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 DVD+R Media (cont.)
Ritek R03
Here's another 8x disc - this one by Ritek.
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The Pioneer drive has trouble with other Ritek media later in the analysis as well.
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The Plextor wins this match in both speed, but just this once.
Philips C08
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Something does not seem correct during the burn on the Pioneer drive, but we are assured that the unusual jittering does not affect the write quality negatively in the Plextor read back tests. The Plextor PX-712A produces a coaster.
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This is a clean, stable burn.
VDSPMSAB 001
Here is another low quality media that we tested with both drives.
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The Pioneer 108D struggles, but continues to read the disc that it wrote. The Plextor actually fares better here.
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Even though our DVR-108D had trouble reading the disc back in the same drive, everything seems copasetic in the PX-712A.
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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!!