Packaging and DVD Information
Our test media arrived on a spindle of 25 embelished with the Traxdata Logo, but the retail DVD+R will also come packaged in a protective DVD case, as the above picture shows.
The writing surface of the Traxdata 8x+R media we recieved has a familiar dark purple dye and the label side of the disc uses a varnished layer on the complete disc with exception of the text, which will stay 'untouched' giving a nice shiny effect.
The discs retain the familiar design as with previous media such as the Traxdata 4x Media we reviewed earlier in the year.
As the screenshot from VSO Inspector shows, the "Media Code / Manufacturer ID" is manufactured with the well proven, quality Ritek dye of RITEK R03-02 and available recording speeds of 2.4x, 4x and 8x in the NEC 3500AG and also an over speed of 12x is available in the Pioneer DVR 108.
A note on Over speeding media:
"A lot of media is able to be recorded past its rated speed much like over clocking your RAM or CPU, and the same ethics apply. A lot of media is easily recorded past its rated speed but slightly higher possible errors might be found. There are media available that can handle this over speed very happily, but also their are certain grades of the same media that might not handle the over speed as well as the A grade version does.
At CDR-Zone.COM we could only recommend recording A grade media past its rated speed. If you are unsure as to whether you have A grade media, please email your supplier for confirmation."
VSO Inspector showing 2.4 - 8x recording speeds available in the NEC 3500AG:
VSO Inspector showing 2.4x - 12x recording speeds available in the Pioneer DVR 108. Later on in this review we will show Disc quality tests to see if recording at past the rated speed of this media results in good or bad results:
Ritek have long been acknowledged as one of the leading manufacturers of DVD+/-R media in todays market, producing one of the most compatiable organic dyes around and Traxdata have long used Ritek A grade dyes for their DVD media and it was no surprise that they continued to use them for their 8x DVD+R.
Being A grade media we should expect to see very good recordings and quality test results even at higher than rated recording speeds.
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