Pioneer DVR-A06 DVD±RW recorder

Review Pages

1. Introduction
2. CD Reading Tests
3. CD Error Correction Tests
4. DVD Reading Tests
5. DVD Error Correction Tests
6. Data Protected Disc Tests
7. DAE Tests
8. CD Recording Tests
9. CD-R Writing Quality Tests
10. Re-Writing Tests
11. DVD Recording Tests
12. KProbe PI/PO measurements
13. Conclusion

Pioneer DVR-A06 DVD±RW recorder - Page 8

CDR Tests

We used the latest version of Nero Burning Rom. Pioneer DVR-A06 supports all 16x, 12x, 8x, and 4x CLV writing speeds.

The following screenshot comes from a Nero CDSpeed writing simulation test using a blank 700MB CD-R disc. The drive starts writing at 16x and keeps this speed constant through out the whole writing process.

- Recording Times

We created a 80min data compilation under Nero Burning Rom and burned it to a 700MB disc. Pioneer DVR-A06 needs 329 seconds to finish the task. Optorite DD0203 gave almost the same recording time.The Sony DRX-500UL supports 24x (Z-CLV) maximum recording speed, and gave the lower writing time in this test.

The following picture comes from Nero after a successful burning at 16x speed:

Below you can see the best writing times of Pioneer DVR-A06 at 16x, 12x and 8x. The Sony drive is slower at 16x due to the implemented Z-CLV writing strategy.