Pioneer DVR-A06 DVD±RW recorder - Page 11

DVD Recording Tests

- Writing Performance

Pioneer DVR-A06 supports both the dash (-) and plus (+) DVD R/RW formats. The maximum supported speeds are 4x for DVD-R/+R, 2x for DVD-RW and 2.4x for DVD+RW.

We burned 4315MB of DVD-Video at 4x DVD±R, 2.4x DVD+RW and 2x DVD-RW on media by Maxell, TDK, Verbatim, Philips, Pioneer and Ritek. The best recording times are illustrated in the following table. For comparison, we also include the writing times of Sony DRX-500UL and Optorite DD0203 in this case:

The following pictures come from Nero, after successful burnings with Pioneer DVR-A06. The amount of data is the same for all the tests.

• 4x DVD-R

• 4x DVD+R

• 2.4x DVD+RW

• 2x DVD-RW

Pioneer DVR-A06 selects automatically the maximum allowed recording speed according to the inserted blank DVD discs. The drive was fast with all the 4x DVD recordable media we tested. In the following table you can see the maximum permitted writing speeds with various media, along with the corresponding writing times.

- Compatibility Tests

We recorded a 4315MB DVD video file on DVD±R media and inserted it to some stand alone DVD players / recorders of the market. The compatibility of the discs was almost 100%, at least with these players, in terms of disc recognition and unproblematic playback / disc navigation.

Unfortunately, our DVD format compatibility tests had already been carried out before completing these tests, hence we were unable to include them on our review.