Optorite DD1205 Dual DVD±RW Recorder - Page 11

- Writing Performance

The Optorite DD1205 supports the DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW writing formats. The maximum supported speed for DVD+R is 12X ( P-CAV) & 4X CLV for DVD+RW media. DVD-R writing offers 8X ( Z-CLV) maximum writing speed and 4X CLV rewriting speed. Nero Burning Rom reported speeds, are shown below. In addition, the most important feature of this drive is Double Layer recording at 2.4X.

Below you can see the simulation writing tests with CDSpeed.

DVD+R@12X

DVD+R@8X

DVD-R@8X

DVD+RW@4X

DVD-RW@4X

The writing strategy for the Double Layer is CLV.

- Burning Tests

We burned 4315MB of data on various DVD±R, DVD±RW media. We used the maximum allowed writing speed for each disc, with the ExacLink feature enabled. For the 12X DVD+R burning speed, four of our media allowed the speed. The best recording time for the DVD+R format came with Maxell 8X media at 6:44 mins burning time.

Below are all the burning results with the various media types used. The disc information and the maximum allowed speed are summarized as they were reported from DVDinfoPro.

• DVD+R9

• DVD+R/RW Media

• DVD-R/RW Media

- DVD Overburning Tests

In order to test the drive's DVD overburning capabilities, we used two media types, one from Mitsubishi Chemicals 8X DVD-R and one from Waitec 8X DVD+R.

The Optorite DD1205 can overburn the minus format up to 4768MB.

The Optorite DD1205 cannot overburn with DVD+R format.

Mount Rainier isn't supported.