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DATAWRITE OPTIMA BLUE 8X DVD-R

RITEKG05


This disc has the RITEKG05 media code with the deep purple dye. The top surface is a nice pastel shade of blue with the Description, DVD logo & Datasafe logo stencil cut out to reveal the silver backing to the dye. The Datawrite name is in yellow with the exaggerated "w" in red. This color scheme is pleasant to the eye and one of the nicest to come from the Datawrite stable. The center ring is clear with the batch number stamped around the center hole. The rim is fairly smooth with only minor irregularities in the glue

00000000 00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 86 0E 11 .l...@....R.....
00000010 98 9A 80 00 03 52 49 54 45 4B 47 00 04 30 35 00 .....RITEKG..05.
00000020 00 00 00 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 02 00 06 08 12 11 ................
00000030 98 9A 80 00 07 88 80 00 00 00 00 00 08 06 18 0D ................
00000040 10 07 07 00 09 97 06 0C 0B 70 88 00 0A 80 00 00 .........p......
00000050 00 00 10 00 0B 04 1D 17 B8 88 75 00 0C 89 AC 98 ..........u.....
00000060 81 00 10 00 0D 00 00 D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................


Pioneer DVR-109 v1.50

NEC ND-3520AW v3.04
Although this media had the available write speed of 12x I was only able to write at a maximum of ZCLV 8x the large dip in the middle of the graph is where the 8-12x transition should have been.
ZCLV Typical 3 stage transition up to 8x speed
Good all round graph with a PI peak of only 30 with no large fluctuations
Jitter is fairly constant averaging 11.4
PIF is almost nil
Good all round graph with a PI blip at the 6-8x transition with a peak of 416 at the edge
Jitter fluctuates at the two speed transition points average 13.6 and a peak at the end of 32.3 (just a bit high)
PIF is almost nil right up to 4 gig when it rises to a peak of 21

Good speed scan the minor blip in the middle is down to background processes whilst scanning

Good scan up to 4 gig with a few blips at the outer edge consistent with the PI/PIF graphs


BENQ DW1620 B7U9


Pioneer DVR-106D 4x Speed
 
PCAV increase from 6x to 8x speed
 
CLV at 4x speed
Good all round graph with a PI starting at 5 with gradual increase to a maximum of 21 during the latter half with no large fluctuations
Jitter is fairly constant averaging 11.3
PIF is almost nil
Good all round graph with a PI starting at under 10 with gradual increase to a maximum of 37 at the end with no large fluctuations
Jitter is fairly constant averaging 11.1
PIF is almost nil good all round graph
Good scan up to 4gig with a few dips at the outer edge
Good scan up to 4.2gig with a few dips at the outer edge

The PI/PIF & jitter scans all show good results with this media and the Pioneer DVR-109speed test is good. These dips in the speed tests with the other drives did not result in any read errors and playback of the video content did not falter in all the players I tested them in, so they are not detrimental to playback

I will give this media another thumbs up.


Added:  Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Reviewer:  Flash
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