EMTEC CD-R Gold Review

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Article posted 25 Dec 06 12:45

Writing on LG GSA-H22L

  

LG GSA-H22L:

The LG GSA-H22L reported a max writing speed of 48x, but it looked like the drive changed its mind and burned the media at 16x instead. The total writing was 5 minutes and 23 seconds. Now let us scan the media in some devices to check the quality:

Scanned in BenQ DW1655 at 48x CAV

Scanned in Plextor PX-760A at 24x CAV

Scanned in Lite-On SOHR-5238S at 48X CAV

Let us try to read back the media at 52x:

The BLER is low over most of the disc but rises at the end in the scans on the Lite-On and BenQ drives, with BLER above 220 according to the BenQ scan. Both the BenQ and Plextor drives report undesirable E22 errors. There are no E32 errors reported by any drive and the Read Transfer Scan is flawless.

This result is marginal because of the out-of-spec BLER and undesirable E22 errors. 

 

On the next page – we are going to test the media on the Lite-On LH-18A1P…

 

5 Comments

cd pirate
Posts: 3256
Posted on: 26 Dec 06 14:13
So did you guys actually test at any different speeds other than the maximum supported? Most people who want quality and longevity avoid maximum speeds to get better results. I would have liked to see some burns at 32x and perhaps lower. CD-R media won't be used in 100 years anyway so there's no point in buying media like this, since it will most likely be overpriced. You also can't be sure it will last even half as long as it claims.
Dolphinius_Rex
Posts: 520
Posted on: 28 Dec 06 10:48
Why review an archival disc based purely off of the intial burn quality results? Unless the media is utter crap to begin with, would't it make more sense to at least attempt some kind of accelerated ageing test?
professor_nova
Posts: 76
Posted on: 29 Dec 06 09:56
I once had MPO made CD-R (normal, not these) and they all ended in the garbage :r after one year or more (and some of my files with it :c )
I Have Piles
Posts: 586
Posted on: 01 Jan 07 01:47
Bring back BASF, EMTEC sounds like something you would buy from Netto or Aldi and sneek in so no one sees it.
hardgiant
Posts: 221
Posted on: 10 Jan 07 15:16
Maybe you guys should test Kodak Gold Media ?

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