Sony BWU-500S Review

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1. Meet the Sony BWU-500S BD Burner
2. CD, DVD and Blu-ray Disc reading tests
3. CD Error Correction tests
4. DVD Error Correction tests
5. CD/DVD writing quality testing platform
6. CD-R burning - TDK (Ritek) CD-R 48x
7. CD-R burning - Taiyo Yuden CD-R 48x
8. CD-RW burning - Verbatim CD-RW 32x
9. DVD-R burning - Ricoh (CMCMAG AM3) DVD-R SL 16x
10. DVD-R burning - Verbatim (MCC03RG20) DVD-R SL 16x
11. DVD-R burning - Ridisc (TTH02) DVD-R SL 16x
12. DVD-R burning - Taiyo Yuden (TYGO3) DVD-R SL 16x
13. DVD-RW burning - TDK (CMCW04) DVD-RW 6x
14. DVD-R DL burning - Verbatim (MKM03RD30) DVD-R DL 8x
15. DVD+R burning - Philips (INFOME R30) DVD+R 16x
16. DVD+R burning - Moser Baer India (MBIPG101R05) DVD+R 16x
17. DVD+R burning - Verbatim (MCC004) DVD+R 16x
18. DVD+R burning - Datawrite Titanium (PRODISC R04) DVD+R SL 16x
19. DVD+RW burning - Verbatim (MKMA03) DVD+RW 8x
20. DVD+R DL burning - Verbatim (MKM003) DVD+R DL 8x
21. DVD-RAM burning - Maxell DVD-RAM 5x, 12x
22. BD-R burning - Panasonic BD-R SL 6x (MEI RA1)
23. BD-R burning - Sony BD-R SL 6x (SONY NN3)
24. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R SL 6x LTH (VERBATIMu)
25. BD-R Burning - Moser Baer BD-R SL 6x (MBI R06)
26. BD-R burning - Verbatim BD-R SL 6x (VERBATIMe)
27. BD-R burning Verbatim BD-R SL 7.5GB 2x (VERBATIMa)
28. BD-R DL burning - Panasonic BD-R DL 6X (MEI RB1)
29. BD-R DL burning - Verbatim BD-R DL 6X (VERBATIMf)
30. BD-R DL burning - TDK BD-R DL 4x (TDKBLDRFB)
31. BD-R DL burning - Verbatim BD-R DL 2x (VERBATIMb)
32. BD-RE burning - Verbatim BD-RE SL 2X (VERBATIM0)
33. BD-RE DL burning - BD-RE DL 2x (VERBATIM1)
34. BD-RE DL burning TDK BD-RE DL 2X (TDKBLDWfa)
35. Summary of DVD, BD quality tests, Overburning, Booktype
36. Final words

- Media Info

Maxell DVD-RAM 5x

- Writing 5X CLV (4.92x average) in 11:19 min

- Reading 5X CLV (5.02X average)

- Media Info

Maxell DVD-RAM 12x

- Writing - 12X P-CAV (10.22X average) in 5:51min

- Reading 12X P-CAV (10.29X average)

The Sony BWU-500S DVD burner had not any reading/writing problems with both the Maxell DVD-RAM discs of this test (@5x and @12x)

DVD-RAM is a rewritable format supported by the DVD Forum. A DVD-RAM can be seen as a removable hard drive. However, as any other hard drive the DVD-RAM must be "prepared" (formatted) before the first use. A DVD-RAM disc must be formatted using the UDF (Universal Disk Format). Usually, a 4.7GB DVD-RAM should be formatted using the UDF 1.5 or the UDF 2.0 format.

Notice that in the above tests we showcase the maximum recording speeds supported by the drive with the specific DVD-RAM media. In case you are using your DVD-RAM discs as a removable hard drive through your Windows OS, you may experience slower burning. That because the DVD-RAM format features an automatic verification technology that results to safer but slower recordings.