Available speed and recording tests
VSO Inspector from VSO Software was used for gathering our information about the available recording speeds this Infiniti 16x DVD-R media could be recorded at on our review recording devices. This media information utility allows us to easily see the rated speeds available for the Infiniti 16x DVD-R media according to the hardware used during this review as well as tell us the full Media ID code for the media.
As mentioned on page one of this review, the hardware used for these tests consisted of
the NEC 3500AG, NEC ND-3520, Pioneer DVR 108, BenQ 1620A, Plextor PX 716A and the Liteon-IT 1653S, all of which are maximum recording speeds of 16x although we will point out that the Liteon-IT 1653S maximum rated recording speed of 16x is for DVD+R media only under present firmware and 12x for DVD-R.
Once the maximum available recording speeds for each device had been discovered using VSO Inspector CD 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 with CD Speed will be used later on during the Disc Quality, Transfer and Verification tests.
All the review drives saw the Infiniti 16x DVD-R media has capable of recording at its
rated speed of 16x except for the Liteon-IT 1653S which reported a maximum DVD-R recording speed of 12x. This is the devices maximum available recording speed for DVD-R media at present. The Plextor was only able to achieve 16x recording with its Power Rec feature disabled. Although Plextor themselves do not recommend this we achieved very acceptable results with this feature disabled.
Overview of recording times:
The NEC 3500 AG took 5 minutes 48 seconds to record the maximum amount possible to the Infiniti 16x DVD-R media.
The NEC ND 3520 took 5 minutes 53 seconds to record the maximum amount possible to the Infiniti 16x DVD-R media.
The BenQ 1620A took 6 minutes 05 seconds to record the maximum amount possible to the Infiniti 16x DVD-R media.
The Pioneer DVR 108 took 6 minutes 44 seconds to record the maximum amount possible to the Infiniti 16x DVD-R media.
The Plextor PX-716A took 6 minutes 01 seconds to record the maximum amount possible to the Infiniti 16x DVD-R media.
The Liteon-IT 1653S took 7 minutes 39 seconds to record the maximum amount possible to the Infiniti 16x DVD-R media.
The NEC 3500 AG reported the fasted recording time closely followed by the NEC ND-3520. The Plextor and BenQ drives reported very similar times for their recordings to the media. The Pioneer DVR 108 16x recording was no faster than its 12x recordings have reported during our reviews and the Liteon-IT achieved the slowest recording time being almost 2 minutes slower at its 12x recording speed.
Of course achieving the fastest recording speed does not always mean you achive the best quality recording as we will be quick to point out to our readers. There is no point in
having the fastest recording if the quality suffers! Please read on to see what our other
tests discovered about the recorded media during our Disc Quality, Transfer and Playback
tests.
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