Conclusion
Not long back I got to review one of the very first batches of media using the YUDENT03 media ID code under the Plextor branding. One of the things noted that although the media was of very good quality, the Sum8 and Sum1 errors where of a higher rate than expected for such media from Plextor and Taiyo Yuden. So when the Miflop branded version landed here at the CDR-Zone.COM basement, the first thing I was interested in was wether or not the Sum8 and Sum1 scores would be nearer to what I was used to. As you can clearly see from the Disc Quality results, thats exactly what I got with the Miflop branded version.
So it seems the earlier batches have been improved upon and after a search on Google I found lots of posts from users of Taiyo Yuden 16x DVD+R media were also finding similar results with their batches. Improvement in a media for the better is always welcomed as I have reviewed media in the past under early batches that have been good only to find that later batches using Media id codes from different companies to that which I reviewed have been poor. It seems Taiyo Yuden have noted early user issues and produced an even better disc for this later batch. Indeed a thing to note for users that an even newer batch received whilst reviewing this one can be classed as slightly better still!
All used recording devices provided very good recordings to the Miflop printable 16x DVD+R media with the LG GSA-4166B under firmware 1.02 providing the overall best recording time Vs quality achieved. The Plextor PX-755A, Philips DVDR1660P1 and Pioneer DVR 110 achieving excellent results. No need to worry about the recordings achieved in any of these recording devices as every piece of Miflop printable 16x DVD+R media achieved very equal results in every test carried out.
The high Sum8 values towards the end of the NEC ND-4551A 16x recording to the Miflop 16x DVD+R media seem to echo what I am finding a lot of whilst performing the Plextor Q-Check tests on media recorded at 16x with NEC writers. It seems that the slightly higher laser power used by NEC writers in the later stages of its 16x recordings are either introducing high Sum8 errors or the Plextor PX-755A just simple is unable to get an accurate reading. The Sum1, Beta Jitter and Transfer tests all showed a decent enough recording had been achieved but those that swear by Plextor Q-Check tests may want to slow down to a 12x recording speed on this writer. No high Sum8 error values are noted by the Plextor PX-755A when scanning recordings on the NEC ND-4551A at lower speeds such as 12x. As Sum8 errors are the least important of any of the tests I wouldn't worry too much about them but an 'In Spec' recording is always preferred.
Use with confidence and expect even better results then with earlier batches reviewed here at CDR-Zone.COM. Of course the fact that the media is slightly different to earlier batches just pose a consumer problem. With varied media now matter how slight, the consumer can never be sure what they are getting but it does seem production tolerance has been improved upon. As mentioned an newer batch has arrived that can be classed as even better but still very close to what was achieved during this review. This does give confidence that any early issues that may of existed have been noted, researched and fixed.
As always I look forward to hearing your comments and results with this media in the Media forum.
About Miflop Media:
Miflop Media is amongst the top 5 European Taiyo Yuden offical partners and work very hard to gaurantee the top grade of Taiyo Yuden media available today through their Miflop Xtreme range of media. Buy and record in confidence with media from the worlds leading brand name for Digital media quality.
About Taiyo Yuden:
Taiyo Yuden defines the de facto global standard for write-once recordable media through the development of high quality, highly reliable products based on the company's leading-edge technologies.
Over ten years' involvement in optical disk development has allowed Taiyo Yuden to cultivate high-level core technologies. These capabilities have enabled the company to achieve significant advances in thermal design technology for disk pigmentation and substrate design, and assure the ability to mass produce stable multi speed media.
I would like to take this moment to thank the companies who provided the media as well as most of the hardware for this review. Without the generous and ongoing support of these companies this review would not of been possible in such detail - Thank you!
Miflop Media for providing the Miflop printable 16x DVD+R branded media used in this review.
SVP communications for providing the Pioneer DVR110, NEC ND-4551 and LG GSA-4166B DVD writers used in this review
Plextor Europe for providing the Plextor PX-755A DVD writer used in this review.
Philips For providing the Philips DVD1660P1 DVD writer used in this review.
| Review system specifications | | Processor: | AMD XP 64, 3400 Clawhammer | | Memory: | 1GB Kingston Hypermax | | Hard drives: | 2x Maxtor 250 GB with 16 MB cache cache | | Motherboard: | Epox 8KDA series | | Operating System: | Windows XP Professional | | Software used in review: | Plextools Pro, VSO CopyToDVD, VSO Inspector and Nero CD-DVD Speed |
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