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Datasafe 8X DVD+R media MCC003

The New Datasafe 6x DVD+R

The New Datasafe 8x DVD+R Printable



Datasafe have kindly sent me samples of their latest 8x DVD+R media. Although the tops are different - one follows the white/silver design of previous Datasafe DVD+R the other has a white printable surface - they both have the same mid code. Therefore I will just produce the one review for both these discs

The Mid code is as follows

08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00 00 00 00 00 00 03 4D 43 43 00 00 00 00 00 30 .......MCC.....0
30 33 00 38 23 54 37 12 02 42 6E 02 A8 6B 15 15 03.8#T7..Bn..k..
0B 0B 08 08 01 19 1B 0C 0C 0C 0D 01 00 00 00 00 ................

I burnt several films with this media and tested the playback for compatibility. They all played smoothly in my DVD players. I burnt this media in the following drives PIONEER DVR-108, ,NEC ND-3500AG, Memorex DVDDLRWL1 F16, BENQ DW1620, LITEON SOHW1633S, TEAC DV-W516G, PLEXTOR PX-712SA

All my test drives were capable of burning at 8x to this media and as an added bonus I was able to burn at 12x speed with the BenQ DW 1620, Pioneer DVR-108 & Plextor PX-712SA.


Here are the resultant graphs


PIONEER DVR-108 V1.14 burnt at 8X speed in 8mins 15 secs

A burn quality test in my BenQ drive


PI peak 15, PIF peak 9 & jitter below 10% for the majority of the scan.


Scans don't come much better


Speed test in the Toshiba drive

This scan shows a near perfect graph. What more can I say?




PIONEER DVR-108 V burnt at 12X speed in 7mins 7 seconds

A burn quality test in my BenQ drive


Slight increase in PI & PIF errors at the outer edge, but still a very good scan. With jitter still averaging below 10%



Speed test in the Toshiba drive


Slightly disappointing here but still acceptable and bearing in mind this disc was burnt at 12x speed. This graph is consistent with the increased PI PIF errors in the previous chart





NEC ND-3500AG burnt at 8X speed in 10mins 13secs

Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive


PI well below 10 except for a single peak at the end of the scan, Jitter average again well below 10%, & PIF negligible



Speed test in the Toshiba drive

This scan shows an almost perfect graph again What more can I say?




MEMOREX DVDDLRWL1 F16 vBWSE burnt at at 8X Speed in 8mins 40secs

Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive


PI peaks at about 80 at the beginning of the scan settling down to about 10 with a gradual increase up to 35 at the end of the scan. PIF shows an increase at the outer edge and jitter fluctuating around 10% with an overall average of 10.4%



Speed test in the Toshiba drive


This scan shows a near perfect graph.


The disc is perfectly readable without errors and although the PI/Jitter tests could have been better the disc played OK without problems




BENQ DW1620 burnt at 8x Speed in 9min 1sec

Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive


PI remaining below 10 for most of the scan, jitter starts well below 10% and gradually rises up to 10% at the outer edge, with PIF negligible

Speed test in the Toshiba drive

This scan shows a near perfect graph. and there is nothing more to say



BENQ DW1620 burnt at 12x Speed in 7min 3sec

Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive


PI is very low about 5 except for the last 500meg at the outer edge at the fast speed where it raises to peak at 99, jitter just reaches over 10% at this point and there is a PIF peak of 20% Still good results for a disc burnt at 12x speed


Speed test in the Toshiba drive

This scan shows a near perfect graph. and there is nothing more to say




LITEON SOHW1633S burnt at at 8x Speed in 8mins 37secs

Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive


PI very high at the start of the scan peaking at over 200 dropping down to about 20 until the latter part of the scan, jitter peaks at 14% in the early part of the scan and remains above 10% for most of the time, PIF peaks at 40 towards the end of the scan



Speed test in the Toshiba drive


No errors here but some large fluctuations in the read speed after the 3 gig mark


This disc did not show any playback problems and it is within acceptable limits but the burn quality is inferior to the previous discs



TEAC DV-W516G burnt at 8x Speed in 8min 38secs


Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive


PI remaining below 10 until the last 500meg when it increases to about 40, Jitter hovers around 10% for the majority of the scan averaging 10.1%. PIF a little high hear Peaking at 56 at the end of the scan


Speed test in the Toshiba drive


This disc produced 1 read error and the readability is poor at the latter 500meg of the scan.




PLEXTOR PX-712SA burnt at 8x Speed in 8mins 1sec

Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive


PI well below 10 except for the last 500 meg when there is a sharp increase to about 50 PIF also shows a high reading of 40 at this point. Jitter starts well below 10 with a steady increase up to 12% at the end of the scan with an average of 8.6


Speed test in the Toshiba drive


No read errors here but a sharp dip at the outer edge





PLEXTOR PX-712SA burnt at 12x Speed in 6min 38secs

Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive


Surprising this disc burnt at 12x speed produces better results than at 8x speed with a PI of well below 10 except for the last 500meg when it rises to an acceptable 20. Jitter is well below 10% for the majority of the scan peaking at 10.9, PIF so only minor peaks



Speed test in the Toshiba drive




This scan shows a near perfect graph, much better than when burnt at 8x speed




All the drives burnt good discs which had no problems in playback. The Teac did however have 1 read error. The discs burnt at 8x speed in the Pioneer, Benq & the NEC produced exceptionally good results and even when burnt at 12x speed the results are still good. The Teac & Liteon produced the worst results followed by the Memorex and although the graphs are erratic the resultant discs played back flawlessly with a wide range of DVD players. I timed the recording times with these drives both at 8X speed and 12x speed and here is the list with the fastest first

MAKEMODEL FIRMWARE SPEED TIME
Plextor PX-712SA 1.05 12x 6m38s
BenQ DW-1620 B7S9 12x 7m03s
Pioneer DVR-108 1.18 12x 7m07s
Plextor PX-712SA 1.05 8x 8m01s
Pioneer DVR-108 1.18 8x 8m15s
Liteon SOHW-1633S BS0R 8x 8m37s
Teac DV-W516G B4S6 8x 8m38s
Memorex DVDDLRWL1 F16 BWSE 8x 8m40
BenQ DW-1620 B7S9 8x 9m01s
NEC ND-3500AG 2.18 8x 10m13s


Here you can see the Plextor is the fastest at both 8x speed and 12x speed with the NEC bringing up the rear at a miserable 10m13s.

With the exception of the Liteon drives these discs produced excellent burns and even the Liteon burns did not give any playback problems.
The printable surface on the printable version of these discs have an area of 42mm X 118mm and it is smooth with clear defined edges and produces vivid print quality with my Epson R300 add to this the bonus of being able to burn these satisfactory at 12x speed with stock firmware on the most popular drives I will say "Datasafe You Have a Winner!!"

Another DVD+R disc to add to my list of preferred media.


Added:  Friday, December 10, 2004
Reviewer:  Flash

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