CMCMAG AE1 8X speed DVD-R

00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 54 0D 0E .L...@....R..T.. 88 9A 80 00 03 43 4D 43 20 4D 41 00 04 47 2E 20 .....CMC MA..G. 41 45 31 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 06 09 0D 11 AE1............. 87 78 90 00 07 88 80 00 00 00 00 00 08 05 15 0D .X.............. 0F 0A 09 00 09 97 07 0F 0B 7C 88 00 0A 80 00 00 .........|...... 00 00 10 00 0B 05 1B 13 A8 89 65 00 0C B6 89 88 ..........E..... 80 00 00 00 0D 00 00 D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

RITEKG05 8X speed DVD-R

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

Datawrite Prodisc FUJIFILM03

00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 88 0D 0C .L...@....R..... 88 88 90 00 03 46 55 4A 49 46 49 00 04 4C 4D 30 .....FUJIFI..LM0 33 00 00 00 05 B8 83 00 30 00 01 00 06 09 0F 10 3.......0....... 88 78 90 00 07 29 82 10 21 00 00 00 08 05 17 0D .X...)..!....... 0F 07 07 00 09 96 06 0D 0B 78 88 00 0A 80 00 00 .........X...... 00 00 10 00 0B 05 1A 17 96 77 75 00 0C 7C DF B9 .........WU..|.. 93 11 11 00 0D 1A AA D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

Media Information	CMCMAG AE1	RITEKG05	FUJIFILM03
Media code/Manufacturer ID	CMC MAG. AE1	RITEKG05	FUJIFILM03
Media Type	DVD-R	DVD-R	DVD-R
Manufacturer Rated Speed	8.0x 11080KBps	8.0x 11080KBps	8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor	CLV 12.0x 16620KBps	CLV 12.0x 16620KBps	NOT AVAILABLE
Available Write Descriptor	CLV 8.0x 11080KBps	CLV 8.0x 11080KBps	CLV 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor	CLV 6.0x 8310KBps	CLV 6.0x 8310KBps	CLV 6.0x 8310KBps
Available Write Descriptor	CLV 4.0x 5540KBps	CLV 4.0x 5540KBps	CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Write Strategy Speed	4.0x 5540KBps	4.0x 5540KBps	4.0x 5540KBps

The above table shows the burning speeds of the medias and as we can see the FUJIFILM03 cannot burn at over 8x speed with the official firmwares. The following test on the FUJIFILM at 12x speed burning was done with patched firmware

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BURNING at 12x Speed

CMC MAG. AE1


RITEKG05


Datawrite Prodisc FUJIFILM03


All the discs went up to 12 x speed but the CMC MAG. AE1 & RITEKG05 both dropped down to 8x speed at the 4gig point whereas the FUJIFILM03 maintaind 12x speed to the end saving 5 seconds in the burning time so apart from the two discs dropping off at the top end there is very little to chose between these discs apart from 5 seconds

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BURN QUALITY

CMC MAG. AE1 12X BURN


RITEKG05


Datawrite Prodisc FUJIFILM03


The PIE/PIF charts shows all these three disc to have excelent burn quality and all well below the limits of most media and from the list we can see that the CMC MAG AE1 to have the minimum errors with the RITEKG05 & FUJIFILM comeing a close second & third. All these results are excellant and there is nothing to chose between them here

	PIE Peak	PIE Av	PIF Peak	PIF Av	JITTER Peak	JITTER Average
CMC MAG. AE1	19	10	1	0	12.6	11.1
RITEKG05	32	13	12	0	14.6	11.6
FUJIFILM03	33	16	1	0	14.11	12.7

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Read Speed Tests of 12x Speed Burn

CMC MAG. AE1 12x in 108

RITEKG05 Pioneer 108 12x burn

Datawrite Prodisc FUJIFILM03


The above discs that were burnt at 12x speed show the read speed od the discs The CMCMAGAE1 gave a perfect graph, the RITEKG05 showed signs of faultering at the 4.2gig mark and the FUJIKILM03 had a couple of slight dips around 2.5gigs. All these discs played OK and had zero errors and bearing in mind they were burnt at 50% faster than their rated speed they are all good with the CMCMAGAE1 just haveing the edge here

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The following test were all carried out with the official burning 8x speed for the media

BURN QUALITY

CMC MAG. AE1 8x in 108


RITEKG05 Pioneer 108 8x burn


Datawrite Prodisc FUJIFILM03

	PIE Peak	PIE Av	PIF Peak	PIF Av	JITTER Peak	JITTER Average
CMC MAG. AE1	16	9	1	0	12	10.8
RITEKG05	15	5	7	0	13.2	11.4
FUJIFILM03	14	7	2	0	13	11.8

All these charts show almost perfect burns and the figures show very little diferances in the mediaall very low error rates

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READ SPEED TEST of 8X SPEED BURNS

CMC MAG. AE1 burnt at 8x in Pioneer 108


RITEKG05 burnt at 8x in Pioneer 108


Datawrite Prodisc FUJIFILM03


The read speed tests are almost identical and perfect for all the media tested so at the official 8x burn speed there is nothing to chose between any of the discs the only one that faulters slightly is the RITEKG05 burnt at 12x speed but when burnt at 8x speed it is difficult to make a choice.

Added:  Friday, September 17, 2004
Reviewer:  Flash

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