Testing:
In order to test the DVD writing performance I used a Verbatim 16x DVD – R and DVD +R both easily attainable at any office supply store.
to get proper writing times a 4.38GB image was burned using Nero.
DVD -R X16 |
DVD+R X16 |
As you can see when burning at 16x the iHES208 starts at about 6.7 and ramps up to its final top speed, averaging between 12-14x. The disparagement between the two graphs can be explained by a little bit of dust on the disk during writing and is not indicative of a writing problem.
In order to test the CD writing speed CD’s I created a random CD composed of files ranging between 2-25mb with a mix of file types
As you can see there was similar performance out of CD’s as there was out of our DVD formats. The iHES208 started at about 21.8x and ramped up to end at 48x giving it an average write speed of 36.99x
| DVD 16X write time | 6:29 |
| CD 48X write time | 2:44 |
Even thought the iHES208 does not start out at max speed it is still one of the quickest burns I have experienced, though not by much.
Blu-ray playback on the iHES208 was adequate nothing to write home using a single layer Blu-Ray movie about 22.8gb in size the drive was performing at an average of 6x handling reading much the same way it handled writing on an upward curve.
Loading up a dual layer Blu-Ray disk unfortunately dropped the performance down to a maximum of 4x though averaging more around the 3.1x mark. Thought the read speeds seem real low keep in mind that you’re not burning a disk your merely reading data 2x is more than adequate to watch Blu-Ray movies though may be a tad on the slow side to copy files from.
It’s laborious to find educated people on this subject, however you sound like you realize what you’re talking about! Thanks