Sony BDX-S500U

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In the following table, we have gathered the findings of the DVD and CD quality measurement tests. On the left side of the table, you can find the discs that did not produce uncorrectable digital errors, while on the right side are the rest of the discs. For detailed measurement data, visit the corresponding pages.

Media type	Digital errors within limits	Uncorrectable errors
DVD-R	TTH02 F02 burned at 8x	CMC MAG. AM3 burned at 8x
		MCC 03RG20 burned at 8x
		TYG03 burned at 8x
		MBI01RG40 burned at 8x
DVD+R	Verbatim MCC 004 burned at 8X.
	INFOME R30 burned at 8x
	MBI PG101R05 burned at 8x
	PRODISC R04 burned at 8x
DVD+RW	Verbatim MKM A03 burned at 8x
DVD-R DL		Verbatim MKM03RD30 burned at 4x
DVD+R DL	Verbatim MKM 003 burned at 4x	MBI PG101R10 read error
DVD-RW	Verbatim MKM 01RW6X01 burned at 6x
CD-R	Verbatim 48x CD-R burned at 24x
CD-R	Maxell 52x CD-R burned at 24x

- Blu-ray media supported speeds

In the following chart, we have gathered burning speeds the Sony drive with various Blu-ray discs:

*Sony BDX-S500U Ver 1.D1*
*BD-R SL*
Verbatim BD-R SL LTH 6x VERBATIMu	6x CAV in 22:21
Verbatim BD-R SL LTH 2x VERBATIMw	2x CLV in 14:31 min
Verbatim BD-R 8cm 2x VERBATIMa 7GB	2x CLV in 14:33 min
Verbatim BD-R SL 6x VERBATIMe	6x CAV in 21:45 min
Moser Baer India BD-R SL 6x MBI R06	4x Z-CLV in 30:32 min
TDK BD-R SL 4x TDKBLDRBB (000)	4x Z-CLV in 30:36 min
TDK BD-R SL 6x TDKBLDRBD (000)	6x CAV in 22:16
Panasonic BD-R SL 6x MEI RA1	6x CAV in 21:14
BD-R DL
Verbatim BD-R DL 2x VERBATIMb	2x CLV in 90:56
VERBATIM BD-R DL 6x (VERBATIMf)	4x Z-CLV in 60:43 min
TDK BD-R DL 4x (TDKBLDRFB (000))	4x Z-CLV CLV in 60:40 min
TDK BD-R DL 6x (TDKBLDRFD (000))	4x Z-CLV CLV in 60:41 min
Panasonic BD-R DL 6x MEI RB1	4x Z-CLV CLV in 60:39 min
BD-RE SL
Verbatim BD-RE SL 2x VERBATIM0	2x CLV in 45:00
Verbatim 8cm BD-RE 2x VERBATIM0 7.26GB)	2x CLV in 14:09 min
BD-RE DL
Verbatim BD-RE DL 2x VERBATIM1	2x CLV in 91:17 min
TDK BD-RE DL 2x TDKBLDWFA	2x CLV in 90:54

- BD Media quality

In the following table we have gathered the writing quality results we got with the BD-R/RE media of this test using the Opti Drive Control software. We remind you that for BDs, the following parameters are measured:

LDC (Long Distance Code): number of parity errors on LDC codewords over ECC block (32 sectors)
BIS (Burst Indication Subcode): number of parity errors on BIS codewords over ECC block (32 sectors)

On a good disc, the average LDC should stay below 13 and BIS should stay below 15, according to the author of the software.

Media type	MID	average LDC (<13)	average BIS (<15)
BD-R SL	Verbatim BD-R SL LTH 6x VERBATIMu	13.66	0.29
	Verbatim BD-R 8cm 2x VERBATIMa 7GB burned at 2x	0.89	0.05
	Verbatim BD-R SL 6x VERBATIMe	3.83	0.10
	Moser Baer India BD-R SL 6x MBI R06 burned at 4x	15.08	0.35
	Panasonic BD-R SL 6x MEI RA1 burned at 6x	5.55	0.12
	Sony BD-R SL 6x SONY N3 burned at 6x	10.25	0.20
BD-R DL	VERBATIM BD-R DL 6x (VERBATIMf) burned at 4x	21.23	0.33
	Verbatim BD-R DL 2x VERBATIMb burned at 2x	16.98	0.24
	Panasonic BD-R DL (MEI RB1) burned at 4x	22.65	0.46
	TDK BD-R DL 4x (TDKBLDRFB (000)) burned at 4x	17.66	0.29
BD-RE SL	Verbatim 8cm BD-RE 2x VERBATIM0 7.26GB) burned at 2x	136.86	2.79
BD-RE SL	Verbatim BD-RE SL 2x VERBATIM0 burned at 2x	43.43	0.86
BD-RE DL	Verbatim BD-RE DL 2x VERBATIM1 burned at 2x	4.64	0.08
BD-RE DL	TDK BD-RE DL 2x TDKBLDWFA burned at 2x	11.02	0.36