Sony BWU-500S Review

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1. Meet the Sony BWU-500S BD Burner
2. CD, DVD and Blu-ray Disc reading tests
3. CD Error Correction tests
4. DVD Error Correction tests
5. CD/DVD writing quality testing platform
6. CD-R burning - TDK (Ritek) CD-R 48x
7. CD-R burning - Taiyo Yuden CD-R 48x
8. CD-RW burning - Verbatim CD-RW 32x
9. DVD-R burning - Ricoh (CMCMAG AM3) DVD-R SL 16x
10. DVD-R burning - Verbatim (MCC03RG20) DVD-R SL 16x
11. DVD-R burning - Ridisc (TTH02) DVD-R SL 16x
12. DVD-R burning - Taiyo Yuden (TYGO3) DVD-R SL 16x
13. DVD-RW burning - TDK (CMCW04) DVD-RW 6x
14. DVD-R DL burning - Verbatim (MKM03RD30) DVD-R DL 8x
15. DVD+R burning - Philips (INFOME R30) DVD+R 16x
16. DVD+R burning - Moser Baer India (MBIPG101R05) DVD+R 16x
17. DVD+R burning - Verbatim (MCC004) DVD+R 16x
18. DVD+R burning - Datawrite Titanium (PRODISC R04) DVD+R SL 16x
19. DVD+RW burning - Verbatim (MKMA03) DVD+RW 8x
20. DVD+R DL burning - Verbatim (MKM003) DVD+R DL 8x
21. DVD-RAM burning - Maxell DVD-RAM 5x, 12x
22. BD-R burning - Panasonic BD-R SL 6x (MEI RA1)
23. BD-R burning - Sony BD-R SL 6x (SONY NN3)
24. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R SL 6x LTH (VERBATIMu)
25. BD-R Burning - Moser Baer BD-R SL 6x (MBI R06)
26. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R SL 6x (VERBATIMe)
27. BD-R burning Verbatim BD-R SL 7.5GB 2x (VERBATIMa)
28. BD-R DL burning - Panasonic BD-R DL 6X (MEI RB1)
29. BD-R DL burning - Verbatim BD-R DL 6X (VERBATIMf)
30. BD-R DL burning - TDK BD-R DL 4x (TDKBLDRFB)
31. BD-R DL burning - Verbatim BD-R DL 2x (VERBATIMb)
32. BD-RE burning - Verbatim BD-RE SL 2X (VERBATIM0)
33. BD-RE DL burning - BD-RE DL 2x (VERBATIM1)
34. BD-RE DL burning TDK BD-RE DL 2X (TDKBLDWfa)
35. Summary of DVD, BD quality tests, Overburning, Booktype
36. Final words

In the following table, we have gathered the findings of the DVD and CD quality measurement tests. On the left side of the table, you can find the discs that did not produce uncorrectable digital errors (POF or E32), while on the right side are the rest of the discs. For detailed measurement data, visit the corresponding pages.

Media type	Digital errors within limits	Uncorrectable digital errors
DVD-R	Ricoh (CMCMAG AM3) burned at 16X.	Ridisc (TTH02) burned at 16x
	MCC 03RG20 burned at 16x
	TYG03 burned at 16X
DVD+R	Verbatim MCC 004 burned at 16X.
	Philips (INFOME R30) burned at 16x
	Datawrite Titanium (PRODISC R04) burned at 12X
	MBI PG101R05 burned at 16x
DVD+RW	Verbatim MKM A03 burned at 8x
DVD+R DL	Verbatim MKM 003 burned at 8x
DVD-R DL		Verbatim MKM03RD30 burned at 8x (POF, PI8, jitter)
DVD-RW		TDK (CMCW04) burned at 6x (Pi8, POF)
CD-R	Taiyo Yuden 48x CD-R burned at 48x
CD-R	TDK (RITEK) 48x CD-R burned at 48x
CD-RW	Verbatim 32x CD-RW (US-RW) burned at 24x

- Blu-ray disc quality

In the following table we have gathered the writing quality results we got with the BD-R/RE media of this test using the Opti Drive Control software. We remind you that for BDs, the following parameters are measured:

LDC (Long Distance Code): number of parity errors on LDC codewords per ECC block (32 sectors)
BIS (Burst Indication Subcode): number of parity errors on BIS codewords per ECC block (32 sectors)

On a good disc, the average LDC should stay below 13 and BIS should stay below 15, according to the author of the software.

Media type	MID	average LDC (<13)	average BIS (<15)
BD-R SL	Verbatim BD-R SL LTH 6x VERBATIMu burned at 6x	23.46	0.45
	Verbatim BD-R 8cm 2x VERBATIMa 7GB burned at 2x	0.62	0.01
	Verbatim BD-R SL 6x VERBATIMe burned at 6x	2.36	0.04
	Moser Baer India BD-R SL 6x MBI R06 burned at 6x	6.45	0.12
	Sony BD-R SL 6x SONY NN3 burned at 12x	8.25	0.27
	Panasonic BD-R SL 6x MEI RA1 burned at 12x	17.07	0.34
BD-R DL	VERBATIM BD-R DL 6x (VERBATIMf) burned at 6x	6.78	0.11
	Verbatim BD-R DL 2x VERBATIMb burned at 2x	16.85	0.28
	Panasonic BD-R DL (MEI RB1) burned at 8x	51.27	1.12
	TDK BD-R DL 4x (TDKBLDRFB (000)) burned at 4x	3.99	0.08
BD-RE SL	Verbatim BD-RE SL 2x VERBATIM0 burned at 2x	3.41	0.05
BD-RE DL	Verbatim BD-RE DL 2x VERBATIM1 burned at 2x	2.83	0.07
BD-RE DL	TDK BD-RE DL 2x TDKBLDWFA burned at 2x	12.02	0.35