Verbatim DVD-R 8x Dual Layer reviewed

The CDR-Zone has published another comprehensive DVD media review. This time they tested and analyzed the high speed DVD-R Dual Layer disc by Verbatim (Mitsubishi). Their conclusion seems to be that Verbatim has delivered high quality media, but the out-of-date firmwares and write strategies of certain recorders used in the test are causing variation in the results.

The very best media in the world can be made poor by a bad recording strategy. Recordings made on the Plextor PX-760A and Optiarc AD-7173 showed that a quality recording could be achieved inconjunction with the Verbatim 8x DVD-R Dual Layer DVD-R media, whilst the recording made with the Samsung SH-182M also seemed very usuable but displayed minor issues near and around the layer break. Both the Pioneer DVR 111D and Liteon-It SHM-165P6S recording devices offered usuable recordings with their respective recording strategies but I do feel that further firmware updates would bring these recordings more inline with the better results achieved with the Plextor and Optiarc recording devices.

Read the full review: CDR-Zone.com