LaCie d2 DL DVD±RW Recorder - Page 12

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- Writing Tests

We burned some DVD+R DL discs with DVD-Video content. The source disc was "Gladiator Movie - Special Edition" disc1 with a total size of 6.86GB. First we transferred the movie to the hard disc with DVD Decrypter in ISO format (single file). The following snapshot shows the media code for the Double Layer disc we used.

LaCie 's drive produced the same bug that was witnessed and discussed in the ND-2510A review. The Double Layer discs we used came from RITEK and MKM, and in both cases the drive recognised them as Single Layer discs. We then used Nero CDSpeed, and again the disc was recognised as Single Layer media.

However, disc capacity, media type and book type seems to be correct. Looks like NEC has to work on their next firmware release on this one.

Afterwards, we used CopyToDVD v3.0.0.16. The friendly wizard prompts us to choose from among the main options:

For our test, we used the "Movie & Pictures" option, and then the "Write DVD Video".

The software prompts us to select Video_TS/ISO image folder. We chose the "GLADIATOR.ISO" image and we selected the NEC ND-2510A burner (which is in fact the LaCie d2 drive).

After pressing "OK", the burning procedure started, without any unexpected delays. It should be noted that the Booktype setting could not be changed. The writing process was finished after 37:17minutes. The average speed was 2.38X as reported by the CopyToDVD software. The recorded disc was in DVD+R9 format.

For comparison reasons, we post some burning results from other DL writers, which all burned the same content ("Gladiator Movie - Special Edition" disc1), using CopyToDVD software:

The LaCie d2 DL and NEC ND-2510A drives were the fastest. Very good performance with Double Layer media from NEC.