just yesterday, wondering what it is!
Comes installed in the Apple Mac Pro, or at least mine did.
jebem li vam sve po spisku :p
no problems so far, quality product, used for 8months, really good,,the same with 7070A as my second burner!

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