Memorex MRX-525GE

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. CD - DVD Reading
3. CD Error Correction
4. DVD Error Correction
5. Daxon CD-R
6. MMM&M CD-R
7. Taiyo Yuden CD-R
8. TDK CD-R
9. Verbatim CD-R
10. Verbatim CD-RW
11. The DaTARIUS DVD Analyzer R 2x
12. CMC MAG M01 000 (00) DVD+R
13. MAXELL 003 000 (00) DVD+R
14. DAXON AZ3 (000) DVD+R
15. MCC 003 DVD+R
16. RICOHJPN R03 004 (04) DVD+R
17. YUDEN000 T03 DVD+R
18. RITEK R04 DVD+R
19. CMC MAG AM3 DVD-R
20. DAXON016S DVD-R
21. CMC MAG AE1 DVD-R
22. OPTODISC R016 DVD-R
23. MCC 03RG20 DVD-R
24. RITEK F1 DVD-R
25. TTH02 DVD-R
26. MKM 01RD30 DVD-R DL
27. MKM 03 RD30 DVD-R DL
28. RITEK S04 001 DVD+R DL
29. MKM 003 (000) DVD+R DL
30. MKM 01RW6X01 DVD-RW
31. RITEKW06 DVD-RW
32. RITEKW04 DVD-RW
33. MKM A03 DVD+RW
34. RICOHJPN W21 DVD+RW
35. INFODISC A10 001 DVD+RW
36. MXL 16 DVD-RAM
37. Burning Times Summary
38. Conclusion

In the following table we have gathered together the findings of the DVD quality measurements. 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 produced no uncorrectable digital errors, while on the right side there are the rest of the discs. For detailed measurement data, visit the corresponding pages.

Media type	Digital errors within limits	Digital errors exceed limits
DVD+R	YUDEN000 T03 (000) burned at 18X	MAXELL 003 000 (00) burned at 18X
		CMC MAG M01 (000) burned at 16X
		DAXON AZ3 000 (00) burned at 16X
		MCC 003 (000) burned at 8X
		RICOHJPN R03 004 (04) burned at 16X
		RITEK R04 (001) burned at 12X
DVD-R	DAXON016S burned at 16X	CMC MAG. AM3 burned at 16X
	MCC 03RG20 burned at 18X	CMC MAG. AE1 burned at 8X
	OPTODISCR016 burned at 16X	RITEKF1 burned at 16X
	TTH02 burned at 8X
DVD-R DL		MKM 01RD30 burned at 4X
DVD-R DL		MKM 03RD30 burned at 8X
DVD+R DL		RITEK S04 001 (01) burned at 4X
DVD+R DL		MKM 003 (000) burned at 8X
DVD-RW		RITEKW04 burned at 4X
		MKM 01RW6X01 burned at 6X
		RITEKW06 burned at 6X
DVD+RW		INFODISC A10 001 (01) burned at 4X
		RICOHJPN W21 (001) burned at 8X
		MKM A03 000 (00) burned at 8X

- Burning times

Here we have gathered the results of the burning tests for DVD media. The numbers formatted 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)
Memorex MRX-525GE	CMC Magnetics DVD+R 16X	CMCMAG M01 (000)	11.96X	5:38
	CMC Magnetics DVD+R 16X	DAXON AZ3 000 (00)	11.87X	5:44
	Maxell DVD+R 4.7GB 16X	Maxell 003 (000)	13.53X	5:14
	Verbatim DVD+R 4.7GB 8X	MCC 003 (000)	7.42X	8:59
	Ricoh DVD+R 4.7GB 16X	RICOHJPN R03 004 (04)	11.94X	5:40
	Ritek DVD+R 4.7GB 16X	RITEK R04 (001)	10.79X	6:11
	Taiyo Yuden DVD+R 4.7GB 16X	YUDEN000 T03 (000)	13.50X	5:11

DVD+R DL BURNING RESULTS
	Media Manufacturer	Manufacturer ID	Average Burning Speed	Burning Time (mins:secs)
Memorex MRX-525GE	Ritek DVD+R DL 8x	RITEK S04 001 (01)	3.95X	27:28
Memorex MRX-525GE	Verbatim DVD+R DL 8x	MKM 003 (000)	6.28X	19:11

DVD+RW BURNING RESULTS
	Media Manufacturer	Manufacturer ID	Average Burning Speed	Burning Time (mins:secs)
Memorex MRX-525GE	Verbatim DVD+RW 4.7GB 8X	MKM A03 (000)	7.47X	9:45
	Memorex DVD+RW 4.7GB 4X	INFODISC A10	4.02X	15:55
	Verbatim DVD+RW 4.7GB 8X	RICOHJPN W21 (001)	7.47X	8:33

DVD-R BURNING RESULTS
	Media Manufacturer	Manufacturer ID	Average Burning Speed	Burning Time (mins:secs)
Memorex MRX-525GE	CMC Magnetics DVD-R 4.7GB 8X	CMCMAG AE1	7.42X	9:07
	CMC Magnetics DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	CMCMAG AM3	11.91X	5:36
	BenQ DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	DAXON016S	11.92X	5:38
	Verbatim DVD-R 4.7GB 4X	MCC03RG20	13.54X	5:03
	Optodisc DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	OPTODISCR016	11.91X	5:37
	Ritek DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	RITEKF1	11.95X	5:35
	TDK DVD-R 4.7GB 16X	TTH02	7.42X	9:01

DVD-R DL BURNING RESULTS
	Media Manufacturer	Manufacturer ID	Average Burning Speed	Burning Time (mins:secs)
Memorex MRX-525GE	Verbatim DVD-R DL 8.5GB 4X	MKM 01RD30	3.95X	27:23
Memorex MRX-525GE	Verbatim DVD-R DL 8.5GB 8X	MKM 03RD30	6.29X	19:09

DVD-RW BURNING RESULTS
	Media Manufacturer	Manufacturer ID	Average Burning Speed	Burning Time (mins:secs)
Memorex MRX-525GE	Verbatim DVD-RW 4.7GB 6X	MKM 01RW6X01	5.63X	11:10
	Traxdata DVD-RW 4.7GB 4X	RITEK W04	4.02X	14:52
	Traxdata DVD-RW 4.7GB 6X	RITEKW06	5:63X	11:10