| 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
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
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 |
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
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
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: Flashhits: 28293
