Philips DVDRW885K DL

Review Pages

1. Installation - Retail Package
2. Data CD Reading Tests
3. Error Correction Tests
4. DVD reading tests
5. DVD Error Correction Tests
6. Protected Disc Tests
7. DAE Tests
8. CD Recording Tests
9. Writing Quality Tests - 3T Jitter Tests
10. C1 / C2 Error Measurements
11. DVD Recording Tests
12. KProbe PI/PIF quality results
13. KProbe PI/PIF quality results for DL
14. Booktype Feature
15. 885K vs. SA300 - Page 1
16. 885K vs. SA300 - Page 2
17. 885K vs. SA300 - Page 3
18. 885K vs. SA300 - Page 4
19. DL Compatibility Tests
20. Conclusion

Philips DVDRW885K Double Layer - Page 19

DL Compatibility Tests

For our compatibility tests, we used the two burned DVD+R DL discs with DVD-Video content ("Gladiator Movie - Special Edition" Disc1), PowerDVD v5.0 and Windows Media Classic.

We played our DL media at all supported reading speeds on the following drives.The results are shown below:

Drive	Firmware	DVD-ROM Booktype
LiteOn SOHW-812S	vUSOJ	Playback is perfect
LiteOn LDW-811S	vHS0Q	Playback is perfect
LiteOn SOHC-5232K	vNK07	Playback is perfect
Panasonic LDF-511	vA112	Playback is perfect
Philips DVDR824P	vP1.2	Not recognized
Pioneer DCR-111	v1.26	Playback is perfect
Pioneer A06	v1.07	Playback is perfect
BenQ DW822A	vB3HC	Not recognized
Samsung SH-W08A	v1S30	Not recognized
Plextor PX-712A	v1.01	Playback is perfect
Pioneer A07	v1.12	Not recognized
Optorite DD405	v1.50E	Playback is perfect
Optorite DD203	v2.25	Playback is perfect
Ricoh MP5125A	v1.27	Playback is perfect
Ricoh 5308D	v1.B2	Playback is perfect
NEC 2500A	v1.07 official	Playback is perfect
LiteOn LTD-163D	vGH5S	Playback is perfect
LiteOn LTD-165H	vCH11	Playback is perfect
Pioneer DVD-500M	v1.02	Not recognized, drive makes noises
Pioneer DVD-106S/2	v1.22	Playback is perfect
Pioneer DVD-116/S2	v1.22	Playback is perfect
Toshiba SD-1502	v1012	Playback is perfect
Toshiba SD-1612	v1004	Playback is perfect
Toshiba SD-1712	v1004	Playback is perfect
Toshiba SD-1802	v1034	Playback is perfect
TEAC DV-516E	v2.01	Not recognized
BTC BDV-316B	v0.47	Playback is perfect
Ricoh MP5308D	v.1.B2	Playback is perfect

From 28 drives that are capable of reading DVD media, we had the following results:

	DVD+R DL (DVD-ROM BookType)
Perfect Playback	22
Medium/Low/No Playback	-
Not recognized at all	6

In addition, we tested with some standalone DVD players:

Player	(DVD-ROM BookType
PS2 SCPH-5004 series	Playback is perfect
Waitec DVD-X4	Disc recognized, playback is jerky
Waitec Vision-HR	Disc recognized, playback is jerky
LiteON LVW-5001	Playback is perfect
LiteON LVW-5005	Playback is perfect
Kiss DP-1504	Disc isn't recognized
Philips DVD-720SA	Playback is perfect
Philips DVD-763SA
Philips DVD-963SA
Pioneer DV-464
Pioneer DV-370
Pioneer DV-454
Pioneer DVR-7000
Pioneer DV-656A