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Originally Posted by bjkg @ wingman99,
Just a bit of bit of information that you need to be made aware of -> No Forum Member is under any obligation to respond to any other Forum Member’s posting inquiry.
There is no “Best Drive”. It’s like asking what’s the best color. The “Best Drive” is an extremely subjective determination made by the individual who is reviewing the data and performance of various DVD Burners. Information one individual might consider signification another individual might consider inconsequential. That is why you can perform an extensive review of all CD Freaks Postings and will be unable to find this elusive list of the “Best Drive”.
Just because a particular DVD Burner appears to burn cheap garbage DVD media is not an indication that it can produce quality error free burns on high quality DVD media.
The life span of a RW Media is extremely difficult to estimate reliably. It should be noted that absolutely no RW Media Manufacturer and/or DVD Burner Manufacturer warranties (guarantees) the useable life span of any RW Media. Suggest viewing the below Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) article. http://www.osta.org/technology/dvdqa/dvdqa11.htm
A recorded DVD “might” appear to be error fee during personnel visual viewing but that doesn’t mean that in fact it doesn’t contain errors and that it was a quality burn. These visually undetected errors can cause the recorded DVD to become unreadable in a short period of time (less than a month). The absolute definitive way to determine if a recorded DVD is error free and a quality burn is using a diagnostic utility software program. That is exactly why these diagnostic utility software program were developed. Also that’s why informed individuals are concerned with PIE, PIF, and Jitter spikes in their recorded DVDs. These spikes are a true indicator of the quality and reliability of their recorded DVDs. If you were conducting a true meaningful evaluation of various DVD Burners you would be using a diagnostic utility software program and performing disk quality scans of your recorded DVDs.
On another note -> Exactly who is paying for these various DVD Burners that you are testing? Perchance are you sticking it to some unsuspecting retailer and abusing their 30-day return policy are you? What is this retailer suppose to do with a DVD Burner after you have used for 30-days?
Best Regards,
bjkg |
I was just looking for the best drive and it turned out to be better.
They all are supposes to do the same job. There is one that i discovered is the best at everything.
The best DRIVE
You have know idea the kind of testing i have done so don't lecture me, i will give you a tastes
Endurance and constancy testing :checks for cheep sloppy internals
IDE I/O DAM, Multitasking testing : test performance and data integrity
Reading and installing of programs from various pressed disc: tests speed handling of I/O and DMA function.
Testing all operations start to finish with stop watch with varying media and pressed discs: Tests speed.
Being able scanning the troublesome movies that i test duplicated form the forms: Allows you to backup any movie to date.
Test reading or scanning scratched, dirty,corrupted data:Test error correction, if it is to strong you wont be able to scan the troublesome movies. If it is set to liberal you will have incorrect data when approximation hits calculation.
The best drive is almost perfect at this balance i could not believe it my self.
I'm vary proud of this test it was vary vary hard to construct, but to cool to see.
Your favorite
Media testing HIGH QUALITY and LOW QUALITY : Test ACCURACY of a drive and FIRMWARE, i received bonus best drive adjusted on the fly
You have to know how a drive works to understand. It's a optical laser on a track, a spiral record on spindle with bearings. It can get out whack easy with cheep quality parts.
The sharper the edge of the bun the more easily readable it is.
What makes a sharp edge? a good drive
Media what make it HIGH QUALITY AND LOW QUALITY
HIGH QUALITY When being lased it leaves a sharp edge with the dye
My testing
High quality drive, high quality media= best burn
Low quality drive, high quality media= OK burn
Low quality drive, and low quality media= coaster
High quality drive, and low quality media= OK burn
Well one drive to my surprise passed all the above tests 100%
This is what it is like to own a drive like this,
If it was the first drive i bought
I would not have a single problem with any task. Would not have become a member here. would not payed much attention to media because it works on anything.
the only thing i would have been wondered since a would have no complaints. is if there is a faster one
Now i know it's just a fast as the rest, some times faster i don't have to fiddle with the speed to prevent coasters on low grade media or high grade media that switched manufacturing plants or quality.
Yes i tested way to many drives, some were faulty, defect, returns and some i was dissatisfied with function and quality, i contacted allot of the manufactures about there problems.
As long a you want to settle for less be my guest.
If there were more people like me you would not have so many problems in the forms, sure the drives would cost little more, much better parts and chips and firmware are worth it.