Ultimate Testing of Recordable DVD Media Discs

**MIG-31** · Apr 17, 2005, 07:43 PM

What are the major criteria for your decision when you shop for blank recordable DVD discs? Is it the brand name of the manufacturer? Or the maximum claimed write speed? Or the price per piece? Well, we decided to check out over 40 different discs available in the market today to see how good they are. Hopefully, this roundup will help you make the right choice.
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Matth · Apr 17, 2005, 10:08 PM

Pulled to pieces over at Cdfreaks - the methodology is seriously flawed.

One drive, one sample, same drive burns and tests - with two different test softwares that generally give similar results, any difference is due to test variance.

It's a Liteon, so the Liteon drives media support is what is really being tested.

TDK DVD-R 1-8x, code TTG02 - I believe it is an ok media normally, but one thing you can rely on... the Liteon writers hate it! - or to put it another way, their write strategy for it is junk.

A couple of others are unfairly downmarked by the Liteon, but those that do well on it will probably do well on most other drives - Liton makes some good and medium media look bad, I don't know that it ever makes bad media look good, though there have been a few surprises in that direction from time to time - AN31, a pretty lacklustre code for DVD-R 4x "came good" in some firmware versions.

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Apr 17, 2005, 10:08 PM	#2
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,411 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	Pulled to pieces over at Cdfreaks - the methodology is seriously flawed. One drive, one sample, same drive burns and tests - with two different test softwares that generally give similar results, any difference is due to test variance. It's a Liteon, so the Liteon drives media support is what is really being tested. TDK DVD-R 1-8x, code TTG02 - I believe it is an ok media normally, but one thing you can rely on... the Liteon writers hate it! - or to put it another way, their write strategy for it is junk. A couple of others are unfairly downmarked by the Liteon, but those that do well on it will probably do well on most other drives - Liton makes some good and medium media look bad, I don't know that it ever makes bad media look good, though there have been a few surprises in that direction from time to time - AN31, a pretty lacklustre code for DVD-R 4x "came good" in some firmware versions.