Optiarc AD 7260S review

Review Pages

1. Features, specifications
2. CD, DVD reading
3. Reading of defected CDs
4. Reading of defected DVDs
5. CD/DVD Writing quality tester - IQB Omni CD DVD Analyzer by Quantized
6. CD-R writing - Verbatim CD-R 48x
7. CD-R writing - Memorex (Ritek) CD-R 48x
8. CD-RW writing - Verbatim 32x CD-RW
9. DVD-R writing - Philips DVD-R 16x
10. DVD-R writing - Verbatim DVD-R 16x
11. DVD-R writing - Maxell (Ritek) DVD-R 16x
12. DVD-R writing - Ridisc DVD-R (TTH02) 16x
13. DVD-R writing - Taiyo Yuden DVD-R 16x
14. DVD+R writing - Philips DVD+R 16x
15. DVD+R writing - Moser Baer India DVD+R 16x
16. DVD+R writing - Verbatim DVD+R 16x
17. DVD+R writing - Taiyo Yuden DVD+R 16x
18. DVD+R DL writing - Verbatim DVD+R DL 8x
19. DVD-R DL writing - Verbatim DVD-R DL 8x
20. DVD-R DL writing - Verbatim DVD-R DL 12x
21. DVD+RW writing - Verbatim (MKM A03) DVD+RW 8x
22. DVD-RW writing - Verbatim DVD-RW 6x
23. DVD-RAM writing - Maxell DVD-RAM 5x, 12x
24. Summary of CD/DVD writing tests, Booktype
25. Final words

-Disc Info

Maxell DVD-RAM 5x certified

- Writing strategy

- Reading

-Disc Info

Maxell DVD-RAM 12x certified

- Writing strategy

- Reading

The Optiarc AD-7260S DVD burner had not any reading/writing problems with both the Maxell DVD-RAM discs of this test (@5x and @12x)

DVD-RAM is a rewritable format supported by the DVD Forum. A DVD-RAM can be seen as a removable hard drive. However, as any other hard drive the DVD-RAM must be "prepared" (formatted) before the first use. A DVD-RAM disc must be formatted using the UDF (Universal Disk Format). Usually, a 4.7GB DVD-RAM should be formatted using the UDF 1.5 or the UDF 2.0 format.

Notice that in the above tests we showcase the maximum recording speeds supported by the drive with the specific DVD-RAM media. In case you are using your DVD-RAM discs as a removable hard drive through your Windows OS, you may experience slower burning. That because the DVD-RAM format features an automatic verification technology that results to safer but slower recordings.