- Writing Performance

Now we will check the burning performance with DVD media. Below, the available writing speed list as reported by Nero Burning Rom can be seen.

Using Nero CDSpeed with DVD-R and DVD+R media, we are able to see the 16X writing strategies.

- DVD+R media @ 16X CAV

- DVD-R media @ 16X CAV

- Burning Tests

We used a variety of 16X and 8X certified media to test the burning capabilities of the DW1655 DVD recorder.

DVD-R media

With the Overspeed option disabled through the QSuite utility, the drive burned almost all media at their certified speeds, although some drops were reported, with Optodisc 16X media burned at 12X and with Optodisc 8X media which reported a final burning time equal to that of a 2X burn. This is due to the SolidBurn feature.

Here is a list of various burned 16X effective media and the reported times...

• DVD+R media

Same performance here, with Optodisc media burned at 12X. The Philips media was burned at 16X reporting an overall time equal to an 8X burn. All other media were burned at their certified speeds. At 8X burning speed, the drive did quite well, although BenQ media was burned at an equivalent speed of 2X requiring 24:56 mins.

- DVD Overburning Test

DVD+R

DVD-R

The DW1655 supports overburning with ±R media, even at 16X, adding 500MB space to standard DVD media (in the case of the -R media).