DVR-110D offers 8X writing support for both DL formats.

For our tests this time, we chose the "Create Data Disc" feature of the CDSpeed utility. The reason for this is that we wanted to fully burn the DL media instead of just the 6.86GB we usually used.

Now let's take a look at the writing strategy for both +R and -R DL.

- DVD+R DL

- DVD-R DL

Some of the new DL media haven't been added to the firmware list yet and for this reason, the maximum writing speed is lower than certified. It is funny that the certified 2.4X media from Mitsubishi Chemicals can be burned at 8X, while media certified for 8X, only at 2.4X. The new DVD-R DL media from Traxdata also has to be added to the drive's firmware list for higher writing speeds other than 2X.

As we mentioned above, this time we decided to use the "Create Data Disc" feature of the CDSpeed utility. Because of this, there's no way to compare Pioneer's writing times with those of other drives.