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Philips SPD7000BD Blu-ray TripleWriter Review

Philips SPD7000BD detail information

Posted by Jan S.
Posted on 09/02/07 19:53
Number of views 21786
Manufacturer Philips
Product Philips SPD7000BD
Description The Philips TripleWriter is the key to high-capacity, high-speed, high-quality recording, without closing the door on CD.....
Awards Safe Buy Award
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Blu ray (BD R) Writing performance

  

 

Blu-ray Features:


The Philips SPD7000BD supports writing and reading the Blu-ray Discs (BD-R/BD-RE SL/DL) at a maximum 2x speed. 

A Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a next generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of many leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers. The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of High Definition (HD) video, as well as high capacity of data storage.

Parameters

Blu-ray

DVD

Storage capacity

25GB (single-layer)
50GB (dual-layer)

4.7GB (single-layer)
8.5GB (dual-layer)

Laser wavelength

405nm (blue laser)

650nm (red laser)

Numerical aperture (NA)

0.85

0.60

Disc diameter
Disc thickness

120mm
1.2mm

120mm
1.2mm

Protection layer
Hard coating

0.1mm
Yes

0.6mm
No

Track pitch

0.32µm

0.74µm

Data transfer rate (data)
Data transfer rate (video/audio)

36.0Mbps (1x)

54.0Mbps (1.5x)

11.08Mbps (1x)

10.08Mbps (<1x)

Video resolution (max)

Video bit rate (max)

1920×1080 (1080p)
40.0Mbps

720×480/720×576 (480i/576i)
9.8Mbps

Video codecs

MPEG-2
MPEG-4 AVC
SMPTE VC-1

MPEG-2
-
-

Audio codecs

Linear PCM
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby TrueHD
DTS Digital Surround
DTS-HD

Linear PCM
Dolby Digital
DTS Digital Surround
-
-
-

Interactivity

BD-J

DVD-Video

More information on Blu-ray can be found from our own article: Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD

Blu-ray (BD-R) Disc Writing Speed and Quality:


To demonstrate burning data on a Blu-ray (BD-R) disc, we use Nero CD/DVD speed with the create disc feature. The ScanDisc test is performed in the Philips SPD7000BD drive to check if there is any issue with the burned disc. Below are the results:



As we can see, the media is made by Philips and the MID is: PHILIPR02


The Philips SPD7000BD used 46 minutes and 34 seconds to writing this Philips BD-R media at 2x CLV.

The ScanDisc test


As we can see, the Philips SPD7000BD had no problems in reading back our test disc.

Brand:

Philips – Thanks to Philips (NL)
for sending us this media.

Manufacturer:

Philips

Code:

PHILIPR02

Disc Type:

BD-R

Capacity:

23098MB (22.56GB)

Certified Speed:

2x

Write Speed:

2x

Write Time:

46m:34s

No problem with writing and reading onto this Philips Blu-ray media.

 



As we can see, the media is made by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media and the MID is: VERBATIMa


The Philips SPD700BD used 46 minutes and 36 seconds to writing this Verbatim BD-R media at 2x CLV.

The ScanDisc test


As we can see, the Philips SPD7000BD had no problems in reading back our test disc.

Brand:

Verbatim – Thanks to Verbatim Germany
for sending us this media.

Manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation

Code:

VERBATIMa

Disc Type:

BD-R

Capacity:

23098MB (22.56GB)

Certified Speed:

2x

Write Speed:

2x

Write Time:

46m:36s

No problem with writing and reading onto this Verbatim Blu-ray media.

 

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