Pioneer DVR-108D - Crowning a new Champion
by Kristopher Kubicki on August 31, 2004 12:02 AM EST- Posted in
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Burn Tests CDR Media (cont'd)
Memorex CDR
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Again, we found no significant problems with either burn.
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We saw a few C2 errors, but the disc is relatively clean. We can consider this a good burn.
KHypermedia CDR
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During the burn, we can tell things are getting a little rocky for both burners. The disc burned in the Pioneer manages to read back slightly smoother, but the proof is really in the C1/C2 read.
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We see the most C1 and C2 errors in this analysis, particularly near the end. Note that both the Pioneer and the Plextor drives have difficulty reading back the discs that they burned near the end; the flaw seems to be in the media and not the drive.
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KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - link
Degrador, fixed, thanks.Kristopher
Degrador - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - link
Bitsetting basically describes what type of disc it is (only matters for DVD+R(W) and DL discs). Having a drive able to let you set the bitsetting means you can write discs that seem to be DVD-ROM discs not writables, and so old dvd-players can handle them better.Another thing I noticed in the article, the image shows the Ritek R03 discs burnt at only 4X on the Pioneer, yet you say "Even at that ambitious burn ..." and "the Pioneer wins this bout both in speed and write quality". Wrong image link perhaps?
KristopherKubicki - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - link
saechaka: someone said a hacked 3500A firmware supports bitsetting. I think its a pretty moot issue nowadays but some people find it really important.Kristopher
saechaka - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - link
what's the significance of this bitsetting? and will the 3500a be able to utilize that feature? thanksDegrador - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - link
Under the features table, you have the drive listed as writing DVD-RAM at 2X. This drive actually doesn't support writing DVD-RAM, only reading.Perhaps another thing of note is that the retail version has better noise management / control than the OEM version.
Also, is there any chance of doing some benchmarks with the newly released 1.10 firmware?
Thanks
Budman - Tuesday, August 31, 2004 - link
Pioneer DVD burners Rule!!