AnandTech DVD Writer Roundup

[JohnnyCNote]

Spring 2004 DVD Performance Roundup: More DVD Dual 8X

Several months ago, we took a look at eight DVD dual format burners and threw a barrage of media at them to see who came out on top. We were very happy to crown the Plextor 708A as champion for its ability to recalibrate 4X media on the fly with an 8X write descriptor. Since then, we have had several new drive introductions.

This time, we will approach our roundup slightly different than the previous roundup. As it is a generally accepted fact that there are only a few significantly different designs and chipsets for DVD recorders, we have taken the liberty of mapping which burners are based on which chipsets; you will see similar performance between many drives based on the same construction and chipset. In the case of many of these drives, the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) is the same.

Today, we have five very widely used chipsets on six popular designs. As you will see, these six design variations encompass almost every 8X dual drive on the market to date.

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*gags* I was hoping that this bad review won't get spread around... *sigh*

Well, here's a review of this review. Basically, the guy writing this had no idea whatsoever what he was talking about. Scans were all done incorrectly, facts are mixed up (or in some, just completely wrong)... save yourself the trouble and skip reading this.