BenQ DW1625
6. DVD Recording Tests
Review Pages
2. Transfer Rate Reading Tests
3. DVD Error Correction Tests
4. DAE Tests
5. CD Recording Tests
6. DVD Recording Tests
7. CDSpeed/PlexTools Scans - Page 1
8. CDSpeed/PlexTools Scans - Page 2
9. CDSpeed/PlexTools Scans - Page 3
10. Writing Quality Tests - Almedio AEC-1000
11. DVD+R DL - Page 1
12. DVD+R DL - Page 2
13. Booktype Support
14. Lightscribe Feature
15. Conclusion
- Writing Performance
The maximum supported speed for DVD+R is 16X (6X~16X CAV), 8X P-CAV for DVD-R, 4X CLV for DVD±RW and 2.4X for DVD+R DL media.
By using Nero CD-DVD Speed's "create disc" function, we are able to see the 16X recording technology being used by the DW1625 burner.
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8X DVD+R Single Layer writing
The drive completed successful DVD writing at 16X in 6:17mins. It started writing at 5.58X, reached a maximum writing speed of 15.99X and clocked in an average speed of 11.42X.
Below is a table with several 12X and 16X burners, reporting their average writing speeds as measured by Nero CDDVDSpeed, showing that the BenQ DW1625 is the fastest 16X recorder:
Drive |
Writing Strategy |
Writing Speed |
Average Writing Speed |
BenQ DW1625 |
CAV |
16X |
11.42X |
Plextor PX-712A |
P-CAV |
12X |
10.62X |
ASUS DRW-1604P |
Z-CLV |
16X |
10.11X |
Pioneer DVR-108A |
Z-CLV |
16X |
10.03X |
LG GSA-4120B |
Z-CLV |
12X |
9.87X |
- Supported media list/Burning Tests
We burned 4315MB of data on various DVD±R, DVD±RW media. We used the maximum allowed writing speed for each disc.
- Writing Time Results
- DVD-R media
- DVD+R media
- Comparison with other drives
With DVD+R and -R media, the BenQ burner was very close to being the fastest, only 1 second behind the LG GSA-4160B in both cases.
With DVD+RW/-RW media, the BenQ burner was the slowest among the three where with DVD-RW media, the difference was around 40 secs.
- DVD Overburning Test
Overburning is not supported with DVD+R media.
- DVD+MRW Tests
The drive doesn't support the Mount Rainier feature.
Review Pages
2. Transfer Rate Reading Tests
3. DVD Error Correction Tests
4. DAE Tests
5. CD Recording Tests
6. DVD Recording Tests
7. CDSpeed/PlexTools Scans - Page 1
8. CDSpeed/PlexTools Scans - Page 2
9. CDSpeed/PlexTools Scans - Page 3
10. Writing Quality Tests - Almedio AEC-1000
11. DVD+R DL - Page 1
12. DVD+R DL - Page 2
13. Booktype Support
14. Lightscribe Feature
15. Conclusion