The standard CDR-ZOne.COM recording tests where used to test the DVD-RW Media at various recording speeds. CopyToDVD from VSO-software was used to burn various Video DVD and Data DVD compilations from the review hard drive with the NEC 2510A DVD+/-RW Drive.
DVDDecrypter was used to burn an ISO image of a Video DVD on the Lite-On It SOHW 1213S DVD+/-RW drive.
The entire process should take between 14 and 15 minutes to complete at 4x.
VSO Inspector was used to check the recorded DVD for any bad sectors that might be present. As the screenshot below shows, no bad sectors where found during the scan:
To check for any errors on the recorded DVD-RW, CDCheck Media error check function were used to Verify the recorded Media.The tests show that no read errors were reported.
CDCheck reporting no errors on checking recorded media:
A second test was carried out to verify the DVD-RW file structure. Both DVDinfoPro and CDChecks "Compare" utilities compared the files on the DVD-RW to the original source files on the Hard Disk.
DVDInfoPro reported no erors with its compare utility:
CDCheck reported no erors with its compare utility:
As shown in the images above you can see the files on the DVD-RW are identical to to the source files on the Hard Disk.
To check the playback, the same playing tests has used on our Verbatim Movie Reel review where carried out.. Both the software DVD Players played the DVD without error and so did the Bush standalone, the Sony GX3 Home recorder and the Cyberhome 512 DVD player.The Sony GX3 had no problems recognizing and recording to the media and playback was noted as perfect, with no skipping noticed at all whilst watching the playback, even if the longest, most compressed mode of recording was chosen. These are very recommended DVDRW discs for the Sony GX3 and recording!
