Available speed and recording tests
VSO Inspector from VSO Software was used for gathering information about the recording speeds available for the Verbatim 8x DVD-R Dual layer media on each of our review recording devices. This media information utility allows the user to easily see the rated speeds available for the Verbatim 8x DVD-R Dual layer 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, 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 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 to gain an average recording. Due to the limited supply of this media I have not carried out any extra tests outside of the drives default settings.
All of the recording devices used in this review supported the Verbatim 8x DVD-R Dual layer media at its rated speed of 8x. Some drives logic did decide to slow down some of the recording at various stages during the tests dependant on the individual piece of media used. I feel this is perfectly normal and is to be considered a good test of the review recording devices logic.
"Of course achieving the fastest recording speed does not always mean you achieve 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! Hardware manufacturers quite often slow media down in the firmware or limit the max speed for each particular piece of media recorded to achieve the best quality possible and attempt to prevent a bad recording."
Overview of recording times
The times listed below are to be considered the average recording speeds for each recording device used in this media review.
| | Writer used: | Average recording time | | DVR 111D [OEM] Pioneer (firmware: 1.19) | 16:49 | | | PX-760A Premium [Retail] Plextor (firmware: 1.05) | 17:04 | | | SHM-165P6S [Retail] Liteon-It (firmware: MS0R) | 17:40 | | | SH-S182[Retail] Samsung (firmware: SB03) | 19:03 | | | AD-7173A [OEM] Optiarc (firmware: 1-01) | 19:50 | |
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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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