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Verbatim -R 16x (MIUAE i believe)
Burn speed 8x
Firmware CL04
any bluray scans, vroom?
[QUOTE=dynamis;2530482]any bluray scans, vroom?[/QUOTE]
You will have some in the next week, if all goes to plan.
I burned/wasted a couple of BD-R DL Verbatims with this burner and my Samsung BD-C6500 has trouble accepting them. It takes 5-10 tries to load the discs - player keeps ejecting them… Same brand Verbatims burned with an older LiteOn DH-4B1S were loading into BD-C6600 without a glitch but had some freezes during playback due to poor burn quality. Burn quality with iHBS112 is OK as you can see from the scans below
UPDATE: upgraded firmware on my Samsung BD-C6500 and now, discs loading good. Not wasted after all 
iHBS212_5L01
Panasonic 6x BD-R
MEIRA1 (001) @12x
iHBS212_5L01
SONY 6x BD-R
SONYNN3(002) @12x
nice burns! plus it scans 
difference between 10x and 12x is around a minute? still testing out the lg 10x burner. is the bdr-205 still considered to be the best burner?
iHBS212_5L01
TDK 6x BD-R(Made in UAE)
TDKBLDRBD (000) @6x
iHBS212_5L01
Digimaster 4x BD-R
RITEKBR2 (000) @4x
iHBS212_5L01
Panasonic 6x BD-R DL
MEIRB1 (001) @8x
Here is the BD media table. The firmware table has no revision code info.
Media Code Speed Edit V 1.2.0.7 SE
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Firmware: ATAPI iHBS112 2 CL04 2010/05/20 20:10
Bootcode: ATAPI iHBS112 2 0L01
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BD-R supported media types: 41
BD-R DL supported media types: 11
BD-RE supported media types: 11
BD-RE DL supported media types: 4
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BD-R supported media types: 41
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CMCMAG BA2 2x
CMCMAG BA3 4x
CMCMAG BA5 6x,4x
Daxon R2X 2x
Daxon R4X 4x
INFOME R30 4x
ISMMBD R01 4x
LGEBRA S04 4x
LGEBRA S06 6x,4x
MAXELL RS1 2x
MBI R04 4x
MBI R06 6x,4x
MEI RA1 12x,10x,8x,6x,4x
MEI T01 2x
MEI T02 4x
OTCBDR 002 6x,4x
PHILIP R02 2x
PHILIP R04 4x
RITEK BO1 4x
RITEK BR1 2x
RITEK BR2 4x
RITEK BR3 12x,10x,8x,6x,4x
SONY NN2 4x
SONY NN3 12x,10x,8x,6x,4x
SONY NO1 2x
SONY NS1 2x
SONY NS2 4x
TDKBLD RBA 2x
TDKBLD RBB 4x
TDKBLD RBD 6x,4x
TDKBLD RDA 2x
TYG-BD Y01 2x
TYG-BD Y03 4x
UMEBDR 014 4x
UMEBDR 114 4x
VERBAT IMa 2x
VERBAT IMc 4x
VERBAT IMe 6x,4x
VERBAT IMu 6x,4x
VERBAT IMv 4x
VERBAT IMw 2x
BD-R DL supported media types: 11
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CMCMAG DI6 6x,4x
MEI RB1 8x,6x,4x
MEI T01 2x
MEI T02 4x
RITEK DR2 4x
TDKBLD RFA 2x
TDKBLD RFB 4x
TDKBLD RFD 8x,6x,4x
VERBAT IMb 2x
VERBAT IMd 4x
VERBAT IMf 6x,4x
BD-RE supported media types: 11
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CMCMAG CN2 2x
LGEBRE S01 2x
MAXELL ES1 2x
MBI E02 2x
MEI T01 2x
PHILIP W02 2x
RITEK BW1 2x
SONY ES1 2x
TDKBLD WBA 2x
TDKBLD WDA 2x
VERBAT IM0 2x
BD-RE DL supported media types: 4
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MEI T01 2x
SONY ED4 2x
TDKBLD Wfa 2x
VERBAT IM1 2x
Only three media can reach 12x, i didn’t expect that.
I did not expect that there are no other BD-R supporting 8x or 10x burning speed. Looks like they concentrated their efforts on three of the media that can reach 12x to call the drive a 12x BD burner. Compared to a LG BH12 it has a bad BD media support. Well, this drive is Liteon’s first try for a BD writer and LG released their first GBW-H10N in 2006, so LG already knows what Liteon still has to learn. It takes time to tune the media support.
Thanks [B]ala42[/B], now we need to wait for a new firmware.
UPDATE 2: I just discovered that all Verbatim BD-R DL discs I burned with this burner NOT readable in Pioneer BDR-205 (Firmware 1.08) WTF?! See the “Disc Info” pics of the same disc in both drives below
I am lucky I wasted only 3 BD-R DL discs with LiteOn and decided to try a Pioneer BDR-205. The burn quality is better too. I am attaching the scans of the same media - Verbatim Data Life BD-R DL x2 - burned with Pioneer BDR-205 and scanned with LiteOn at x8 and x4 speeds
I think I’ll be using Pioneer for burning and keep LiteOn for scanning. The scans bellow were burned with LiteOn iHBS112. The burn quality is inconsistent - compare with the scans I posted a few weeks ago. Same media but even a burn strategy looks different…
