DVD Burning at 22x
6. Summary
In the following table, we have summed up the results of our tests. Green cells indicate a good burn, where the red ones indicate a bad one (PISum8 >280 or POF). The orange cells indicate discs that PISum8 error rate was slightly higher than the limits, and no POF were reported.
We remind you that the discs in the table below were recorded at the maximum supported speed.
HL-DT-ST GH22NS30 v1.02 |
LITEON iHAS422 v4L11 |
TSST SH-S223F vSB03 |
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Taiyo Yuden YUDEN000 T03 000 (00h) DVD+R |
Bad burn @22x |
Good burn @22x |
Excellent Burn @22x |
Verbatim MCC 004 000 (00h) DVD+R |
Average Burn @22x |
Bad burn @16x |
Excellent burn @20x |
Taiyo Yuden TYG03 DVD-R |
Bad Burn @22x |
Bad Burn @16x |
Average Burn @22x |
Verbatim MCC 03RG20 DVD-R |
Bad burn @22x |
Good burn @16x | Excellent burn @18x |
It is obvious that the Taiyo Yuden T03 DVD+R disc should be your choice if you decide to use the 22x burning speed. The disc was reliably recorded using the LiteOn and the Samsung drives and it seems to offer the wider compatibility among the burners of the test for 22x.
Surprisingly, the Yuden TYG03 DVD-R disc did not perform so well. The burn with the TSST drive was average with the PISum8 errors to slightly exceed the limits, while the rest of the drives did not manage to offer high quality recordings, even at speeds lower than the 22x.
The MCC004 DVD+R and MCC03RG20 DVD-R discs are also reliable at least in slower speeds (16x, 18x, 20x).
The LG GH22NS30 burner will burn your discs at 22x but the result is questionable. LiteOn's solution seems to be optimized to use the Yuden T03 DVD+R for 22x only. Finally, the Samsung S223F was the best performer here and will wisely decide to use the optimal burning speed according to the inserted disc.
We should also note here that all the discs in this test were fully readable. The red color indicates that the specific disc could be more vulnerable since the error rates reported were already high right after the burning procedure. This could mean that the specific discs could become unreadable earlier than the rest after some years, provided that the discs are treated and stored under the same conditions.
In the following weeks we will have the chance to see more results with discs recorded at 24x.