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1+ Year Old Media Results
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:52 am
by [buck]
After seeing Dolph's results with his old review media, I was inspired dig up some of my older media (12-18 months old) and scan them.
Over the past few weeks, I've been able to scan 39 older discs for which I have initial scans for.
Just a few notes:- All discs were originally burned in a BenQ DW1620 with B7P9, B7T9, B7U9 or B7V9 firmware.
- All discs were originally scanned in the same BenQ DW1620 with the same firmware as they were burned with.
- All discs were rescanned in the same drive with the same firmware as they were orignally scanned in.
- Unfortunately, the discs were rescanned with a different CD Speed version (v4.51.1) than they were orginally scanned with simply because I have no way of knowing exactly which version of CD Speed I used initially
- Discs were stored in cheapie DVD cases or a Case Logic CD/DVD wallet.
edit: I updated each post to specifically state how each disc was stored
- I don't have the *exact* dates of when these discs were burned, but my guesses should be accurate to within a month or so.
- Unless stated otherwise, all discs are in good physical condition with minimal scratches/dust (I made sure to dust off every disc with canned air before rescanning).
I should also mention that the initial scans were not always performed under ideal circumstances, which is reflected by the not-so-straight reading line seen in many scans
The first pic will be the original scan, and the second pic will be the rescan.
Let me know if you have any questions or requests!
update: I assigned every disc a number for easier referencing
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:53 am
by [buck]
Disc # 001
Fujifilm DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
YUDEN000T02 burned @ 12X in BenQ DW1620 B7T9
Burned: mid February 2005
Rescanned: July 04 2006
Stamper serial: TG001133 0201
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:54 am
by [buck]
Disc # 002
Fujifilm DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
YUDEN000T02 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7T9
Burned: late February 2005
Rescanned: July 04 2006
Stamper serial: TG001133 0201
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:55 am
by [buck]
Disc # 003
Fujifilm DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
YUDEN000T02 burned @ 12X in BenQ DW1620 B7U9
Burned: late February 2005
Rescanned: July 04 2006
Stamper serial: TG001133 1602
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:56 am
by [buck]
Disc # 004
Fujifilm DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
YUDEN000T02 burned @ 12X in BenQ DW1620 B7U9
Burned: late February 2005
Rescanned: July 04 2006
Stamper serial: TG001133 1602
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:58 am
by [buck]
Disc # 005
Fujifilm DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
YUDEN000T02 burned @ 12X in BenQ DW1620 B7V9
Burned: late April 2005
Rescanned: July 13 2006
Stamper serial: TG001133
Stored in Case Logic wallet
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:59 am
by [buck]
Disc # 006
Fujifilm DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
YUDEN000T02 burned @ 12X in BenQ DW1620 B7V9
Burned: early June 2005
Rescanned: July 18 2006
Stamper serial: TG001159 0604
Stored in Case Logic wallet
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:00 am
by [buck]
Disc # 007
Fujifilm DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
YUDEN000T02 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7V9
Burned: early July 2005
Rescanned: July 18 2006
Stored in Case Logic wallet
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:01 am
by [buck]
Disc # 008
Fujifilm DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
YUDEN000T02 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7T9
Burned: mid July 2005
Rescanned: July 18 2006
Stamper serial: TG001159 0604
Stored in Case Logic wallet
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:01 am
by [buck]
Disc # 009
Fujifilm DVD-R 8X (Made in Japan)
TYG02 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7T9
Burned: early May 2005
Rescanned: July 04 2006
Stamper serial: GG000103 0501
Stored in Case Logic wallet
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:02 am
by [buck]
Disc # 010
Fujifilm DVD-R 8X (Made in Japan)
TYG02 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7V9
Burned: early April 2005
Rescanned: July 05 2006
Stamper serial: GG000103 0501
Stored in Case Logic wallet
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:03 am
by [buck]
Disc # 011
Fujifilm DVD-R 8X (Made in Japan)
TYG02 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7V9
Burned: early May 2005
Rescanned: July 18 2006
Stamper serial: GG000103 0501
Stored in Case Logic wallet
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:04 am
by [buck]
Disc # 012
Verbatim DVD-R 8X Silver Thermal Printable (made in Taiwan by Prodisc)
MCC02RG20 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7T9
Burned: mid December 2004
Rescanned: July 17 2006
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:04 am
by [buck]
Disc # 013
Verbatim DVD-R 8X Silver Thermal Printable (made in Taiwan by Prodisc)
MCC02RG20 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7T9
Burned: mid December 2004
Rescanned: July 17 2006
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:05 am
by [buck]
Disc # 014
Verbatim DVD-R 8X Silver Thermal Printable (made in Taiwan by Prodisc)
MCC02RG20 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7P9
Burned: December 2004
Rescanned: July 18 2006
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:06 am
by [buck]
Disc # 015
Verbatim DVD-R 8X Silver Thermal Printable (made in Taiwan by Prodisc)
MCC02RG20 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7U9
Burned: mid January 2005
Rescanned: July 17 2006
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:07 am
by [buck]
Disc # 016
Verbatim DVD-R 8X Silver Thermal Printable (made in Taiwan by Prodisc)
MCC02RG20 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7T9
Burned: early February 2005
Rescanned: July 04 2006
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:07 am
by [buck]
Disc # 017
Verbatim DVD-R 8X Silver Thermal Printable (made in Taiwan by Prodisc)
MCC02RG20 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7T9
Burned: mid February 2005
Rescanned: July 04 2006
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:08 am
by [buck]
Disc # 018
Verbatim DVD-R 8X Silver Thermal Printable (made in Taiwan by Prodisc)
MCC02RG20 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7T9
Burned: mid February 2005
Rescanned: July 04 2006
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:09 am
by [buck]
Disc # 019
Verbatim DVD-R 8X Silver Thermal Printable (made in Taiwan by Prodisc)
MCC02RG20 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7T9
Burned: mid February 2005
Rescanned: July 17 2006
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:10 am
by [buck]
Disc # 020
Verbatim DVD-R 8X Silver Thermal Printable (made in Taiwan by Prodisc)
MCC02RG20 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7U9
Burned: early April 2005
Rescanned: July 17 2006
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:11 am
by [buck]
Disc # 021
unbranded Taiyo Yuden DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
YUDEN000T02 burned @ 16X in BenQ DW1620 B7U9
Burned: February 2005
Rescanned: July 17 2006
Stamper serial: TG001158 0305
Stored in poor quality DVD case
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:13 am
by [buck]
Disc # 022
Maxell DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
MAXELL002 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7P9
Burned: mid April 2005
Rescanned: July 18 2006
Stored in Case Logic wallet
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:14 am
by [buck]
Disc # 023
Maxell DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
MAXELL002 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7V9
Burned: mid April 2005
Rescanned: July 18 2006
Stored in Case Logic wallet
Posted:
Sat Jul 29, 2006 3:15 am
by [buck]
Disc # 024
Maxell DVD+R 8X (Made in Japan)
MAXELL002 burned @ 8X in BenQ DW1620 B7V9
Burned: late April 2005
Rescanned: July 13 2006
Stored in Case Logic wallet