- Writing Tests

We burned some DVD+R DL and 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 as ISO format (single file). We used Double Layer media provided by Traxdata, CMC Magnetics and Verbatim (MKM). The following screenshots show the media codes for these Double Layer discs.

According to the supported media list we presented earlier, only Verbatim +R DL media can be burned at 6x, while Verbatim -R DL media can be recorded at 4x.

We then used the latest CopyToDVD, and specifically the "Movie & Pictures" option, and then "Write DVD Video". The software prompts us to select the Video_TS/ISO image folder. We chose the "GLADIATOR.ISO" image and we selected the NEC ND-3530A burner.

After pressing "OK", the burning procedure started without any unexpected delays. It should be noted that we did not change the default booktype setting prior to writing the disc to DVD-ROM booktype, in order to investigate the default booktype setting for this media type.

The writing process was finished after 17:48 minutes when writing at 6x, and 24:22 minutes when writing at 4x. The average speed was 5.04x and 3.57x respectively, as reported by the CopyToDVD software.

We then repeated the same procedure for all media shown above. The following table indicates the recording times for double layer media. As you can see, the Verbatim double layer media was the fastest of all, since it was the only one that could be burned at 6X.

For comparison reasons, we post DL burning results with other writers, with the same disc content and same recording software. As you can see, this is not the fastest recorder available, but it is one of the fastest overtaking most recorders on the market.