In order to test the writing quality and readability of the burned media, we used two readers with two software applications:

In general, a "perfect" disc should have a smooth reading curve, very low PIE/POE and zero (0) POF error rates. Most times however, even though a disc has very low PIE/POE error rates, the reading curve may not be smooth containing dropoffs. Due to the fact that we oversped the reading capabilities of the LiteON SOHD-167T, such drops are expected, especially near the outer area of the disc.

Writing Quality for DVD+R burned at 8X

• Taiyo Yuden 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Datawrite 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Philips 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Verbatim(MKM) 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Optodisc 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Ricoh 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• TDK 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• BeAll 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Maxell 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• CMC Magnetics 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Traxdata 8X DVD+R @ 8X

- Summary

The PIE error levels were low in almost all cases. However, according to CDSpeed, only three out of the ten tested media reported very good writing quality. In all other cases, the writing quality was average.