- Writing Performance

The Plextor Samsung SH-W162C supports up to 16x burning speed with both +R and -R DVD media formats. Nero Burning Rom's reported speeds are shown below.

Below, you can see the writing speed graph, as reported by Nero CD-DVD Speed.

• DVD+R media @ 16X CAV

The writing strategy confirms the manufacturer's specs of 16X speed. Notice the WOPC, activated for DVD+R media.

• DVD-R media @ 16X CAV

• DVD+RW media @ 8X CLV

Both writing strategies confirm the manufacturers specifications. The DVD+RW media climbed all the way up to 8X reporting an average speed of 7.52X, while DVD-RW media reached up to 6X with an average reported speed of 5.88X.

• DVD-RW media @ 6X CLV

- Burning Tests

• DVD-R media

All media was burned at the stated speed with the exception of Optodisc 16X -R media which was burned at 12X. Fastest burning was with Verbatim DVD-R media.

• DVD+R media

Once again, no overspeeding while using DVD+R media. All burning at stated speeds and once more we faced an exception when burning with Philips 16X+R media which was burned at 8X.

- Comparison with other drives

Fastest burner with DVD+R media proved to be the BenQ drive in comparison with the reviewed drive and the NEC ND-3530A, although the speed differences are negligible. Using DVD-R media, the NEC drive managed to achieve the fastest burning times.

Using DVD±RW media, the SH-W162C showed satisfactory performance, there not being much between all three drives.

- DVD Overburning Tests

Unfortunately, overburning feature is not supported.