Who knows about "round robin" tests of blank media ?

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Who knows about "round robin" tests of blank ... - 11/14/2005 4:19:02 AM

franz99

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I have been reading some time ago that something called the "round robin" tests of blank media (new MID codes) has been moved from Japan to Taïwan.
I suppose that these tests are made by the burner manufacters on samples send by the blank media manufacturers in order to adjust the writing strategy for a given media and so improve the firmwares
Is this right or not ?
I have been searching around in forums for more detailed info about these tests, but could not find anything ...
So I like to know if somebody knows something precise about where and how these "round robin" tests tests are done.
My aim is to find out precisely which samples of a given MID code have been sent for these tests
For example Verbatim is manufacturing the same MID code at least in Singapore, Taiwan and India and I like to know which ones where used for adjusting the firmwares.
I think this could explain why we have all these differences in burning quality among a single MID code
A other question: these tests are first made when a new MID code come out. Who can garantee an absolutly constant quality of manufacturing during the whole lifetime of a MID code ?

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RE: Who knows about "round robin" tests of bl... - 11/16/2005 3:56:07 AM

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franz99 even i know in general what the round robin media tests are, i don't think you will find the exact results of the tests available to the Internet. The reports i have read, only indicate the test results anonymously, meaning, not many details are given to public

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RE: Who knows about "round robin" tests of bl... - 11/16/2005 4:10:14 AM

franz99

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Thanks a lot emperor fot this answer

I asked that because I like to know which samples are sent to these "round robin" tests
because of the variability in quality in some MID codes like Verbatim among the DVD-R and +R 8x certified

The only answer I find now to avoid variation in quality in the future
is to stick with the MID codes that are manufactured by TDK in their factory at Basharage in Luxembourg (it is easier for me to know because this factory is not far from my home)

< Message edited by franz99 -- 11/16/2005 4:11:35 AM >

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