BD Write and ReWrite Tests - Roxio DigitalMedia SE:
To test the BD writing performance of Pioneer's new drive I used BD-R and BD-RE media from Memorex and TDK. To get the writing times, about 23GB of data was burned to our test media using Roxio DigitalMedia SE. To make sure that the BDR-101A could read the disc back, we ran it through CD Speed's transfer rate test.
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The BDR-101A writes to BD-R and BD-RE at 2x. Looking at the screenshots above, you can see that it writes at this speed from start to finish.
Normally we'd use Nero for this test. Unfortunately, the BDR-101A did not seem to be fully supported, even with the latest build of Nero 7. While the program reported that it was writing at 2x, the actual speed was closer to 0.5x. To make things simpler, we used the bundled software, Roxio DigitalMedia SE.
| Manufacturer ID | Average Write Time |
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| Memorex BD-R | MEI T01 | 45:27 | Transfer Rate |
| Memorex BD-RE | MEI T01 | 45:46 | Transfer Rate |
| TDK BD-R | TDKBLDRBA | 45:35 | Transfer Rate |
| TDK BD-RE | TDKBLDWBA | 45:45 | Transfer Rate |
As you can see, writing to BD-R and BD-RE media is not a speedy process. In all cases, it took more than 45 minutes to write 23GB of data.
Performance Revisited:
The BDR-101A performed as expected throughout most of our tests. While it took a considerable amount of time, the drive had no problems writing to BD-R and BD-RE media. With a maximum read speed of only 2x, the BDR-101A took just as long to read the discs back. Considering its specs, the BDR-101A also turned in some fairly good times when writing to DVD±R and DVD±RW media. However, there were a few cases where the writing quality could have been better. Reading DVD's wasn't a problem for the BDR-101 either. In our tests, it was able to read single layer data DVD's and DVD±R media at 8x. With all of these things considered, I gave the Pioneer BDR-101A a 7 out of 10 for its performance.
