- Writing Tests

We burned some DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs with data content. For this task we used "Create Data Disc" from Nero CDSpeed in order to burn the entire disc.

Mitsubishi Chemicals 8X DVD+R DL @ 8X P-CAV

- As we've previously mentioned, we had some problems with the Create Data Disc function. After some initial burns using Nero Burning Rom and CDSpeed, we were unable to burn any more media with the drive. Hence, we are unable to provide any screenshots of the writing strategies. We are not sure if the is a firmware problem or what seems more likely, a faulty drive. Pioneer will in the meantime, be shipping another unit to us, so that we can complete our tests.

We did however, manage to capture the transfer rate test for MKM-R DL 4X media that was burned at 8X, and is posted below.

Mitsubishi Chemicals 4X DVD-R DL @ 8X Z-CLV

We also inserted two other DL media in order to check the supported burning speeds. The Ricoh+R DL 8X was recognized as 2.4X media and MKM+R 8X (MKM 003) as 2X. It seems that the drive offers a limited selection for DL at high burning speeds.

*Update

Mitsubishi Chemicals 2.4X DVD+R DL @ 8X

For this task we had to use the 2.4X DVD+R DL from Mitsubishi Chemicals with code ID MKM 001.