Posted by MCheu on 12/12/05 03:50

On 11 Dec 2005 09:55:31 -0800, "come_mon_come_mon!"
<come_mon_come_mon@yahoo.com.hk> wrote:

>
>After one day long study of testing report at
>
>http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Home.aspx?ArticleTypeId=2&SubCategoryId=32
>
>about LG 4167B, Pioneer DVR-110 & DVR-110D, Plextor PX-716AL (from my
>layman's view), I decided & did bought one LG 4167B (non box set) at
>$41.7 (equivalent USD) from shop. LG was choosed because I got the
>impression from the test report that this model performed stably in
>writing various media & can read wide range of media even if they were
>copyright protected. I will use this DVD drive mainly for burning DVD.
>So I don't mind it's slightly inferior performance in reading test.
>
>Also, as I will not (and have no spare time too) buy all the DVD media
>claimed supported by this model, I need some tools that can help me to
>test the drive's function thoroughly. I hope the test will help me find
>out if the bought drive function as it should be.
>
>CDSpeed2000, DVDInfopro & KProbe2 were downloaded from below links:
>
>http://www.cdspeed2000.com/go.php3?link=download.html
>http://www.dvd-recordable.org/wwwimgs/media/flash/dvdinfopro/index.htm
>http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93944
>
>Are these software suitable test suites ?

CDSpeed will cover your needs. It covers performance tests and burn
quality tests. Though you will save yourself a fair bit of time by
just reading the CDFreaks forums and starting out with a decent brand
of media. Not all the supported brands of media will necessarily give
you good results. It's attached to Nero, but this particular
component is released separately as freeware.

DVDInfoPro is similar in concept, but it's shareware, meaning you have
to pay for it. Featureset isn't quite as extensive, but it seems to
have a few unique features. The biggest negative seems to be that the
author tends to take criticisms on his program a bit too personally,
and gets into these Derek Smart like arguments on the CDFreaks forums
from time to time.

KProbe probably wouldn't be of much use to you, as that program has
traditionally been heavily tied to LiteON brand burners (which yours
isn't). The link you provided actually says this on the first post of
the thread.

I'd suggest you start by looking at the Forums on CDFreaks and see
which media is truly recommended by users and start from there. That
way, you won't waste so much time and money buying low grade media.
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Thanks.


MCheu

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