 DVD
Burner & Blank Media
Compatibility Report |
Back in April of 2005, VSO Software introduced
a new feature to collect anonymous data about the burning
process. These statistics were collected in a database and
we used this database to focus our attention on some optical
drives. The database contains information like drive model,
firmware, media type and brand, burn speed and whether the burn has completed
successfully or not. As of today the database contains more than 14 million
records, collected by VSO products such as CopyToDVD, BlindWrite, PhotoDVD
and ConvertXtoDVD ( formerly known as DivxToDVD ) but also by some 3rd party
products which use VSO technology (Burning SDK). If you wonder why you should
switch on the statistic option during installation, please read this.
We published a first analysis in December 2005 and are now
releasing the second, updated report .
What are the most popular CD and DVD writer manufacturers ? What is the
best DVD format to use (+R or -R) ? Is it that important to update the firmware?
Have the last trends changed since December 2005 ?
Database summary
Total records
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14.069 million
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| Average hits per day
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52 985 new records
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| Ratio success
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95 %
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| Number of drives
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1 983
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| Number of media
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995
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| Number of drive manufacturers
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58
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| Number of media manufacturers
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18
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With 50 000 new records per day we can quickly analyse the
behaviour of a new drive and detect compatibility issues. We use this database
for support, suggesting the best drive or the best media brand for customers.
The average burning success rate has reached 95%,
increasing by 2.5 % since December O5.. Some people may consider it not very
high, but the behaviour of customers leads to believe they try several times
in case the burn fails, and before realizing it is an issue of poor media quality,
or another reason, the success rate is lowered. As we will see later, the best
drive combined with the best media can increase the success rate up to 97%.
It's interesting to see that there are more than 1900 different drive models,
and 900 different media brands and types.
As we will see later, the top 5 drive manufacturers represent more than 80%
of the market.
