Waitec VISION HR DVD Recorder - page 5

Writing quality Tests

The following screenshots present the PI/PIF results for various DVD+R/RW media, recorded with the Waitec VISION HR at the maximum allowed speed. Before the tests, we flashed the device with the latest available official firmware from Waitec.

The software used for the measurements was KProbe v2.1.0. The ECC was set to 8 and the reading drive was LiteOn SOHD-167T. The specific methodology is very dependent on the drive used as a reader, while the reliability of the PI/PIF provided output is also not technically confirmed. Consequently, we could not safely come up with any conclusive results, but still, we did make a comparison of the drive's behavior when using various DVD recordable/rewritable media.

For the CDSpeed reading tests, we used the SD-1712 DVD-ROM from Toshiba.

BenQ 4X DVD+R

Cannot recognize the disc at all. However, it was playable with the Waitec recorder.

CMC 2.4X DVD+R

Cannot access the disc at all. Kprobe reported a servo error at the beginning. However, it was playable with the Waitec recorder.

TY 8X DVD+R

Intenso 8X DVD+R

Promedia 4X DVD+R

Traxdata 4X DVD+R

MMore 4X DVD+R

Traxdata 4X DVD+RW

Sentinel 2. 4X DVD+RW

CMC 2.4X DVD+RW

The recording quality of the Waitec is quite good. However, there was one case with increased PI/PIF levels and one with unrecoverable read errors.