Optiarc BC-5500A

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. CD/DVD/Blu-ray reading
3. CD error correction
4. DVD error correction
5. CD burning - CMC Margetics CD-R
6. CD burning - Verbatim CD-R
7. CD-RW burning
8. The DaTARIUS analyzer
9. DVD-R burning - CMCMAG AE1
10. DVD-R burning - CMCMAG AE3
11. DVD-R burning - Verbatim MCC 03RG20
12. DVD-R burning - OPTODISC R016
13. DVD-R burning - PRODISC F02
14. DVD-R burning - TYG03
15. DVD-RW burning - MKM 01RW6X01
16. DVD-R DL burning - MKM 03RD30
17. DVD+R burning - CMCMAG E01
18. DVD+R burning - DAXON AZ2
19. DVD+R burning - MCC004
20. DVD+R burning - RICOHJPN R03
21. DVD+R burning - RITEK R04
22. DVD+R burning - YUDEN T02
23. DVD+RW burning - Verbatim MKM A03
24. DVD+R DL burning - MKM 003
25. DVD-RAM burning
26. DVD burning summary , Bitsetting, Overburning
27. Final words

In the following table we have gathered the findings of the DVD quality measurements of this test. 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 gave back 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	CMC MAG.AE1 burned at 8X	CMC MAG.AM3 burned at 8X
	TYG03 burned at 8X	MCC 03RG20 burned at 8X
		OPTODISC R016 burned at 8X
		PRODISC F02 burned at 8X
DVD+R		CMC MAG E01 000 (00h) burned at 8X
		DAXON AZ2 000 (00h) burned at 8X
		MCC 004 000 (00h) burned at 8X
		RICOHJPN R03 004 (04h) burned at 8X
		RITEK R04 001 (01h) burned at 8X
		YUDEN000 T02 000 (00h) burned at 8X
DVD-R DL		MKM03RD30 burned at 4X
DVD+R DL	MKM 003 000 (00h) burned at 4X
DVD-RW	MKM 01RW6X01 burned at 4X
DVD+RW	MKM A03 000 (00h) burned at 3X