In order to test the writing quality and readability of the burned media we used two readers with two software applications:

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 drop offs. 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.

The measurements below should be taken not as the absolute criteria of the burning quality, but as an indication level.

8X DVD+R Writing Speed

• 3A 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• BeAll 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• CMC 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Datawrite 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Maxell 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Ricoh 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• TDK 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Traxdata 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• TY 8X DVD+R @ 8X

4X DVD+R Writing Speed

• Intenso 4X DVD+R @ 4X

- Summary

The writing quality with DVD+R media at 8X is good. In almost all cases, the error levels are low. CMC Magnetics, Datawrite and Maxell had the smoothest CDSpeed graphs.