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DVD+R/-R Double Layer writing speed and compatibility:

The Pioneer DVR-110 supports the DVD+R DL/-R DL standard for writing Double Layer/Dual Layer discs with a size around 8.5 GB at a writing speed of 8x for DVD+R DL, and 8x for DVD-R DL. Let us first take a look at the media's we will use:

Let's find the manufacturer and media information too, for this we will use Nero CD-DVD Speed:

This media is manufactured by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media. Thanks to Verbatim (D) for sending us this media.

Testing procedure:
We created an ISO Image from a pre-authored DVD-Video compliant file set, with a total on-disc size of 8146 MB. We then wrote this image file using Nero Burning ROM 7. Below are the results:

Verbatim Media

Nero reported a successful burn with the Verbatim media in 18 minutes 11 seconds.

Let us take a look at the K-Probe result:

The result is very good, considering this 2.4x certified media was written at 8x.

Now let us try and read the Verbatim Double Layer media back, first on the Pioneer DVR-110 and then on the NEC ND-3540A.

Pioneer DVR-110 read-back test

NEC ND-3540A read-back test

As we can see from our results. Both drives read the Verbatim Double Layer media without any problems.

Let's compare the Pioneer DVR-110 with some other DL capable drives.

*1 Verbatim DVD+R DL (MKM001)
*2 Traxdata DVD+R DL (RITEK D01)
*3 Ricoh DVD+R DL (RICOH JPN D00)
*4 DataWrite DVD+R DL (CMC MAG D01)

DVD-R DL

As mentioned in the beginning of this review, the Pioneer DVR-110 supports the DVD-R DL standard at 8x. Let us first take a look at the media we will use:

Let's find the manufacturer and media information too, for this we will use CD-Speed 4.07:

This media is manufactured by Mitsubishi Kagaku Media. Thanks to Pioneer for sending us this sample.

Again, we used Nero Burning Rom 7 to write the DVD Image:

The Pioneer DVR-110 took 18 minutes and 24 seconds to write the Verbatim DVD-R DL 4x media at 8x.

To check the disc quality we used the Lite-On SOHW-1635S along with K-Probe.

As we can see from the K-Probe scan, the Pioneer DVR-110 has written the Verbatim DVD-R DL media with very good quality.

We will now check the read-back curves on two different drives.

Pioneer DVR-110 read-back test

BenQ DW1640 read-back test

As we can see from the above read-back tests; both drives read the DVD-R DL disc without any problems, although the BenQ drive slowed down slightly just before the layer-break.

Standalone DVD-Player compatibility:

We only have 3 standalone DVD-Players available and 1 standalone DVD-RAM DVD-R recorder to test the DVD+R DL medias (Book Type: DVD-ROM) and the DVD-R DL media (Book Type: DVD-R):

• Panasonic DVD-RV32
• Panasonic SA-HT520
• Proline DVDP350
• Panasonic DMR-E50 recorder

Compatibility results: 

All DVD Standalone devices played the Pioneer DVR-110 burned DVD+R DL media. But only one DVD Standalone device would play the Pioneer DVR-110 burned DVD-R DL media without any problems.

We would like to mention, that the compatibility issue with standalone DVD Players/Recorders and the DVD-R DL media format is caused by incompatibilities with the standalone devices used in this review, and not the Pioneer DVR-110 or media format used.

Summary: Very good quality on DVD+R DL/-R DL and DVD standalone compatibility results, for the DVD+R DL media.

Before we round off this review, let us run the drive through some advanced tests at next page…