Plextor PX-760A
26. Conclusion
Review Pages
2. Reading Tests
3. CD Error Correction
4. DVD Error Correction
5. Protected Discs
6. CD Recording Tests
7. CD Writing Quality - Plextools
8. CD Writing Quality - Clover System
9. DVD Writing Tests
10. DVD Writing Quality - Page 1
11. DVD Writing Quality - Page 2
12. DVD Writing Quality - Page 3
13. DVD Writing Quality - Page 4
14. DVD Writing Quality - Page 5
15. DVD Writing Quality - Page 6
16. DVD Writing Quality - Page 7
17. DVD Writing Quality - Almedio
18. DVDR DL - Page 1
19. DVDR DL - Page 2
20. PX-760A vs CATS - Page 1
21. PX-760A vs CATS - Page 2
22. PX-760A vs CATS - Page 3
23. PX-760A vs CATS - Page 4
24. Booktype Setting
25. Media Quality Check Utility
26. Conclusion
27. Q-Check TA Function
28. Autostrategy
PX-760A, as with the PX-716A and PX-716A in the past, supports the advanced Q-Check function with the two acronyms "TA", that are the initials for Time Analyser. Plextools explains exactly what the test measures:
As we have mentioned in our previous reviews, this advanced Q-Check function checks the geometry of pit and lands on a recorded disc. As most of you know, the DVD specifications specify the length of both pits and lands as multiplies of the T time period of the clock. The Q-Check function checks whether there are any variations in the size of the pit/land spots on a recorded disc, compared to the theoretical values (3T-14T). In extreme cases where these variations are significant, reading could result in read errors.
So, once again we checked this function with two different discs, one single layer (MCC DVD+) and one dual layer (MCC DVD+R DL). Both discs were those we also scanned in the PI/PO Test in order to make a comparison with the SA300 CATS analyzer.
Single Layer Disc
After choosing the test and pressing start, you can select from three zones to "scan", inner/middle/outer for the appropriate disc zone:
The test results will vary from disc to disc and from zone to zone, however user can easily test a full disc in less than a minute, since each zone takes approximately 10 seconds to finish:
Dual Layer Disc
If the inserted disc is a dual layer (DL), user can select inner/middle zone at Layer 0/1, as the following picture illustrates:
Review Pages
2. Reading Tests
3. CD Error Correction
4. DVD Error Correction
5. Protected Discs
6. CD Recording Tests
7. CD Writing Quality - Plextools
8. CD Writing Quality - Clover System
9. DVD Writing Tests
10. DVD Writing Quality - Page 1
11. DVD Writing Quality - Page 2
12. DVD Writing Quality - Page 3
13. DVD Writing Quality - Page 4
14. DVD Writing Quality - Page 5
15. DVD Writing Quality - Page 6
16. DVD Writing Quality - Page 7
17. DVD Writing Quality - Almedio
18. DVDR DL - Page 1
19. DVDR DL - Page 2
20. PX-760A vs CATS - Page 1
21. PX-760A vs CATS - Page 2
22. PX-760A vs CATS - Page 3
23. PX-760A vs CATS - Page 4
24. Booktype Setting
25. Media Quality Check Utility
26. Conclusion
27. Q-Check TA Function
28. Autostrategy