DVDR success/fail data
The following is the success/fail data for the various brands of DVDR's
that I have tried to write with my DVDR drives
(Pioneer DVR-104/2, Pioneer DVR-106D, Pioneer DVR-A07, LG GSA-4163B,
Optiarc AD7560A, Optiarc AD-7700T).
Updated: 2010.05.05
Optiarc AD7560A
| brand |
speed |
success |
fail |
% success |
| DR-47WPY50BN JP |
8 |
40 |
1 |
97.6 |
| TDK (8x) JP |
8 |
47 |
4 |
92.2 |
| That's (8x) JP |
8 |
35 |
6 |
85.4 |
| total |
|
122 |
11 |
91.7 |
|
Optiarc AD-7700T
| brand |
speed |
success |
fail |
% success |
| Sony (16x) TW |
8 |
12 |
0 |
100.0 |
| TDK (8x) JP |
8 |
2 |
0 |
100.0 |
| total |
|
14 |
0 |
100.0 |
|
LG Super Multi GSA-4163B
| brand |
speed |
success |
fail |
% success |
| TDK (8x) JP |
8 |
88 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Maxell (8x) JP |
8 |
30 |
0 |
100.0 |
| SuperX (8x) TW |
4 |
17 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Fuji Film (4x) JP |
4 |
13 |
0 |
100.0 |
| That's (8x) JP |
8 |
8 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Fortis (4x) TW |
4 |
3 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Fortis (8x) TW |
8 |
1 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Mitsubishi (8x) TW |
8 |
1 |
0 |
100.0 |
| HP (8x) TW |
8 |
47 |
1 |
97.9 |
| HP (16x) TW |
4 |
45 |
3 |
93.8 |
| total |
|
253 |
4 |
98.4 |
|
Pioneer DVR-A07
| brand |
speed |
success |
fail |
% success |
| Maxell (4x) |
4 |
35 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Fortis (8x) |
4 |
23 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Ricoh (4x) |
4 |
15 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Fuji Film (4x) |
4 |
6 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Radius |
1 |
3 |
0 |
100.0 |
| SW Technology (4x) |
4 |
2 |
0 |
100.0 |
| That's (D47WPY) |
4 |
1 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Fortis (4x) |
4 |
40 |
2 |
95.2 |
| SuperX (4x) |
4 |
171 |
10 |
94.5 |
| Maxell (8x) |
8 |
9 |
1 |
90.0 |
| Maxell HG (8x) |
8 |
8 |
1 |
88.9 |
| Mitsubishi (8x) |
8 |
6 |
3 |
66.7 |
| Mitsubishi (4x) |
4 |
1 |
3 |
25.0 |
| total |
|
320 |
19 |
94.4 |
|
Pioneer DVR-104/2
| brand |
speed |
success |
fail |
% success |
| SuperX |
1 |
83 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Mitsubishi |
1 |
4 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Mitsubishi |
2 |
2 |
0 |
100.0 |
| That's |
1 |
2 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Radius |
1 |
41 |
2 |
95.3 |
| Maxell |
2 |
12 |
2 |
85.7 |
| Smart Buy |
1 |
10 |
2 |
83.3 |
| Sony |
2 |
5 |
2 |
71.4 |
| total |
|
149 |
8 |
94.9 |
|
Pioneer DVR-106D
| brand |
speed |
success |
fail |
% success |
| Unifino (4x) |
4 |
10 |
0 |
100.0 |
| That's (D47WPY) |
4 |
9 |
0 |
100.0 |
| TDK (4x) |
4 |
5 |
0 |
100.0 |
| That's (DR47D-TP) |
2 |
2 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Sony |
2 |
2 |
0 |
100.0 |
| Maxell (4x) |
4 |
3 |
0 |
100.0 |
| SuperX (4x) |
4 |
169 |
4 |
97.7 |
| SuperX |
1 |
28 |
1 |
96.6 |
| Xdisk (4x) |
4 |
28 |
1 |
96.6 |
| SW Technology (4x) |
4 |
30 |
5 |
85.7 |
| total |
|
286 |
11 |
96.3 |
|
For all of the DVDRs that I burn, I test (read) them on a different
DVD drive to make sure I can read the entire disk.
I only count immediate failures, not failures a few years after burning.
I have tried many Pioneer DVDR drives, but many of them have failed
within one year!
The DVR-A07 and DVR-107D can read CDs, but they can't read DVDs any more.
The DVR-106D can't write DVDs, but it can still read them.
I don't think burning an average of one DVD per day is an unreasonable
amount of work for these drives..
So I won't buy Pioneer DVD drives any more.
Recently (2007) I stopped attaching optical drives to my desktop computers.
I have a couple USB DVDR drives, and I attach them only when necessary.
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