TDK 1616N Recorder - Page 19

DVD+R DL - Page 1

- Writing Tests

We burned some DVD+R DL discs with DVD-Video content. The source disc was "Gladiator Movie - Special Edition" disc1 with a total size of 6.86GB. First we transferred the movie to the hard disc with DVD Decrypter as ISO format (single file). We used Double Layer media provided by Ritek and Verbatim (MKM). The following picture shows the media code of these Double Layer discs.

We used CopyToDVD v3.0.29.48. For our test, we used the "Movie & Pictures" option, and then the "Write DVD Video". The software prompts us to select Video_TS/ISO image folder. We chose the "GLADIATOR.ISO" image and we selected the TDK 1616N burner.

After pressing "OK", the burning procedure started without any unexpected delays (such as 50secs delay with the LiteON 832S). It should be noted that we did not change the booktype setting in order to check the default booktype setting of the TDK drive.

The writing process was finished after 22:51 minutes. The average speed was 3.88X as reported by CopyToDVD software. The recorded disc was in DVD+R9 format.

We then changed the default booktype setting of DVD+R9 media to DVD-ROM using the latest DVDInfoPro software:

The second disc we burned was the Verbatim Double Layer media. Recording time was further reduced to 22:48 mins and the average speed reported was 3.90X:

For comparison reasons, we post DL burning results with other writers, with the same disc content and same recording software:

The TDK 1616N is the fastest Double Layer recorder of all, surpassing the Pioneer and Asus 4X Double Layer recorders.