Exclusive: Plextor 712A, First 12X DVD+R to Retail

Burn Tests DVD-R Media

We repeated the same benchmark from the previous page with a RITEKG04 disc.

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Below are a set of write descriptors that we could find for DVD-R and DVD-RW media:

• RITEKG03: 1x (2x)
• RITEKG04: 4x (4x)
• MCC 01RG20: 8x (4x)
• MCC 02RG20: 8x (8x)
• MKM A02: 4x (4x)
• OPTODISCOP1: 2.4x (2.4x)
• PRINCO: 2x (1x)

Write Quality

We used Kprobe 2.1.0 with a Lite-On LWD-851S drive for our tests. Nero CD/DVD Speed is used to read back the disc in the LiteOn and Plextor drives.

Here are our tests with the LiteOn drive.

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Below, you can see the PIPO graph according to PlexTools with the 712A drive.

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And, here is that same disc reading in Nero DVD tools.

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The PI/PO graph looks more dramatic with this disc than the other DVD+R media. However, it is still very readable and jitters only slightly in our LiteOn drive when reading.