The CDR-Zone has released another interesting media review. This time they focus on Plextor branded media which is manufactured by Taiyo Yuden, so premium results are expected. While the results are decent, it is very surprising to see that the results are not exactly top notch. Check out the review and do some comparisons to our 16x DVD+R tests.

But what we didn’t expect was a recordable media from Taiyo Yuden that could exhibit higher than expected Parity Inner Errors. Although as stated these are still perfectly within set specifications, it is higher than we would of hoped for from this media. Maybe this is just a case of earlier offerings from the combination of Plextor and Taiyo Yuden being so good at recording speeds of 16x that we expected the same with their 16x offering. When you set the bar high users really do expect it to be continued throughout future products too and it is one of the main reasons communities on the internet regard Taiyo Yuden based media as the premium media of choice for their recording needs. So some very quality concious readers may regard the amount of potential errors found whilst scanning with Kprobe a little higher than is normal for Taiyo Yuden media but we must also remember that this one of the least important factors on the quality of a recorded media.
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If I did have one minor grumble though, it would be that the Plextor PX-716A recording device was not able to record it’s own branded media at its rated speed of 16x with the Power Record enabled. Although it is normal for this option to slow 16x recording down towards the end, I was unable to achieve a 16x recording at all.

Read the review at CDR-Zone