Holiday Shopping Roundup: Eight Dual Format Recordable DVD Drives

Burn Tests DVD-R Media

Higher burn speed averages are better.

PRINCO — 1X DVD-R
Drive	Average Burn	Length	Mode
ASUS DRW-0402P/D	1.01X	4.38GB	CLV
Gigabyte GO-W0404A	1.02X	4.38GB	CLV
LiteOn LDW-411S	1.01X	4.38GB	CLV
MSI DR4-A	1.00X	4.38GB	CLV
NEC 1300A	1.00X	4.38GB	CLV
Nu Tech DDW-081	N/A	4.38GB	N/A
Plextor 708A	2.02X	4.38GB	CLV
Sony DRU-530A	2.02X	4.38GB	CLV

RITEKG04 — 4X DVD-R
Drive	Average Burn	Length	Mode
ASUS DRW-0402P/D	4.01X	4.38GB	CLV
Gigabyte GO-W0404A	4.02X	4.38GB	CLV
LiteOn LDW-411S	4.02X	4.38GB	CLV
MSI DR4-A	4.00X	4.38GB	CLV
NEC 1300A	4.01X	4.38GB	CLV
Nu Tech DDW-081	N/A	4.38GB	N/A
Plextor 708A	4.02X	4.38GB	CLV
Sony DRU-530A	4.04X	4.38GB	CLV

MCC01RG20 — 4X DVD-R
Drive	Average Burn	Length	Mode
ASUS DRW-0402P/D	4.00X	4.38GB	CLV
Gigabyte GO-W0404A	4.02X	4.38GB	CLV
LiteOn LDW-411S	4.01X	4.38GB	CLV
MSI DR4-A	4.00X	4.38GB	CLV
NEC 1300A	4.00X	4.38GB	CLV
Nu Tech DDW-081	N/A	4.38GB	N/A
Plextor 708A	4.02X	4.38GB	CLV
Sony DRU-530A	4.05X	4.38GB	CLV

There was not much difference between each burner for DVD-R. We did notice that both the Sony and Plextor burner recognized the PRINCO 1X DVD-R media with a slightly higher write descriptor.