Available Recording speeds and Create DVD tests
VSO Inspector from VSO Software was used for gathering my information about the available recording speeds the Imation 16x DVD+R media on our review recording devices. This media information utility allows the user to easily see the rated speeds available for the Imation 16x DVD+R media according to the hardware used during this review. It can also tell the user the full Media ID code for any given media. Once the maximum available recording speeds for each device had been discovered using VSO Inspector, Nero CD-DVD Speed from Ahead software was used to record a test DVD of maximum capacity to see if the review recording devices achieved their maximum recording speed.
The DVD's created here in this first test with CD Speed will be used later on during the Disc Quality, Transfer and Verification tests. Tests carried out included the recording of 5 pieces of media to each drive under the default factory settings. Extra pc's of media where tested with each review drive under different settings where device logic allowed. Only results under default settings are shown here as that is what most users will start recording with but I will make a mention of any improvements that where gained by using the non default settings.
The 5 pcs of media per drive used in this review exclude 1 pc that was used beforehand to let the individual drives logic to get a basic idea of the media. The tests on the 5 pcs per drive began after this first 'learning burn'.
All of the review recording devices where capable of supporting the Imation 16x DVD+R media at its rated maximum speed of 16x. I always hope to see a brand of media fully supported by all review recording devices and this was the case with the Imation 16x DVD+R media. Of course just because it is capable of 16x recording speeds does not mean that the individual drives logic will not slow the recording down to maximize quality.
Under default settings I found some very consistent recording times of around 6 minutes across most of the recording devices used in this review with only the Philips DVDR1660P under firmware P1.6 being the exception. The extra logic of this drive disregards recording speed and instead concentrates on producing the best possible recording per speed selected.
Overview of recording times
The times listed below are to be considered the average recording speeds for each recording device used in this Imation 16x DVD+R media review.
| | Writer used: | Average recording time | | SHM-165P6S[Retail] Liteon (firmware: MV9N) | 5:56 | | | DVR 111D[OEM] Pioneer (firmware: 1.29) | 6:05 | | | PX-760A Premium [Retail] Plextor (firmware: 1.04) | 6:13 | | | ND-4551 A [OEM] NEC (firmware: 1-08) | 6:13 | | | DVDR1660P1[Retail] Philips (firmware: P1.6) | 8:48 | |
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Please read on to see what a more detailed examination discovered about the recorded media during the Disc Quality, Transfer and Playback tests.
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