Pioneer BDR-TD03

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Pioneer BDR-TD03 (firmware 1.30)

[TDK-870LE - External drive, containing Pioneer BDR-TD03 with Pioneer firmware]

Sold as "Verbatim 16x DVD+R" (100pk Spindle)
MID: MCC-004
Made in India by Moser Baer

Written at 8x

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Pioneer BDR-TD03 (firmware 1.30)

Sold as “Verbatim Datalife 6x BD-R Printable” (10pk Spindle)
MID: CMCMAGBA5
Made in Taiwan

Written at ~1.5x (4x selected)

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Pioneer BDR-TD03 (firmware 1.30)

Sold as: “Falcon Media Pro CD-R 52x 700MB Diamond Glossy White Inkjet Printable” (100pk plastic wrapped, PN 0740)
ATIP: 97m15s05f
Made in UAE by FTI
Purchased in November 2014

Written at 24x

Apart from the E22 errors, an excellent result (disc defect or writer? - more testing required). BLER average is significantly better than other drives have managed so far with this pack of discs (1.0-1.3).

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Pioneer BDR-TD03 (firmware 1.30)

Sold as: “Traxdata CD-R 52x 700MB Inkjet Printable” (50pk plastic wrapped)
ATIP: 97m15s17f
Made in Taiwan
Purchased in December 2012

Written at 24x

Another very good result with lower than expected BLER. About 40 discs from this pack have been used and the BLER average has consistently been about 2.2-2.5.

[Albert]

[QUOTE=Ibex;2742005]Pioneer BDR-TD03 (firmware 1.30)

Sold as “Verbatim Datalife 6x BD-R Printable” (10pk Spindle)
MID: CMCMAGBA5
Made in Taiwan

Written at ~1.5x (4x selected)

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"Written at ~1.5x"
Automatic defect management?

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[QUOTE=Albert;2742159]"Written at ~1.5x"
Automatic defect management?[/QUOTE]
That’s what I assumed, it was probably just being fussy/cautious.

It’s the only BD-R disc I’ve tried so far in this drive, but it writes Verbatim & CMC BD-RE very nicely at 2x.

Another disc from this pack was written on my Sony BWU-500S and looked a lot better. But a sample size of 2 isn’t enough to conclude that one writer is better than the other.

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Pioneer BDR-TD03 (firmware 1.30)

Sold as “Verbatim Datalife 6x BD-R Printable” (10pk Spindle)
MID: CMCMAGBA5
Made in Taiwan

Written at 4x.

It paused at about 4GB, which probably explains the spike on the scan.

Same pack of discs as post #2 above.

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[QUOTE=Albert;2742159]"Written at ~1.5x"
Automatic defect management?[/QUOTE]
I’m now convinced it is an issue with Nero 8.

My BDR-S06XLB did exactly the same thing with another BD-R, and with these CMC BA5 it only offers 1x speed. With Ashampoo Burning Studio it offered the full range of speeds and successfully completed a disc at 4x.

The disc above was written by the BDR-TD03 with CDBurnerXP in 32 minutes, which seems correct for 4x CAV.

This BDR-TD03 continues to impress me with its writing quality on all types of disc. On these CMC BA5 it has been consistently better than others (although the sample size is still very small). Here is another disc from this pack written with the BDR-S06XLB.