Nero CD-DVD Speed, a great tool

[Chewy]

My theory is there will be very similar results for those 2 drastically different scanners with grade A media, but B and C quality burns will start to show less agreement between the scanners.

PIE graphs are almost exactly the same, not so the PIF reporting.

congrats on post 1000

[geno888]

wow! I missed it

I'm scanning a cmc mag am3 with the liteon 1693 right now. When also benq 1640 scan is done I'll post results

[geno888]

Philips -R 16x CMC MAG AM3 burned @16x with liteon 1693 fw KS0A.

First pic is scan @4x with liteon 1693
Second is scan @8x with liteon 1693
Third is scan @8x with benq 1640

[sonic_emperor]

why is media like this even produced...and to think im nagging all the time cause of my sony's!!!

[geno888]

why is media like this even produced...and to think im nagging all the time cause of my sony's!!!

This is a good question. I never buy media like these, but nierle gave me these media instead of the ones I actually ordered.

I'm still really angry for this. I ordered a box of 50 philips discs with mediacode MCC03RG20. These are great media (I have another box of these), and when I did the order in nierle there were MCC03rg20 as mediacode. When I received discs, too bad, I didn't check them, and after about a month I burned the first media, and discovered that these are a box of 50 pieces of cr......p

Next time I'll check all media immediately.

[sonic_emperor]

tell that to 60 of my backed up movies rotening on ritekg05s,now after 6 months

[geno888]

TDK -R 16x, box of 25, no indication on where are made.

first pic is scan @8x with liteon 1693, second is scan @8x with benq 1640

[copyless]

i was just at the local wally world and the 50 pks of -r are MIJ but the 25 pk are MIT.

Sorry, I should have (thought I did but guess I didn't) mentioned that I was speaking of packs of 50. Just never thought of packs of 25, I never look at them.

[NightTran]

always look for MIJ before I buy

[katzdvd]

Purple/White HP Disk Results

Burned movie w/ Purple/White HP Disks (DVDD) & here are the results from the Nero Cd Speed tests. Looks good to me for *poor quality* disks...

General Information
Drive: BENQ DVD LS DW1655
Firmware: BCHB
Disc: DVD+R (CMC MAG E01)
Selected speed: 8 X
PI errors
Maximum: 9
Average: 2.67
Total: 24107
PI failures
Maximum: 8
Average: 0.11
Total: 1065
PO failures: 0
Jitter
Maximum: 9.4 %
Average: 7.92 %
Scanning Statistics
Elapsed time: 9:21
Number of samples: 16998
Average scanning interval: 8.00 ECC
Glitches removed: 0

[Chewy]

keep that burner and firmware, with that media that's a GREAT burn!
And benq's are picky!

This is real bad tho, cause we tell everyone not to buy cmc mags, maybe that disk will deteriorate
quickly.

[katzdvd]

CMC mag media is good?!?

This is real bad tho, cause we tell everyone not to buy cmc mags

LOL Nothing is ever as it seems! I have a friend that uses the cheapest *junk* disks he can find, & never has a disk freeze, or otherwise "act up" during playback.

He uses a very inexpensive player, also. I am going to have him scan some of his disks for quality & see what they look like.

Many thanks for all your help!!!

[dmanshead]

Third test with those prodisc and one for the heck of it with a plus MIT sony 16x disc. I'm beginning to think that even though they say speeds up to 16x, that probably they won't. and neither pack said certified 16x, here they re for you to peruse.

[dmanshead]

Chewy once said with so many variables out there burning isn't a science it's an art. I believe he is closer to right than many would like to or have you believe.

[Chewy]

I wouldn't use many -R's with that drive till they mature the firmware.