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Sony BDX-S500U

Jan 12,2011 0

11. DVD-R burning - CMC MAG AM3 16x @ 8x

Review Pages

1. Meet the Sony BDX-S500U BD burner
2. CD and DVD reading tests
3. Reading damaged CDs
4. Reading damaged DVDs
5. Reading Blu-ray discs
6. CD DVD media quality testbed
7. CD-R burning - Verbatim 48x @ 24x
8. CD-R burning - Maxell 52x @24x
9. DVD-R burning - TDK TTH02 16x @ 8x
10. DVD-R burning - Verbatim MCC03RG20 16x @ 8x
11. DVD-R burning - CMC MAG AM3 16x @ 8x
12. DVD-R burning - Moser Baer India MBI01RG40 16x @ 8x
13. DVD-R burning - Taiyo Yuden TYG03 16x @ 8x
14. DVD+R burning - Philips INFOME R30 16x @ 8x
15. DVD+R burning - Moser Baer India MBIPG101 R05 16x @ 8x
16. DVD+R burning - Verbatim MCC004 16x @ 8x
17. DVD+R burning - PRODISC R04 16x @ 8x
18. DVD+R DL burning - Moser Baer India MBIPG101 R10 8x
19. DVD+R DL burning - Verbatim MKM 003 8x @ 4x
20. DVD-R DL burning - Verbatim MKM 03RD30 8x @ 4x
21. DVD-RW burning - Verbatim MKM 01RW6X01 6x @ 4x
22. DVD+RW burning - Verbatim MKM A03 8x @ 4x
23. DVD-RAM burning - Maxell MXL16 5x @ 5x
24. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R 25GB LTH VERBATIMu 6x @ 6x
25. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R 25GB VERBATIMe 6x @ 6x
26. BD-R burning - TDK BD-R 25GB TDKBLDRBB 4x @ 4x
27. BD-R burning - Sony BD-R 25GB SONY N3 6x @ 6x
28. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R 25GB VERBATIMc 4x @ 4x
29. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R 50GB VERBATIMf 6x @ 4x
30. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R 25GB VERBATIM0 2x @ 2x
31. BD-RE burning - Verbatim BD-RE 50GB VERBATIM1 2x @ 2x
32. BD-RE burning - Verbatim BD-RE 7GB VERBATIM0 2x @ 2x
33. BD-RE burning - TDK BD-R 50GB TDKBLDRFB 4x @ 2x
34. Summary of CD/DVD/BD quality tests, Booktype, Overburning
35. Final thoughts

- Media Info

- Writing

- Reading

- Writing Quality - iQB OMNI

That's a bad burn for the Sony drive. many parameters were out of acceptable limits including POF.

Review Pages

1. Meet the Sony BDX-S500U BD burner
2. CD and DVD reading tests
3. Reading damaged CDs
4. Reading damaged DVDs
5. Reading Blu-ray discs
6. CD DVD media quality testbed
7. CD-R burning - Verbatim 48x @ 24x
8. CD-R burning - Maxell 52x @24x
9. DVD-R burning - TDK TTH02 16x @ 8x
10. DVD-R burning - Verbatim MCC03RG20 16x @ 8x
11. DVD-R burning - CMC MAG AM3 16x @ 8x
12. DVD-R burning - Moser Baer India MBI01RG40 16x @ 8x
13. DVD-R burning - Taiyo Yuden TYG03 16x @ 8x
14. DVD+R burning - Philips INFOME R30 16x @ 8x
15. DVD+R burning - Moser Baer India MBIPG101 R05 16x @ 8x
16. DVD+R burning - Verbatim MCC004 16x @ 8x
17. DVD+R burning - PRODISC R04 16x @ 8x
18. DVD+R DL burning - Moser Baer India MBIPG101 R10 8x
19. DVD+R DL burning - Verbatim MKM 003 8x @ 4x
20. DVD-R DL burning - Verbatim MKM 03RD30 8x @ 4x
21. DVD-RW burning - Verbatim MKM 01RW6X01 6x @ 4x
22. DVD+RW burning - Verbatim MKM A03 8x @ 4x
23. DVD-RAM burning - Maxell MXL16 5x @ 5x
24. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R 25GB LTH VERBATIMu 6x @ 6x
25. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R 25GB VERBATIMe 6x @ 6x
26. BD-R burning - TDK BD-R 25GB TDKBLDRBB 4x @ 4x
27. BD-R burning - Sony BD-R 25GB SONY N3 6x @ 6x
28. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R 25GB VERBATIMc 4x @ 4x
29. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R 50GB VERBATIMf 6x @ 4x
30. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R 25GB VERBATIM0 2x @ 2x
31. BD-RE burning - Verbatim BD-RE 50GB VERBATIM1 2x @ 2x
32. BD-RE burning - Verbatim BD-RE 7GB VERBATIM0 2x @ 2x
33. BD-RE burning - TDK BD-R 50GB TDKBLDRFB 4x @ 2x
34. Summary of CD/DVD/BD quality tests, Booktype, Overburning
35. Final thoughts

Sony