Verbatim 2.4x DVD+R D/L media review

Transfer and Playback Tests

Earlier on in this review we used DVD Decrypter to record a 7.93GB DVD Video ISO image for our Create CD tests. This was to use for the transfer tests as well as the playback test on a selection of PC and standalone DVD players that we had available at the time of this review.

Below you will find the results of the Transfer tests on the BenQ DW 1620A followed by the table of tested playback devices. By testing on such a wide range of PC, Console and Standalone DVD players we hope to fully test the compatibility of the Verbatim 2.4x Double Layer media to its fullest.

Anyone tha has read the back of an original DVD Film wil notice that if it is on Double Layer media you will see a warning that their may be a pause whilst the layer change takes place on some Standalone DVD players - we will be checking to see if this happens with the Verbatim media too.

Transfer Test results at rated speed Below you will find the transfer tests carried out on the BenQ DW 1620A. Click the image of the drive we used to record the Verbatim DL media for it's scan results NEC 3500 AG with firmware version 2.18 NEC ND 3520 with firmware version 1.05 LiteOn 1653S with firmware version CS09 Pioneer DVR 108 with firmware version 1.18 BenQ DW 1620A with firmware version B7T9 HP Dvd640i with firmware version ES04

Results show that the BenQ DW 1620A had no issues during the CD Speed transfer test, reaching its maximum Double Layer reading speed of 8x under its present firmware of B7T9 taking 17 minutes and 58 seconds to transfer. As suspected a slight drop was noticed at the layer change while the laser re-aligned for the reading of the second layer.

Given these facts we feel there are no reasons why we should see no problems with playback on these devices used for these tests.

During previous reviews we have found our Cyberhome 512 Standalone DVD player to be a very fussy player when it comes to DVD+R media and it only seems to like DVD+R discs with the Bitsetting set to DVD-ROM. As all the review recording devices automatically set the book type of the Verbatim Double Layer media to DVD-ROM we should have no issues on any of our playback devices.

We tried those discs on the Cyberhome to see if it improved playback compatibility as well as a wide range of popular console and standalone DVD players. If any of the Verbatim Double layer media recorded in any of our review devices showed any issues you will see it mentioned in the following table.

"If no read problems are mentioned in the Playback table then all the recorded media was readable in every playback device used."

None of the tested devices used in the Playback tests had any issues reading the DVD Video ISO image recorded onto the Verbatim 2.4x Double layer media at its rated speed. With the DVD-ROM bit setting applied we achieved 100% playback compatiability across our range of review devices.