LiteON SOHW-1633S Recorder - Page 15

CDSpeed/PlexTools Scans - Page 3

In order to test the writing quality and readability of the burned media we used two readers with two software applications:

In general, a "perfect" disc should have a smooth reading curve, very low PIE/POE and zero (0) POF error rates. Most times however, even though a disc has very low PIE/POE error rates, the reading curve may not be smooth containing dropoffs. Due to the fact that we overspeed the reading capabilities of the LiteON SOHD-167T, such drops are expected, especially near the outer area of the disc.

The measurements below should be taken not as the absolute criteria of the burning quality, but as an indication level.

8X DVD-R Writing Speed

• Verbatim 8X DVD-R @ 8X

• 3A 8X DVD-R @ 8X

• CMC 8X DVD-R @ 8X

• Datawrite 8X DVD-R @ 8X

• Intenso 8X DVD-R @ 8X

• TDK 8X DVD-R @ 8X

• Traxdata 8X DVD-R @ 8X

• TY 8X DVD-R @ 8X

- Summary

Although most media reported PI/PIF levels lower than the 280 limit, we were expecting to see better results than these. No read errors were reported for all media. Perhaps future firmware releases will include improved writing quality.