- Writing Performance

The Pioneer DVR-110 supports 16X CAV, 12x ZCLV, 8x ZCLV, 6X ZCLV and 4XZCLV for both DVD±R media. Below is the supported burning speed reported by Nero upon media insertion.

By using Nero CD-DVD Speed with DVD-R and DVD+R media, we are able to see the supported writing strategy for the 16X DVD±R media and DVD±R DL media as well as for DVD-RAM media.

- DVD+R media @ 16X

- DVD-R media @ 16X

- DVD+R DL media @ 8X

- DVD-R DL media @ 8X

- DVD-RAM media @ 5X

- Burning Tests

We burned 4315MB of data on various DVD±R, DVD±RW media. We used the maximum allowed writing speed for each disc.

- DVD-R/-RW media

Most media were burned at their named speeds, with some exceptions (Traxdata and Prodisc 16X media were burned at 12X), while the TY and Datawrite 8X media were oversped at 12X. Note also that the Optodisc 16X media is not supported by the manufacturer's media list, and was burned at 4X max speed. Best burn in terms of writing time, came with the MKM 16X media burned in 6:02mins.

- DVD+R/+RW media

Using DVD+R media, most 16X certified media were not burned at their designated speed. Only two out of seven media were burned at 16X, while with 8X media, some overspeeding at 12X took place.

- Comparison with other drives

Comparing the writing times of the 110 drive with the other two drives, the Pioneer was the slowest by a few seconds with write once media. With Re-Writable media and DVD+RW in specific, the 110 burned the 8X+RW media at 2X max speed, hence the 1009 seconds reported.

- DVD Overburning Tests

Using Nero CD-DVD Speed, we tested to see if the drive can overburn using DVD+R and DVD-R media. Unfortunately, the drive does not support overburning.

- DVD+MRW Tests

The drive doesn't support the Mount Rainier feature.