In order to test the writing quality and readability of the burned media we used two readers with two software applications:

In general, a "perfect" disc should have a smooth reading curve, very low PIE/POE and zero (0) POF error rates. Most times however, even though a disc has very low PIE/POE error rates, the reading curve may not be smooth containing dropoffs. Due to the fact that we overspeed the reading capabilities of the LiteON SOHD-167T, such drops are expected, especially near the outer area of the disc.

The measurements below should be taken not as the absolute criteria of the burning quality, but as an indication level.

8X DVD+R Writing Speed

• Maxell 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Datawrite 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Philips 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Verbatim 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Waitec 8X DVD+R @ 8X

- Summary

In all cases Plextools reported low PIE error levels which was not confirmed by CDSpeed.