Digitex DVD-R 8x

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The next category of discs to be discussed is the DVD-R format. A cursory glance over the table says it’s all right with the Digitex DVD-R 8x. Almost all the samples recorded at two speeds have fewer errors of both types than the maximums set by ECMA. The only exception is the result of the blank recorded by the Pioneer DVR-109. Here, KProbe has counted a maximum of 80 PI failures, which is far above the acceptable limit of 4. Yet if you examine the graph carefully, you will see that there’s just a single spike of PI failures which by far exceeds the average PI failure rate. So, we can consider this as a special case resulting from the operational algorithm of KProbe and affecting but slightly our verdict about the disc.

It’s hard to say which drive is better with discs of that brand, but the Plextor PX-712A seems to be somewhat worse than the other three.