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Thanks Jan
Fast burn
Nice quality too.
I can't wait to get hold of one of this series of drives.
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Verbatim DVD-R 16x Made in India (MII)
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Good burn Jan and great Jitter on the Verb for 20x WOW!
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TYG03 (Verbatim)
Burn Speed 18x
Firmware Liggy's 101bt

Now the AD-7203's turn for some burns. As good as the AD-7200.
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will these be available in USA? i want a new labelflash drive.
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Verbatim MCC03RG20 (CMC made) @ 20X.

It's "ok" considering it's 20x I guess
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And TDK YUDEN000T03 at 20x, sloppy drive decided to slow down.

Overall I'm very disappointed by 20x media support, I had expected TYG03 and MCC004, and maybe some of the genuine maxell discs at 20x too.
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Did your recorder makes weird noises at system boot and is louder than 7173???My new 7203 makes that strange sounds,but except that it seems to work fine....
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Ok spam incoming......

First out is

MMORE 16x DVD+R, Moser Baer made disc.
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Next

MIRROR 16x DVD+R, also moser baer, but this smells like B grade or worse!
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Imation 16x DVD-R by moser baer.
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Mirror 16X DVD-R by moser baer..... did someone say B-grade?
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Freespace 16x DVD+R, optocrap as I prefer to call it.
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Premium 16x DVD-R, most likely made by Daxon with Sony ID. I suspect B grade or worse, but the result is great. Written at 18x too.
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Emtec 16x DVD+R. Made in Malaysia? WTF? Had no idea that CMC had a factory there? Oh well, the result is great anyway.
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HP 16x DVD-R. Another CMC disc that gives good results on this drive.
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Some more TY action.

First: TDK 16x DVD+R Taiyo Yuden written at 20x with no slowdowns.
Second: Maxell 16x DVD+R hub-print TY written at 20x with no slowdowns.
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Time for some fun! Faked media codes.... what will the drive do with these discs when the MID is supported at 20x?

Disc1: MMORE 16x DVD-R, faked MCC03RG20 media code. Written at full 20x speed.
Disc 2: unbranded (from www.dvdink.no ) 16x DVD-R, faked MCC03RG20. Written at 20x but with slowdowns at end.
Disc 3: Premium 16x DVD-R, faked MCC03RG20. Written at 20x. This smells like infosmart manufactured media judging by serial numbers.

The serial numbers on the discs are very different so I suspect all 3 are from different factories. The NEC did surprisingly well with this shit media.
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More faked media, this time MCC004.

Disc 1: Premium 16x DVD+R, faked MCC004 written at 18x but with slowdowns.
Disc 2: NoName 16x DVD+R, faked MCC004 written at full 18x speed.

Again surprisingly good results.
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And another MBI disc, Samsung Pleomax 16x DVD-R, smells like B grade again!
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And last test I have done so far.

BenQ 16x DVD-R made by Daxon. Another good result. This NEC drive seems to be an really stable performer that can do good even with lower quality media.
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Thanks for the tests OC
And more proof that this series of drives is a big step forward for NEC/Optiarc.
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Traxdata 16x DVD-R, by ritek, Medium quality discs as always with ritek.
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Ricoh 16x +R. The spike at the middle is probably some dust fragment on disc while writing it, nothing to worry about.
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