Recording Tests
VSO Inspector from VSO Software.fr was used for gathering our information about the available speed this media could be recorded at on our review drives. This feature allows us to see the rated speeds available according to the hardware.
The hardware used consisted of the NEC 3500AG, Pioneer DVR 108, BenQ DW 1620A and the Liteon-IT 1633S, all of which are maximum recording speeds of 16x.
Once the maximum available recording speeds for each device had been discovered, CD Speed's Create CD feature was used to record the maximum amount possible to the media at its highest rated speed.
Results show that all drives where capable of seeing and recording the Samsung 8x+R media at its rated speed of 8x. No overspeeding was possible for this media with any of the review drives.
Available recording speeds The options below show you the available recording speeds according to VSO inspector. We performed these tests on a selection of our review drives. Click on the images for the results of each specific drive. 
BenQ DW 1620A with firmware version B7M9 |
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Pioneer DVR 108 with firmware version 1.14 |
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NEC 3500AG with firmware version 2.08 |
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LiteOn 1633S with firmware version BS0K |
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CD Speed Create CD The Create CD function from CD Speed was used to record the maximum amount of data possible to the Samsung media at its maximum available speed on all review drives.
BenQ DW 1620A with firmware version B7M9 |
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Pioneer DVR 108 with firmware version 1.14 |
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NEC 3500AG with firmware version 2.08 |
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LiteOn 1633S with firmware version BS0K |
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Overview of recording times:
Each drive used its own version of either Z-CLV or P-CAV writing methods to record this media with a difference of 1 minute and 53 secs between the fastest and the slowest recording times.
Below is a summary of how long our review drives took to record this media:
The Pioneer DVR 108 recorded the Samsung DVD+R media in the quickest time taking 7 minutes and 54 seconds to record a full disc using the Z-CLV writing method.
The Liteon-IT 1633S came in second, taking 8 minutes and 13 seconds to record the same amount of data using the P-CAV writing method.
The BenQ 1620 came in third with a total time of 8 minutes 50 seconds using the P-CAV witing method.
In fourth place came the NEC 3500, taking 9 mins 47 seconds to record the same disc using its Z-CLV writing method.
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