Read Tests - Printed Media

Lower seek times are better.

Seek Times - Pressed CD 74:40.02
Drive Random Full
AOpen DDW8800 122ms 188ms
ASUS DRW-0802P 127ms 296ms
BenQ DW1620 117ms 284ms
Gigabyte GO-W0808A 116ms 232ms
LG GSA-4120B 125ms 242ms
MSI DR12-A 84ms 153ms
Nu Tech DDW-082 113ms 160ms
Pioneer DVR-108D 130ms 355ms
Plextor PX-712A 112ms 165ms
Sony DRU-530A 86ms 155ms
Sony DRU-540A 84ms 152ms
Sony DRU-700A 119ms 245ms
Toshiba SD-R5272 110ms 169ms

Seek Times - DVD 4.38GB
Drive Random Full
AOpen DDW8800 114ms 272ms
ASUS DRW-0802P 130ms 312ms
BenQ DW1620 122ms 333ms
Gigabyte GO-W0808A 102ms 194ms
LG GSA-4120B 94ms 195ms
MSI DR12-A 106ms 224ms
Nu Tech DDW-082 99ms 171ms
Pioneer DVR-108D 136ms 345ms
Plextor 712A 107ms 259ms
Sony DRU-530A 129ms 204ms
Sony DRU-540A 107ms 152ms
Sony DRU-700A 121ms 231ms
Toshiba SD-R5272 97ms 180ms

Read - Pressed CD
Drive Average Read Length
AOpen DDW8800 31.35X 79:57.7
ASUS DRW-0802P 30.89X 79:57.7
BenQ DW1620 33.27X 79:57.7
Gigabyte GO-W0808A 30.12X 79:57.7
LG GSA-4120B 32.50X 79:57.7
MSI DR12-A 31.81X 79:57.7
Nu Tech DDW-082 33.22X 79:57.7
Pioneer DVR-108D 31.74X 79:57.7
Plextor 712A 33.25X 79:57.7
Sony DRU-530A 31.80X 79:57.7
Sony DRU-540A 31.79X 79:57.7
Sony DRU-700A 31.06X 79:57.7
Toshiba SD-R5272 31.22X 79:57.7

Read - DVDR
Drive Average Read Length
AOpen DDW8800 3.75X 4.38GB
ASUS DRW-0802P 6.27X 4.38GB
BenQ DW1620 9.35X 4.38GB
Gigabyte GO-W0808A 6.16X 4.38GB
LG GSA-4120B 7.58X 4.38GB
MSI DR12-A 8.22X 4.38GB
Pioneer DVR-108D 9.38X 4.38GB
Nu Tech DDW-082 6.53X 4.38GB
Plextor 712A 6.21X 4.38GB
Sony DRU-530A 5.79X 4.38GB
Sony DRU-540A 8.15X 4.38GB
Sony DRU-700A 6.20X 4.38GB
Toshiba SD-R5272 6.61X 4.38GB

Read - Pressed DVD Video
Drive Average Read Length
AOpen DDW8800 3.44X 7.88GB
ASUS DRW-0802P 6.34X 7.88GB
BenQ DW1620 5.34X 7.88GB
Gigabyte GO-W0808A 6.31X 7.88GB
LG GSA-4120B 6.88X 7.88GB
MSI DR12-A 6.84X 7.88GB
Nu Tech DDW-082 4.30X 7.88GB
Pioneer DVR-108D 5.40X 7.88GB
Plextor 712A 6.18X 7.88GB
Sony DRU-530A 6.45X 7.88GB
Sony DRU-540A 6.91X 7.88GB
Sony DRU-700A 5.88X 7.88GB
Toshiba SD-R5272 6.44X 7.88GB

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  • Compddd - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link

    Is the Pioneer DVR-A08XL still the best one though?
  • lennylim - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link

    Firmware link is incorrect, although it doesn't take much to figure out what it should be.
  • Fionavar - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link

    Did you say weeks on the round-up? I hope it is much sooner than that as I need a new DVD player and at the moment I am seriously considering the NEC ND-3500 ... the specs and the fact that it comes with the full Nero 6 package is a seeller - of course your round-up might tell me otherwise ...
  • Resh - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link

    Why did you guys put this out before the round-up? Seems to indicate you think this one is better than the rest, which makes one wonder about the point of the round-up.

    Anyway, get the damn thing out so I can buy one already. :)
  • Basse - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link

    ...and some are missing!

    Looking forward to reading the roundup :-)
  • Basse - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link

    Check the mouseover images, they seem a tad large.
  • UlricT - Wednesday, September 29, 2004 - link

    uuhhh... what is this here?

    Page 3:
    "...Unfortunately, the drive lacks DVD-RAM and Mount Rainer support. The drive claims slightly quicker than average access times as well.

    Make a special note of some of the neater capabilities of this drive, including DVD-RAM support,..."

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