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 overspeed the reading capabilities of the LiteON SOHD-167T, such drops are expected, especially near the outer area of the disc.

The measurements below should be taken not as the absolute criteria of the burning quality, but as an indication level.

8X DVD+R Writing Speed

• BeAll 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• CMC 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Datawrite 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Maxell 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• MKM 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Ricoh 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• TDK 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Traxdata 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• Traxdata Printable 8X DVD+R @ 8X

• TY 8X DVD+R @ 8X

- Summary

Unlike the 16X writing quality, the TEAC drive managed to produce some good burns as we can see from the above scans. Most media generated a smooth CD-speed graph, while PI tended to be low, near or below the 280 limit.