 DVD
Burner & Blank Media
Compatibility Report |
Chapter 3 – Most
Reliable Burner analysis
Using the database we will focus now on some important drives. We selected
them either by their popularity or their quality.
Here is the chart of the top 20 drives sorted by usage, with the successful
completion rate in the right column.
| |
Unit String |
Manufacturer |
Uses |
Success Ratio |
| 1 |
HL-DT-STDVDRAM GSA-4163B |
LG |
775 354 |
96.12% |
| 2 |
HL-DT-STDVDRAM GSA-4167B |
LG |
503 454 |
95.37% |
| 3 |
_NEC DVD_RW ND-3500AG |
NEC |
298 247 |
95.57% |
| 4 |
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-110D |
PIONEER |
261 006 |
95.64% |
| 5 |
LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1633S |
LITE-ON |
257 046 |
93.09% |
| 6 |
_NEC DVD_RW ND-3520A |
NEC |
250 157 |
96.62% |
| 7 |
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109 |
PIONEER |
241 481 |
90.16% |
| 8 |
_NEC DVD_RW ND-3540A |
NEC |
240 235 |
97.05% |
| 9 |
TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-H552B |
SAMSUNG |
222 123 |
91.04% |
| 10 |
PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-108 |
PIONEER |
204 721 |
92.55% |
| 11 |
PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716A |
PLEXTOR |
199 390 |
96.12% |
| 12 |
LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1693S |
LITE-ON |
194 520 |
94.69% |
| 13 |
TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-H552U |
SAMSUNG |
180 572 |
91.59% |
| 14 |
SONY DVD RW DRU-810A |
SONY |
178 098 |
97.78% |
| 15 |
_NEC DVD_RW ND-3550A |
NEC |
175 742 |
97.82% |
| 16 |
_NEC DVD_RW ND-2500A |
NEC |
166 756 |
95.65% |
| 17 |
HL-DT-STDVDRAM GSA-4160B |
LG |
166 127 |
94.40% |
| 18 |
HL-DT-STDVDRAM GSA-4120B |
LG |
161 958 |
92.39% |
| 19 |
HP DVD Writer 640c |
HP |
159 259 |
95.93% |
| 20 |
LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1673S |
LITE-ON |
144 990 |
93.85% |
It's no surprise to see LG leading the chart with a very popular drive (even
if it's not their most recent model). NEC and LG place several drives in the
chart, while the most used (and not the best quality one) SONY drive is only
at the 14th position.
The average success rate in the database is 95%, so this lets you figure out
what is a good or a bad drive. When the drive is over this value, it means
the overall performance (regardless of the media) is quite good. When the success
rate is around 90% or below, you can seriously consider the drive to be very
sensitive about media used or the drive itself is not very good.
On the quality point of view, LG and NEC (for the most recent drives such
as 25xx, 35xx, and 45xx models) the results are very good. Plextor and
its popular PX-716 is also in a good position. Samsung, Pioneer and Sony
are not impressive.
If we don't take into account the popularity of a drive (some drives
are too recent and can't be in the top positions with a database running for
more than 6 months). Please consider also these drives:
Plextor PX-740 : 97.5%
Toshiba R5112 : 96.8%
BenQ 1640 : 97.,4%
