LITE-ON DVDRW SH-16A7S

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. CD - DVD Reading
3. CD Error Correction
4. DVD Error Correction
5. Daxon CDR
6. Verbatim CDR
7. Ritek CDR
8. Taiyo Yuden CD-R
9. Verbatim US-RW
10. The DaTARIUS DVD Analyzer R 2x
11. CMC MAG E01
12. CMC MAG M01 000 (00)
13. MAXELL 003 000 (00)
14. DAXON AZ3 (000)
15. MCC 004 (000)
16. OPTODISC OR8
17. YUDEN000 T03
18. RICOHJPN R03 (004)
19. OPTODISC R016
20. DAXON016S
21. InfodiscR20
22. MBI 01RG40
23. MCC 03RG20
24. Prodisc F02
25. RitekF1
26. TTH02
27. MKM 01 RD30
28. MKM 03 RD30
29. MKM 003 (000)
30. RITEK S04 001
31. MKM 01RW6X01
32. RITEKW06
33. MKM A03
34. RIDOHJPN W21 001(01)
35. MXL16 DVD-RAM
36. Media List
37. Conclusion

In the following table we have gathered the findings of the DVD quality measurements tests. Note that each disc was measured under the same conditions with the Datarius equipment. On the left side of the table you can find the discs that did not produce uncorrectable digital errors, while on the right side those that did. For detailed measurement data, visit the corresponding pages.

Media type	Digital errors within limits	Digital errors exceed limits
DVD+R	CMC MAG E01 (000) burned at 8X	CMC MAG M01 (000) burned at 16X
	MAXELL 003 000 (00) burned at 16X	MCC 004 000 (00) burned at16X
	DAXON AZ3 000 (00) burned at 16X	OPTODISC0R8 burned at 8X
	YUDEN000 T03 (000) burned at 16X	RICOHJPN R03 004 (04) burned at 16X
DVD-R	DAXON016S burned at 16X	RITEKF1 burned at 16X
	INFODISC-R20 burned at 8X	TTH02 burned at 16X
	OPTODISCR016 burned at 16X
	MBI 01RG40 burned at 16X
	MCC 03RG20 burned at 16X
	ProdiscF02 burned at 16X
DVD-R DL	MKM 01RD30 burned at 4X
DVD-R DL	MKM 03RD30 burned at 8X
DVD+R DL	-	-
DVD-RW	MKM 01RW6X01 burned at 6X	RITEKW04 burned at 4X
DVD-RW		RITEKW06 burned at 6X
DVD+RW		RICOHJPN W21 (001) burned at 8X
DVD+RW		MKM A03 000 (00) burned at 8X

- Burning times

Here we have gathered the results of the burning tests for DVD media. Numbers in bold indicate the best recording time for each format.

For more information about the test done with each disc, you can visit the corresponding pages of this review.

DVD+R BURNING RESULTS
	Media Manufacturer	Manufacturer ID	Average Burning Speed	Burning Time (mins:secs)
LiteOn SH-16A7S	CMC Magnetics DVD+R 8X	CMCMAG E01 000 (00)	7.81X	8:54
	CMC Magnetics DVD+R 16X	CMCMAG M01 000 (00)	12.06X	5:52
	Daxon DVD+R 4.7GB 16X	DAXON AZ3 000 (00)	11.80X	6:42
	Maxell DVD+R 4.7GB 8X	MAXEL 003 000 (00)	12.09X	5:50
	Verbatim DVD+R 4.7GB 16X	MCC 004 000 (00)	12.07X	5:50
	Optodisc DVD+R 4.7GB 8X	OPTODISC 0R8 000 (00)	7.80X	8:54
	Ricoh DVD+R 4.7GB 16X	RICOHJPN R03 004 (04)	12.07X	5:51
	Taiyo Yuden DVD+R 4.7GB 16X	YUDEN000 T03 (000)	12.06X	5:51

DVD+R DL BURNING RESULTS
	Media Manufacturer	Manufacturer ID	Average Burning Speed	Burning Time (mins:secs)
LiteOn SH-16A7S	Ritek DVD+R DL 8x	RITEK S04 001 (01)	-	-
LiteOn SH-16A7S	Verbatim DVD+R DL 8x	MKM 003 (000)	-	-

DVD+RW BURNING RESULTS
	Media Manufacturer	Manufacturer ID	Average Burning Speed	Burning Time (mins:secs)
LiteOn SH-16A7S	Verbatim DVD+RW 4.7GB 8X	MKM A03 (000)	7.21X	8:20
LiteOn SH-16A7S	Ricoh DVD+RW 4.7GB 8X	RICOHJPN W21 (001)	7.22X	8:19

DVD-R BURNING RESULTS
	Media Manufacturer	Manufacturer ID	Average Burning Speed	Burning Time (mins:secs)
LiteOn SH-16A7S	BenQ DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	DAXON016S	11.97X	6:00
	Infodisc DVD-R 4.7GB 8X	INFODISC-R20	7.74X	8:27
	Moser Baer DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	MBI 01RG40	12.09X	5:52
	Verbatim DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	MCC03RG20	12.09X	5:54
	Optodisc DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	OPTODISCR016	12.07X	5:55
	Prodisc DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	ProdiscF02	11.96X	6:03
	Ritek DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	RITEKF1	11.97X	6:02
	TDK DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	TTH02	9.51X	7:14

DVD-R DL BURNING RESULTS
	Media Manufacturer	Manufacturer ID	Average Burning Speed	Burning Time (mins:secs)
LiteOn SH-16A7S	Verbatim DVD-R DL 8.5GB 4X	MKM 01RD30	3.97X	28:20
LiteOn SH-16A7S	Verbatim DVD-R DL 8.5GB 8X	MKM 03RD30	6.80X	18:24

DVD-RW BURNING RESULTS
	Media Manufacturer	Manufacturer ID	Average Burning Speed	Burning Time (mins:secs)
LiteOn SH-16A7S	Verbatim DVD-RW 4.7GB 6X	MKM 01RW6X01	5.74X	10:45
LiteOn SH-16A7S	Traxdata DVD-RW 4.7GB 6X	RITEKW06	5.73X	11:17