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Pioneer DVR-107D DVD±R/RW
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Posted by Tor Magne
Posted on 06/03/04 18:29
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DVD-R media compatibility and write quality:

 
 

Brand:

Verbatim Data Life Plus

Manufacturer:

Taiyo Yuden

Code:

TYG01

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:7s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

3.757

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

0.004

Another good result, especially the amount of PO-8 errors is low. Highly recommended discs.

 
 

Brand:

Verbatim Data Life Plus

Manufacturer:

Moser Baer India (but with Mitsubishi dye and ADIP)

Code:

MCC01RG20

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:9s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

18.429

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

0.013

Also some highly recommended discs for use with this drive.

 
 

Brand:

Dysan

Manufacturer:

CMC Magnetics

Code:

CMCMAG.AF1

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4X

Write Speed:

4X

Write Time:

15m:8s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

5.895

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

0.043

The result with these Memorex DVD-R discs manufactured by CMC Magnetics is very good, but notice that the quality of CMC Magnetics manufactured discs varies from brand to brand and batch to batch, so discs from other batches may not work as good as this.

 
 

Brand:

Datasafe

Manufacturer:

Ritek

Code:

RITEKG04

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:7s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

19.282

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

0.239

Also some highly recommended discs and you should not have any problems with these either. But notice that the quality of Ritek discs also varies from batch to batch.

 
 

Brand:

Maxell

Manufacturer:

Maxell

Code:

MXL RG02

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:8s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

5.511

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

0.036

Another good result, as expected from these good and rather expensive discs. Highly recommended.

 
 

Brand:

Princo

Manufacturer:

Princo

Code:

PRINCO

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:09s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

131.345

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

0.989

We did try some different Princo discs and got many different results, some better and some much worse than the example shown here. But overall the Pioneer seemed to dislike Princo discs as other writers like the NEC ND-2500A have few problems with the same discs. Princo varies much in quality and is not a brand that we would recommend.

 
 

Brand:

MMORE

Manufacturer:

Optodisc

Code:

OPTODISCK001

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:6s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

38.968

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

1.624

The Pioneer DVR-107D seems to have problems with these Optodisc DVD-R discs and you should avoid this disc type.

 
 

Brand:

Unbranded, sold as AZO 4X Certified.

Manufacturer:

Unknown

Code:

VDSPMSAB01 / VDSPSAB01

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:6s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

619.503

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

18.849

After seeing the K-Probe scan we did not expect the disc to be readable, but surprisingly it was. But still this is not a disc type that we will recommend.

 
 

Brand:

O1ne

Manufacturer:

Lead Data.

Code:

LEADDATA01

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:8s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

40.757

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

0.033

Lead data is not known for being the best disc manufacturer, so the obtained result is about what we expected. But the result is still worse than with some other writers like the NEC ND-2500A.


 
 

Brand:

Fortis

Manufacturer:

Digital Storage Technology

Code:

Dvsn

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:9s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

80.579

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

0.660

The drive did surprisingly well with these low quality discs, and in practical use these discs should not cause any problems.

 
 

Brand:

Xeed / Mitsui MAM-E

Manufacturer:

Mitsui

Code:

MCI4XG01

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:7s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

195.899

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

2.148

Another very low quality disc type. The Pioneer is one of the few writers that have been able to create a readable disc at 4x speed. But we will for sure never recommend these discs to anyone.

 
 

Brand:

Samsung

Manufacturer:

BeALL

Code:

BeAllG40001

Disc Type:

DVD-R

Capacity:

4489MB

Certified Speed:

4x

Write Speed:

4x

Write Time:

15m:8s

PI-8 errors Average/Sec:

32.747

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

0.149

While the result is not bad, it's far from as good as we hoped. Most other writers are able to write these discs with better quality.

Again we present a table with various media to see if all media types are supported at certified speed.

DVD-R
Brand

Manufacturer

Media code

Certified
Write
Speed

Supported
Write
Speed

PRINCO

PRINCO

PRINCO

4x

4x*

Fortis

Gigastorage

GSC001

4x

4x

That's write

Unknown

VANGUARD

4x

4x

Unbranded

Yi Jhan

Yi Jhan 001

4x

4x

Unbranded

Gigastorage

GSC002

4x

4x

Datawrite red v2

Infosmart

INFOSMART01

4x

4x

Datawrite red v2

Unknown

AN31

4x

4x

UL-Tran media

Onidtech

ONIDTECH

4x

4x

Unbranded

Unknown

AML

4x

4x

Unbranded

Unknown

AN30

4x

4x

Unbranded

Pioneer (fake!)

PVCR001002

4x

None

Unbranded

Unknown

AN32

4x

4x

Unbranded

Unknown

(No code)

4x

4x

Unbranded

Unknown

LONGTEN 001

4x

4x

*This is a very problematic Princo disc type that few writers are able to recognize and write successfully.

As we could see the media support is very good and only one disc were not detected.

Overall thoughts:

All in all quite good writing quality, but there was some disc types that the Pioneer DVR-107D had problems with. And the overall write quality is not as good as with our previous reviewed NEC ND-2500A writer. Another negative point is that no 4x discs works at 8x and that not even all 8x discs works at 8x.

This concludes our DVD-writing tests, so head on to next page and read about the RW and packet writing performance of this drive…
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Posted by k.mahesh Suresh Babu (guest) on Tuesday 03 June 2008 15:50
we need serial number for that pioneer dvd-rw dvr-107d
dvd writer,we have software so please try to help us.we bought this write one year back only
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