- Writing Tests

We burned some DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL discs with data content. For this task we used "Create Data Disc" from Nero CDSpeed in order to fully burn the discs.

Mitsubishi Chemicals DVD+R DL 8X

The specific DL disc from Mitsubishi Chemicals is certified for 8X burning and it was at this speed that the SHW-16H5S managed to burn it.

According to the reported graph, the writing strategy is Z-CLV. The reported time of 16:59min is rather good. The drive starts the burning process at 4X very briefly, then raises the speed up to 6X, and at around 1.5Gb the LiteOn reached the maximum speed of 8X which it maintained till the end of the layer. The second layer was a mirror copy of this.

Mitsubishi Chemicals DVD-R DL 4X

This disc, according to the manufacturer, is certified for 4X recording and this is the speed that the SHW-16H5S burned it at. The writing strategy was CLV.