Packaging and DVD Information
Packaging and presentation:
Our review media arrived shrink wrapped in a of 25 in a cake box, ensuring no damage could be done to the discs. The top writing surface of the disc is a white design embelished with the now familiar BenQ artwork and the BenQ logo in silver. The recording surface is light purple in colour and carries the SONY 08D1 dye code according to VSO Inspector and Nero CD Speed.
DVD+R Information:
VSO software's new Media information utility - VSO Inspector and Nero CD Speed from ahead software were used for gathering our information about the inserted media.
As the screenshot from VSO Inspectorshows, the Media Code/Manufacturer ID of SONY 08D1 which is the same proven quality dye code as employed by SONY on their 8x-R media. SONY dye codes are normally of A grade quality and so over speeding beyond its rated speed of 8x should be possible on our review hardware.
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 confirming the SONY 08D1 MID code and available recording speeds of 2x up to 16x available by default with the 2.27 firmware from NEC. Over speeding to 100% past this medias rated speed is available by default.
Nero CD Speed confirming the Media ID code and available recording speeds of 2x-16x in the PIONEER DVR 108 with firmware v1.14. Please note that the PIONEER DVR 108 will over speed this media 100% past its rated speed of 8x by default.
Of utmost importance is the fact that compatibility is maintained with existing DVD video players and DVD ROM drives. BenQ hopefully work hard on ensuring their particular brand of the SONY 08D1 dye is of top quality and the discs should show no errors during our tests and playback on standalone DVD players known to play DVD-R media if this is to be the case.
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