CDFreaks Poll
What would you buy for $200 / EUR 200?
A cheap Blu-ray player
An expensive DVD player
Based on 774 ratings
Pioneer DVR-112 DVD Burner Review
Post reaction (26 reactions)
Stay updated on this item
Mail to ...
Print
Forum Forum

Pioneer DVR-112 detail information

Posted by Wendy Collins
Posted on 24/03/07 17:58
Manufacturer Pioneer
Product Pioneer DVR-112
Description 18x DVD burner supporting DVD-RAM and 10x DVD DL writing speed
Awards Editor's Choice Award
Menu
 Conclusion
 Introduction
 Features
 Reading performance
 CD-R/RW Writing performance
 DVD+R/RW Writing performance
 DVD-R/RW Writing performance
 DVD+R DL/-R DL Writing performance
 DVD-RAM Read and write performance
 Advanced tests
Text Size  Text Size
CD R/RW Writing performance

  

The specifications of the Pioneer DVR-112 state that the drive is able to write CD-R discs at 40x and CD-RW at 32x. Let us find out how the drive really performs in speed and quality.

Writing Data CD-R discs:

For our data writing tests, we simply set up a new compilation of 703Mb using Nero Burning ROM software. Writing method used is DAO (Disc At Once), and the disc is set up as a non-multisession disc with “finalize disc” enabled. The screenshot below shows how long it takes to write a disc at the highest speed. (40x)

The Pioneer DVR-112 took 3 minutes and 55 seconds to write the disc at 40x. Let us see how this compares to other drives in the table below:

Nero Burning Rom
CD-R

Write
Speed

Total
Time

Lite-On
SHW-16H5S

48x

3m:20s

Plextor
PX-750A

40x

3m:16s

Plextor
PX-755A

48x

2m:43s

Pioneer
DVR-111

40x

3m:28x

Plextor
PX-760A

48x

2m:54s

Samsung
SE-S184M

48x

3m:08s

Pioneer
DVR-112

40x

3m:55s

The Pioneer DVR-112 was fairly slow when writing our test CD-R media.

Write quality:

We will test CD-R discs from many different CD-R manufacturers. To really measure the write speed, we used the “create data CD” function in Nero CD-Speed. The discs were written at the maximum speed that the drive supports. For the quality test, we used K-Probe 2 which is a tool developed by a Lite-On employee. It runs under Windows and works with drives made by Lite-On. Also note that different drives and different reading speeds may affect the results obtained when scanning the discs. We used a Lite-On SOHR-5238S drive with firmware 4S09 and scanned the discs at 48X speed.

A written CD-R disc will always have some C1 errors; C1 errors are easily corrected by the drive’s error correction capabilities. The next level of errors is C2, while C2 errors could also be corrected by most drive’s error correction capabilities; they are not wanted on a good quality disc. A good disc should not contain any C2 errors, and preferably have an average C1 error amount of below 2.0 for the best discs, or at least below 10.0 averages for good quality discs. After C2 errors, there are only un-correctable errors that will make a disc unusable.

Below are the obtained results:

Brand:

Unbranded Printable. Thanks to SVP UK for sending us this media

Manufacturer:

Taiyo Yuden

Code:

97m24s01f

Disc Type:

CD-R

Recording Layer:

Dye Type 1: Long Strategy (Cyanine, AZO)

Capacity:

79:59.72 (703MB)

Certified Speed:

48x

Write Speed:

40x (CAV)

Write Time:

3m:16s

C1 Average/Sec:

0.18

C2 Average/Sec:

0.0

An excellent result to start our CD-R quality tests, (highly recommended).

Brand:

Verbatim Super AZ0+Crystal DL – Thanks to Verbatim UK for sending us this media.

Manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation

Code:

97m34s23f

Disc Type:

CD-R

Recording Layer:

Dye Type 3: Long Strategy (Cyanine, AZO)

Capacity:

79:59.70 (703MB)

Certified Speed:

52x

Write Speed:

40x (CAV)

Write Time:

3m:14s

C1 Average/Sec:

0.87

C2 Average/Sec:

0.0

The write quality on the Verbatim 52x media is excellent, (Highly recommended).

Brand:

RICOH – Thanks to RICOH Europe (BV) for sending us this media.

Manufacturer:

Moser Baer India Limited

Code:

97m17s06f

Disc Type:

CD-R

Recording Layer:

Dye Type 6: Short Strategy (Phthalocyanine)

Capacity:

79:59.74 (703MB)

Certified Speed:

1x-52x

Write Speed:

40x (CAV)

Write Time:

3m:14s

C1 Average/Sec:

0.87

C2 Average/Sec:

0.0

Our RICOH media manufactured by Moser Baer India has burned with good quality.

Brand:

BenQ – Thanks to Daxon (Taiwan) for sending us this media.

Manufacturer:

Daxon

Code:

97m22s67f

Disc Type:

CD-R

Recording Layer:

Dye Type 7: Short Strategy (Phthalocyanine)

Capacity:

79:59.70 (703MB)

Certified Speed:

48x

Write Speed:

40x (CAV)

Write Time:

3m:15s

C1 Average/Sec:

0.44

C2 Average/Sec:

0.0

Once again we have an excellent result, (highly recommended).

Brand:

HP – Thanks to Medea International (UK) for sending us this media.

Manufacturer:

CMC Magnetics

Code:

97m26s66f

Disc Type:

CD-R

Recording Layer:

Dye Type 6: Short Strategy (Phthalocyanine)

Capacity:

79:59.71 (703 MB)

Certified Speed:

52x

Write Speed:

40x (CAV)

Write Time:

3m:14s

C1 Average/Sec:

1.66

C2 Average/Sec:

0.0

The HP media manufactured by CMC Magnetics has burned with excellent quality.

 

Brand:

Infiniti Printable – Thanks to Medea
International (UK) for sending us this media.

Manufacturer:

SKC

Code:

97m26s26f

Disc Type:

CD-R

Recording Layer:

Dye Type 6: Short Strategy (Phthalocyanine)

Capacity:

79:59.09 (703 MB)

Certified Speed:

52x

Write Speed:

40x (CAV)

Write Time:

3m:15s

C1 Average/Sec:

1.73

C2 Average/Sec:

0.0

Another excellent result.

Brand:

Verbatim Super AZO – Thanks to Verbatim UK for sending us this media

Manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation

Code:

97m34s23f

Disc Type:

CD-R

Recording Layer:

Dye Type 3: Long Strategy (Cyanine, AZO)

Capacity:

79:59.70 (703MB)

Certified Speed:

48x

Write Speed:

40x (CAV)

Write Time:

3m:14s

C1 Average/Sec:

1.14

C2 Average/Sec:

0.0

And another excellent result.

Writing Quality with Re-Writable discs:

Brand:

Verbatim Ultra speed 32x – Thanks to Verbatim UK for sending us this media.

Manufacturer:

Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation

Code:

97m34s25f

Disc Type:

Ultra Speed CD-RW 32x

Recording Layer:

Phase Change

Capacity:

79:59.74 (703MB)

Certified Speed:

32x

Write Speed:

32x (Z-CLV)

Write Time:

3m:45s

C1 Average/Sec:

7.27

C2 Average/Sec:

0.00

The result is good.

Brand:

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

Manufacturer:

Ritek.

Code:

97m27s12f

Disc Type:

High Speed CD-RW 8-24x

Recording Layer:

Phase Change

Capacity:

74:41.00

Certified Speed:

12x

Write Speed:

10x (Z-CLV)

Write Time:

8m:34s

C1 Average/Sec:

4.06

C2 Average/Sec:

0.0

 

The result is good.

Summary:

CD-R writing quality and media compatibility is excellent with the Pioneer DVR-112 and CD-RW writing quality is good/very good.

Now let’s head on to the next page where we will test DVD recordable performance….

Reading performance
DVD+R/RW Writing performance
Want to submit your own review? Click here
Reactions on this item
Posted by sean (guest) on Tuesday 27 March 2007 08:02
crap review where are the advance tests to test error correction and audio protections
Posted by Dee-27 on Tuesday 27 March 2007 14:35
@Sean
Protected audio CD's are not available in my location. Maybe you can send me some to test :*
Posted by Hypnosis4U2NV on Saturday 31 March 2007 01:56
Its a good review, thanks for posting its chipset..
Posted by Wischmop on Sunday 01 April 2007 20:20
I like that writer and review :) :B
Posted by unrealdude24 (guest) on Saturday 07 April 2007 14:49
I am confused as to why this drive got editors choice and the DRW-1612BL didn't as it is the only sheep 3 burner I have ever seen. What makes this burner better then the DRW-1612BL?
Posted by Dee-27 on Monday 09 April 2007 12:43
^ Writing quality on all media groups won it the award.
Posted by Victor Stolbovoy (guest) on Tuesday 10 April 2007 17:15
"As we can see from the screenshot below, the drive supports accurate stream and C2 error info and doesn’t support caching."

Doesn't screenshot show contrary(C2 - no, cache - yes)? Or it is wrong screenshot?
Posted by Dee-27 on Tuesday 10 April 2007 18:38
^ Correct screenshot but wrong information. I corrected it now, thanks for reporting it. :X
Posted by ptch on Thursday 12 April 2007 18:57

This message was edited at: 12-04-2007 20:20
Posted by ptch on Thursday 12 April 2007 20:18

This message was edited at: 12-04-2007 20:20
Posted by ptch on Thursday 12 April 2007 20:21
I've bought this burner because of the "editors choice" and because it "can be used along with Nero CD-Speed for Disc Quality Scanning”. To my surprise Disc Quality Scanning is completely irrealistic (e.g. PIE is about 10 times higher that with Lite-ON). Googling showed that it's a known problem of all Pioneer burners. For example, see that link
http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/t319198.html
Please update the review, because it's misleading.
Posted by Dee-27 on Sunday 15 April 2007 11:28
Other makes of drives report PI/PIF errors differently than Lite-On and Plextor drives, NEC and BenQ for example.
The fact is they do support PI/PIF scanning just like the Pioneer drives do and that is all that is claimed in the review.
Posted by ptch on Tuesday 17 April 2007 14:45
Pioneers do report the errors, but PIE level is far beyond the 280 set by DVD+/-R specifivation. Consequently that reporting has a very limited utility. ;) In addition huge spikes (up to PIE > 17 000) are often present on the graphs.

Your answer reminds me an old story with hotel reservation in India. If you just reserve a room with aircond there is a great chance that it will not working. In fact you must always precise "with working aircond" while booking. :)

I refolmulate me request. Could you please precise in the review that although the error reporting is indeed working, but the PIE level always exeeds the DVD+/-R specs. That is not the case with Lite-on, BENQ, NEC and Plextor.
Posted by Dee-27 on Tuesday 17 April 2007 14:58
"but the PIE level always exeeds the DVD+/-R specs. That is not the case with Lite-on, BENQ, NEC and Plextor."
This is not the case, BenQ and NEC drives often report out of spec scans on perfectly good burns. The Pioneer scan in the review is within specifcation. :*
Posted by ptch on Tuesday 17 April 2007 15:42
OK, the aircond is blowing the air. And we don't care that the air is hot ;)
Posted by Modd3r1 (guest) on Friday 27 April 2007 14:48
has anyone used this burner with the wytron 688 ? i am 5 of them with a wytron 688 andhave been burning successfully at 8x, just wondering if anyone is burning at a faster rate with success.
Posted by Jason (guest) on Saturday 05 May 2007 23:01
CRAP! Pioneer SUCK!, i have just returned my 5th drive for replacement, dont buy this shit, pioneer drives are cheap for a reason, they suck!.

I guarantee if you buy this, you will have lazer failiure in months, you have been warned. :r
Posted by r_saotome on Sunday 06 May 2007 06:14
Bought BestBuy's version of the DVR-112D, died inside of a week.

A week later bought 2 Pioneer DVR-112D's from NewEgg, both of them are still working perfectly since March 2007, nothing but smooth sailing.

Also, overall the best DVD burner I've owned, next to the BenQ 1640...^_^
Posted by ecn (guest) on Wednesday 09 May 2007 05:32
return my 112D. It will just stop writing on Verbatim/Sony/Philips and hang the whole computer.
Posted by dvddvd on Sunday 20 May 2007 23:19
This test is very funny because it's so misleading.

It totally ignores the lack of write quality as revealed in the well-known German computer magazine "c't" issue 2007/11 p. 122 which affects not only the Pioneer DVR-112 but a couple of new competitors drives as well.

Compared to an old test where they tested the DVR-111 (which I own) the write quality of the DVR-111 exceeded the write quality of the DVR-112 except for CD-R where the DVR-112 was better.

If these problems are not firmware based I would rather buy a DVR-111 again than a DVR-112.

c't assumes that the enourmous price pressure may have caused the degraded write quality with those new drives (not only Pioneer!) in their test.
Posted by Brutus (guest) on Thursday 12 July 2007 13:54
I bought 3 of these. All are now in the bin. 2 would still burn DVD's but won't read or write CD's!!!
I'm looking for some 110's or even 111's to replace them with.
Might try lite-on's instead next batch. Nightmare for me as a supplier. Cost me heaps ... just replacing discs alone.
Posted by denbo (guest) on Monday 16 July 2007 11:43
Took 46 minutes to read 26% of a test-recorded dvd-ram of just 1minute 48 seconds recording time.
No problem with any other type of disc. Awaiting advice from Pioneer.
Had 111D before this burner, excellent performer but couldn't write to dvd-ram.
Posted by George (guest) on Saturday 08 September 2007 19:06
My Plextor PX-760A failed again, my first PX-760A lived only 12 months, then I purchased a PX760A - lived for 5 months. The returned unit wrote disks at very bad quality and was replaced 2 weeks after. 6 months after that, on 2007-September 4th I just sent that 3rd PX-760A for warranty services. It did about 15 Excellent quality recordings on DVD+R16 Plextor media (I haven't used it more), but now it stopped writing on DVD+/-RW. That's total of 4 recorders send for warranty services, I'm waiting to receive the 5th. I have 9 more months remaining for warranty services, I bet it won't make it :(

By the way I'm going to buy another brand recorder for fail safe. Plextor - King of the quality? Well yes, but as well king of short life and failures! My opinion: never again!

I wonder what should I buy for second (backup-reserve) recorder? I was just thinking about Pioneer, while reading this review, when I read in the previous comments that they live short too. What a shame on Pioneer!

Posted by jhg (guest) on Wednesday 19 September 2007 02:21
Stays in PIO mode, can't seem to force it into DMA. Thus, record speed maxes at 1X for DVD+RW. Bleah! :(
Posted by Peter (guest) on Tuesday 15 January 2008 00:49
Replaced my first one for a second and this second one seems to have problems with audio extraction, some glitches which a generic DVD-reader doesn't produce...
Posted by Bubba (guest) on Thursday 01 May 2008 04:44
I added two of these drives when I built a new system in January. I finally got me some ultra high speed CR-RWs (24X rewrite speed)from Memorix as I tend to create a lot of CDs that I rewrite often. Looks like this drive has issues re-writing to this brand of CD-RWs at anything over 12x. I've had mulitple verification failures at speeds of 16x or higher. Testing using the latest CDSpeed Nero utility now called DiskSpeed not DriveSpeed. AFAIK I have the latest firmware...124.
Gonna replace both of these with some newer DVR-115's
Post your reaction
What do you think? Leave your comments!

Your message
:) :( ;) :r :d :B :X :c :o :g :+ :p :* :S

Your name
Your e-mail


Type in the code

Don't like to type in this code? Please register or login.
Post it
Related tags
A tag is a relevant keyword or term associated with or assigned to a piece of information (like picture, product, or video clip), thus describing the item and enabling keyword-based classification of information it is applied to. We use it to make searching our database easier and enable all our users to contribute to our database.

Add related tags
CD Freaks allows items to be tagged with objective specifications, no opinions or subjective descriptions. When your start typing our system will suggest tags, if this is what you mean, please use these first. Our system will also check for spelling mistakes and correct them to keep our database consistent. Finally tags are moderated by our team members.

    Related content
    Related reviews/articles
    Pioneer DVR-112D DVD Burner Mini Review
    Pioneer DVR-A08XLA DVD Burner
    Pioneer DVR-109 DVD Burner Review
    ASUS DRW-1608P DVD Burner Review
    Visit the Forum
    Asus / Pioneer Burner Asus / Pioneer Burner
    Get the latest reviews via RSS RSS