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.

16X DVD-R Writing Speed

- BenQ 16X DVD-R @ 12X

- Datasafe 16X DVD-R @ 16X

- Datawrite Classic 16X DVD-R @ 16X

- Datawrite Titanium 16X DVD-R @ 16X

- Maxell 16X DVD-R @ 16X

- Moser Baer 16X DVD-R @ 16X

- Optodisc 16X DVD-R @ 16X

- Prodisc F02 16X DVD-R @ 16X

- Prodisc S05 16X DVD-R @ 16X

- Ricoh 16X DVD-R @ 16X

- Ridic 16X DVD-R @ 16X

- Vernatim 16X DVD-R @ 16X

- Summary

Unfortunatelly things are getting a bit messy while using 16X -R effective media. Even though all media were burned at their named speeds, the Q-Check utilities do not manage to aggree on any of the above burns. Never the less, an imporvement regarding burning quality with 16X-R media would be welcome.