LiteOn
LDW-811S
DVD±RW recorder -
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DVD reading tests
- Single Layer DVD-ROM (Click
for CDSpeed results)
In the DVD single layer read test, in comparison with the Cyberdrive
and Optorite drives and noting that all three drives support a maximum
reading speed of 12x for DVD-ROM media, the LiteOn LDW-811S
is quite fast
with
an average
speed of 9.3x, and the CyberDrive only slightly faster at 9.93x.
The manufacturer's specifications give the LiteOn drive as having a seek
time of 160msec for DVD media. NeroCDSpeed reports that the drive needed 169ms
for full seek time, 94 ms for 1/3 seek and 85 ms average. The LiteOn performed
quite well here giving very fast access times which coincide with the results
in the speed test above.
- Dual Layer PTP DVD-ROM (Click for
CDSpeed results)
The two layers of a PTP DVD-ROM disc are read sequentially with the drive
starting the read process from the inner tracks on the disc, which is the beginning
of each layer,
and progressing outwards towards to the outer tracks for each layer.
According to the manufacturer, the LiteOn LDW-811S has a maximum reading
speed of 8x with dual layer DVD-ROM discs. The drive managed to reach
a maximum reading speed of 8.41x and was slightly slower than the Optorite
drive. As can be seen
from the graph above, the LiteOn drive
was only slightly slower than the Optorite DD0401 on all three occasions. Again,
it appears to be a quick reader.
Here too, the seek times are quite fast. The
drive finished with a random seek time of 89ms, faster than the other drives.
- Dual Layer OTP DVD-ROM
The
first layer of an OTP dual layer DVD-ROM is read exactly the same way as the
first layer of the PTP disc we tested previously. The difference here is the
reading strategy
of the second layer on the disc. The beginning of the second layer is located
in the outer part of the disc, so the drive starts reading from the outer tracks
inwards towards the inner tracks of the disc.
As we have experienced with some other 8x DVD recorders, so too LiteOn seems
to have problems reading the dual layer OTP DVD-ROM. The first layer was read
flawlessly but at the beginning of the second
layer the
reading
speed
fluctuateded. Software playback, however, did not give any noticable problems.
- DVD Ripping Tests
We measured the DVD-Video ripping speed of the LiteOn LDW-811S using the
latest version of DVD Decrypter. The DVD Video title is the "Matrix" pressed
DVD-Video.
The drive
ripped the DVD movie files to the hard disk
at 9295 KB/s (6.88x) average.
The performance is quite high, considering that the Optorite and Cyberdrive
were slower with 4.32x and 5.54x average, respectively.
- DVD Recordable / Rewritable reading Tests
The chart below shows the Nero CDSpeed results with the following media:
The LiteOn drive did not prove quite as fast a reader with DVD +/- formats.
The LiteOn LDW-811s was quite a bit slower
than the
other
two
drives
used as comparison with reported
average reading speeds for all formats being from 4.63x to 4.7x.
As with the minus format, NeroCdSpeed reports that the Optorite drive reads
the
-R format at an average speed of 4.65x and -RW at 4.63x.
