Lite-On iHAS324

Review Pages

1. Introduction, features
2. CD, DVD reading tests
3. CD error correction tests
4. DVD error correction tests
5. CD, DVD testing platform - The Quantized IQB Omni Analyzer
6. CD-R burning - Taiyo Yuden 48x
7. CD-R burning - Memorex (Ritek) 48x
8. CD-RW burning - Verbatim 32x
9. DVD-R burning - Verbatim MCC03RG20 16x
10. DVD-R burning - CMCMAG AM3 16x
11. DVD-R burning - RITEKF1 16x
12. DVD-R burning - TTH02 16x
13. DVD-R burning - Taiyo Yuden TYG03 24x
14. DVD+R burning - DAXON AZ3 16x
15. DVD+R burning - CMCMAG M01 16x
16. DVD+R burning - Verbatim MCC 004 16x
17. DVD+R burning - Moser Baer India MBIPG101 R05 16x
18. DVD+R burning - Taiyo Yuden YUDEN T03 24x
19. DVD-RW burning - Verbatim MKM01RW6X01 6x
20. DVD+RW burning - Verbatim MKM A03 8x
21. DVD+R DL burning - Verbatim MKM 003 8x
22. DVD-R DL burning - Verbatim MKM03RD30 8x
23. DVD-R DL burning - Verbatim MKM04RD30 12x
24. DVD-RAM burning - Maxel MXL22 12x
25. Summary of DVD burning tests, Overburning, Bit setting, SmartErase
26. Summary

All CD/DVD writing quality tests are done using the IQB Omni CD DVD Analyzer by Quantized. The IQB Omni from Quantized Systems is a physical disc analyzer, covering all CD and DVD formats, designed to meet the Quality Control demands of the duplication and replication sectors.

Omni's features allows you to identify media quality issues and highlight drive performance and recording problems.

The system is based on a Philips CD/DVD drive. It supports the majority of the optical disc formats, including CD-ROM, CD-R/RW, CD-A
DVD-R/-RW, DVD-R DL, DVD+R/+RW, DVD+R DL, DVD-ROM 5 and DVD-ROM.

The platform can test the media for the following signals:

CD-R/CD-ROM/CD-A	DVD+R/+RW	DVD-R/-RW	DVD-ROM
Reflectivity	R-I14H	R-I14H	R-I14H
Jitter	Modulation	Modulation	Modulation
I11/ITop	Jitter	Jitter	Jitter
Asymmetry/Beta	PI Sum 8	PI Sum 8	PI SUm 8
BLER	PI Unc	PI Unc	PI Unc
E11 to E32 Error Statistics	POF	POF	POF
Burst Errors	Beta	Beta	Asymmetry
	ADER		EDC
	ADER Unc

Test speeds for CD media are set at 16X and for DVD media at 4X.

The equipment is capable of providing measurements on the complete data area or at specific positions defined by the user (Quick Test mode). This zone testing procedure allows multiple areas of the disc to be tested in a single operation.

All numerical and graphical data are stored in a database. Data can be recalled with user defined criteria to create sets of related key results. Data can also be imported into most common software packages - MS Excel etc.

For more information on the Quantized IQB Omni Analyzer, visit http://www.quantized.com.

In the following pages, we present the writing quality measurements of various CD and DVD recordable and rewritable media, burned with the LiteOn iHAS324 DVD burner.