LiteOn SOHD-167T - Page 9

To check exactly what the LiteOn SOHD-167T, 165H & 163 report and differences the new chipset inside the new LiteOn drive produces compared with the older drives, we used various media, burned in other recorders. The three media burnt, have been measured with the well known AudioDev SA300 DVD CATS system at 1X.

Since all LiteON drives report only PI/PIF errors, we will compare those measurements for the various reading speeds:

• 3~8X CAV
• 2~6X CAV
• 4X CLV

Please note that the posted results are only valid for the specific tested SOHD-167T drive. Using other 167T drives can produce totally different results. Be aware!

#2nd Test Disc - PISum8/PIF Comparison - 8X Reading speed

With this disc, we see very strange performance from the 163/165H drives, while performance is good with the 167T.

#2nd Test Disc - PISum8/PIF Comparison - 6X Reading speed

#2nd Test Disc - PISum8/PIF Comparison - 4X Reading speed

As the test results showed, the 167T was the only drive that followed accurately the error level reported by CATS at almost all reading speeds.