Ricoh MP5308D DVD±R/RW Recorder - Page 11

- Writing Performance

The Ricoh MP5308D supports DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW writing. The maximum supported speed for the DVD±R is 8X P-CAV and 4X CLV for DVD±RW media. Nero Burning Rom reported speeds, are shown below.

Below are listed the media codes supported for the ±R/RW formats with recording speeds:

• DVD-R

  [MCC 01RG20 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [FUJIFILM02 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0
  [TYG01 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [TYG02 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [TYG03 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [TYG04 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [SONY08D1 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [SONY08D2 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [[MXL RG03 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [MXL RG04 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [RITEKG05 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [RITEKG06 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [PVCR001002 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [PVCR001003 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [PVCR002001 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [FUJIFILM03 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [MCC 02RG20 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [MCC 03RG20 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [TTG02 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [TTG03 ] 2.0 4.0 6.0 8.0

• DVD+R

  [YUDEN000T00 ] 2.4 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [TDK 001 ] 2.4 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [MAXELL 001 ] 2.4 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [YUDEN000T01 ] 2.4 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [RICOHJPNR02 ] 2.4 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [MCC 003 ] 2.4 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [SONY D11 ] 2.4 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [PRODISC R03 ] 2.4 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [MAXELL 002 ] 2.4 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [CMC MAG E01 ] 2.4 4.0 6.0 8.0
  [Philips 081 ] 2.4 4.0 6.0 8.0

• DVD-RW

  [MCC 01RW4X ] 2.0 4.0
  [JVC0VictorD7] 2.0 4.0

• DVD+RW

  PRODISC W02] 2.4 4.0
  [DAXON D41] 2.4 4.0
  [INFODISCA10] 2.4 4.0
  [CMC MAG W02] 2.4 4.0
  [RITEK 004] 2.4 4.0
  [SONY S11] 2.4 4.0
  [PHILIPS 041] 2.4 4.0
  [MKM A02] 2.4 4.0
  [RICOHJPNW11] 2.4 4.0

By using Nero CD-DVD Speed's "create disc" function with Plextor's 8X DVD-R media, we are able to see the 8X Z-CLV recording technology being used by the MP5308D recorder.

The drive starts writing at 3.96X until 0.85GB where it shifts up to 6X, until 2.2GB where it further shifts to 8X and stays there till the end. The average writing speed is around 7.14X. This recording strategy is used for both DVD±R formats.

- Burning Tests

We burned 4315MB of data on various DVD±R, DVD±RW media. We used the maximum allowed writing speed for each disc. The best recording times for the DVD-R format came from MKM/Verbatim 8X & MCC 4X media with 9:20mins.

With DVD+R media, best recording time came from Mitsubishi Kagaku 8X with 9:15mins. Also Ricoh didn`t managed to overburn DVDs.

Below are all the burning results with the various media types used.

• DVD-R/RW Media

• DVD+R/RW Media

- DVD Overburning Tests

In order to test the drive's DVD overburning capabilities, we used two media types, one from CMC 4X DVD-R and one from Plextor's 8X DVD+R. As you can see, the drive refused to start the test with DVD-R media,

while with DVD+R, the test started but when it reached 4.38GB, stopped with an error message.

Thus Ricoh cannot overburn with either DVD±R formats.

Ricoh MP5308D doesn`t support the Mount Rainier feature.