Here we will be posting the results of the best burned media for each of the drives. Once more, we chose to present the results of media burned during the full reviews for each drive. All reviews are available on the CDRinfo web site.

For the graphs we used :

• The LiteON SOHD-167T with patched firmware being able to read DVD5 up to 16X CAV and DVD9 up to 10X CAV. For the transfer rate tests we used the latest Nero CDSpeed version.
• The Plextor PX-716A with the latest available firmware. For scanning the disc, we used the latest PlexTools version at 2X CLV reading speed, BURST mode, with middle accuracy.

In general, a "perfect" disc should have a smooth reading curve, very low PIE/POE and zero (0) POF error rates. Most times however, even though a disc has very low PIE/POE error rates, the reading curve may not be smooth containing dropoffs. Due to the fact that we oversped the reading capabilities of the LiteON SOHD-167T, such drops are expected, especially near the outer area of the disc.

Asus DRW 1608P

TY DVD+R 8X @ 12X

BenQ DV 1640A

Ridisc DVD+R 16X @ 16X

LiteOn SOHW 1693S

Maxell DVD+R 16X @ 16X

NEC ND-3530A

Maxell DVD+R 16X @ 16X

Pioneer DVR-109

Verbatim DVD-R 8X @ 8X

Plextor PX-740A

TY DVD+R 8X @ 8X

Samsung TS-H552U

Verbatim DVD-R 4X @ 4X

Sony DRU-800A

TY DVD+R 8X @ 8X

Now that we've had a look at the best burns for each of the drives, lets take a look at the following table were the overburning capabilities of each drive are listed.

Unfortunately, none of the drives support the DVD overburning feature.