Well, first of all, I am posting this to see if there's anything wrong with my system.

I have used a few brands of media: Verbatim 8x DVD+R (MCC 003), Fujifilm 8x DVD+R (YUDEN000T02) and TDK 8x DVD-R (TTG02).

Now I did some PI/PO scans on my Pioneer DVR-A09XLB DVD±R/RW Drive using DvdInfoPro 4.32 and it gives me some surprising results. It turns out that the Yuden media was not as good as the Verbatims, even TDK turns out better.

I want to confirm the accuracy of the scans. Theoretically, Yuden medias should be of superior quality but my scans showed otherwise.

BTW, I burned my medias on the same Pioneer DVR-A09XLB DVD±R/RW Drive that was used for the scanning.

The following 2 scans of the Yuden and Verbatim meidas are burnt with firmware revision 1.58.

Here's the scan for Verbatim 8x DVD+R (MCC 003):



And here's the scan for Fujifilm 8x DVD+R (YUDEN000T02):



Here are some more scans of the 2 different medias but they are burn with an earlier firmware revision. don't remember which version though...

Here's the scan for Verbatim 8x DVD+R (MCC 003) burned with an earlier firmware revision:



And here's the scan for Fujifilm 8x DVD+R (YUDEN000T02) burned with an earlier firmware revision:



So guys, as you can see, I am pretty surprised with the results. Yuden did not perform as expected although this is my first time using the Yuden Media. I am quite sure the Yuden media is not fake. The brand is Fujifilm and on the cakebox, "MADE IN JAPAN" is printed there.

Turns out Verbatim gives a very good scan but not Yuden. Is there anything wrong? Could it be that Pioneer drive is not good for scanning? I notice most people are using LiteOn drives to scan, could this be the reason? But then again, I used the same drive for all the scans so the results should be consistent...

Or could it be the program I used? I tried using Nero CD-DVD Speed to do the scans but unfortunately they don't support the Pioneer drive.

Any idea why this is the case? Pioneer DVR-109 drives should have great compatibility with Yuden medias, right? Now this is kind of worrying and disturbing for me because I have read so much great things about Taiyo Yuden and so I went out and bought 50 of them at a shot.

Could someone who has the same Pioneer drive do some scans of the Yuden media using DVDInfoPro 4.32, please?

Thanks in advance, everyone...

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Here's a couple of scans on my new benq 1640,so far an excellent reader,much better than my 1620s:

+8x memosux C-mags burned at 4x:



It don't look pretty,but the picture look good on my stand alone.

Here's my new +16x verbatims,burned at 8x!



Heck of a score aye!

Sorry about the picture quality,had trouble convering bitmap to jpeg.

HP a1118x-b/athlon 64-3300+/BenQ 1650 BCDC/LG 8163B/Modded Wii/Epson-R300 and Ty Watershields!!!

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@Acextreme

Below is the Memorex DVD-R media, (ProdiscS03) as a CRC scan and also a PIE/PIF scan.

No CRC errors on the ProdiscS03 media so no problems with the read of the disk. The scan for PIE/PIF was done several times so there is no mistake as to it?s results either. Even though it might have a Quality score in the 90's, there is still a vast difference between quality media such as Taiyo Yuden and Memorex. Look at the number of Total Errors or PI Failures compared to one another and you can see a great difference between the two media.

http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=96285

This link above explains what scans are all about, the reliability of those scans, what they mean, etc. and should help you with what you were asking in the first place. You can trust a scan if you know what to look for.

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Here are some scans on my new BenQ 1640.

There are a few media types, all in all the best seems to be the RIDATA Discs with an ID of RITEKG04.


CMC MAG AF1


PRINCO


RITEKG05


RITEKG04


Retail DVD

I tried using the "img" tag but they don't show up. Maybe it's because they are in bmp format.

UPDATE: D'OH! my mistake....didn't notice the viewimage in the links!

This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 8. November 2005 @ 11:23