Datawrite Titanium 8X DVD-R CMCMAG AE1
Datawrite sent me samples of their latest 8x speed DVD-R media codenamed Titanium with the following MID code CMCMAG AE1
The disc is a gun metal grey in colour with the standard Datawrite Logo engraved upon it and apart from the colour it does not look any different any of the predecessors of Datawrite Classics. The sales hype claims that it is bomb proof & bullet proof well I AM NOT so I will not be testing out these claims but I can say the disc looks great with its gun metal finish and if it performs as well as previous grades I don’t care if it is bullet proof or not
The full mid code is as follows
00 6C 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 54 0D 0E .L...@....R..T..
88 9A 80 00 03 43 4D 43 20 4D 41 00 04 47 2E 20 .....CMC MA..G.
41 45 31 00 05 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 06 09 0D 11 AE1.............
87 78 90 00 07 88 80 00 00 00 00 00 08 05 15 0D .X..............
0F 0A 09 00 09 97 07 0F 0B 7C 88 00 0A 80 00 00 .........|......
00 00 10 00 0B 05 1B 13 A8 89 65 00 0C B6 89 88 ..........E.....
80 00 00 00 0D 00 00 D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
I burnt several films with this media and tested the playback for compatibility they all played smoothly in my DVD players I burnt this media in the following drives PIONEER DVR-108, ,NEC ND-3500AG, Memorex DVD+/-DLRWL1 F16, LITEON SOHW1633S, TEAC DV-W516G, PLEXTOR PX-712SA
All my test drives were capable of burning at 8x speed to this media and as an added bonus I was able to burn at 12x speed with the Pioneer DVR-108 and an additional burn has been carried out with this drive
Here are the resultant graphs
PIONEER DVR-108 V1.14 burnt at 8X speed
 | A burn quality test in my BenQ drive
PI starting around 20 dropping to below 10 with a slight peak of 30 at the end of the scan. Not the lowest of readings but a good scan
Jitter remains well below 10% for the entire scan |
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Speed test in the Toshiba drive
This scan is good up to 4gig when it hesitates but the scan completed without errors |
PIONEER DVR-108 V burnt at 12X speed  | A burn quality test in my BenQ drive
A similar scan to the 8x speed burn but a better scan at the finish
Jitter is below 10% at the start rising to 10% as the speed of the burn increases
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 | Speed test in the Toshiba drive
Speed test is good and better than the 8X speed burn
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NEC ND-3500AG burnt at 8X speed  | Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive
A good scan here starting at about 10 and remaining under 10 most of the disc ending with a peak of well under 20
Jitter peaks slightly at around 500meg but it smooths out to an average of less than 10% |
 | Speed test in the Toshiba drive This scan shows an almost perfect graph again What more can I say? |
MEMOREX DVD+/-DLRWL1 F16 vBWSE burnt at at 8X Speed  |
Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive
PI starting around 40 reducing to below 10 but a large increase around the 2gig speed transition point peaking around 80. A disappointing scan but not one that will have any detrimental effect on playback
Jitter starts off below 10% ands jumps to 10% at the same transition point |
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Speed test in the Toshiba drive
This scan shows a good graph. with only a minor dip at the edge
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LITEON SOHW1633S burnt at at 8x Speed  |
Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive
Slight peak of only 15 at the start with a dip to under 10 with a final peak of about 25, A good result for the Liteon
Jitter % is very low starting at about 8% and remaining below 10 % throughout the scan
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 | Speed test in the Toshiba drive
Just a couple of dips towards the outer edge
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TEAC DV-W516G burnt at 8x Speed
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Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive
Very similar graph here to the Liteon, just peaking a little higher resulting in a higher scale.
Jitter remains constant way under 10%
PIF is slightly high after the 4gig point
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Speed test in the Toshiba drive
Some deep dips at the outer edge but readable throughout, this coincides with the high PIF in this area
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PLEXTOR PX-712SA burnt at 8x Speed  | Burn quality as tested in the BenQ drive
Although this graph looks to fill the scale the results are so good that the scale of the graph remained at minimum peak of 10 giving an overhaul graph of less than 10. Indeed a remarkable result.
Jitter % is also remarkably low averaging 7.5%
With this drive & media I could not wish for a better result |
 | Speed test in the Toshiba drive
As good as it gets | /tr>
Although the PI errors are higher on some drives than previously tested media the results with the Liteon manufactured drives are a lot better than most and the result with the Plextor could not be better. All the burns produced discs that played back OK over a wide range of DVD players without pausing or freezing. The PIF is generally low and is negligible with the overall jitter readings being very low at below 10% for most of the time.
This is a good all-round disc that produces good results over a wide range of DVD burners and works well in the low end Liteon range and excellent in the top end burners such as the Pioneer and the NEC, with the ability to burn 12x on the Pioneer is an unexpected bonus.
The results in the Plextor burner are superb
Added: Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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