Plextor PX-W4012A vs. Lite-on 40123S media info part 2

A while ago we reported on an intersting post by runner1000000 on the CDRLabs.com forum regarding the media quality a Plextor PX-W4012A produces vs. a Lite-On 40123S. Here's the follow-up:

The information is presented in the following order for each line: brand and speed rating, disk manufacturer, time for plex to burn disk, whether disk was readable, time for Lite-on with Smart-Burn on to burn disk, whether disk was readable, time for Lite-on with Smart-Burn off to burn disk, whether disk was readable, time for Lite-on with new fw (ZS0A) with SB on, whether disk was readable, any additional notes. A _____ indicates that brand was not tested with that burner/stage/firmware:

• TDK 32x Taiyo Yuden 3:34 Yes 3:25 Yes 3:25 Yes 3:14 Yes
  
• Plextor 32x Hitachi Maxell 3:23 Yes 3:24 No 3:25 Yes 3:15 Yes
  
• Yamaha 24x Mitsui 3:50 Yes 3:27 No 3:25 No 3:15 No
  
• Fuji Taiyo Yuden 5:13 Yes 5:19 Yes 3:25 Yes 5:09 Yes
  
• Verbatim 24x Mitsubishi 3:26 Yes 3: 42 Yes 3:25 No 3:19 Yes
  
• Verbatim 32x Mitsubishi 3:27 Yes 3:28 Yes 3:24 No 3:18 Yes
  
• GQ 32x Lead Data 3:31 Yes 3: 41 Yes 3:23 Yes 3:18 Yes(Bought at Frys for 2.90 for 10 pack)
  
• Smart Buy 16x Prodisc 3:31 No 3:30 No 3:26 No _____ _____
  
• Imation 16x CMC 3:32 No 3:25 No 3:25 No _____ _____
  
• CompUSA Black 16x CMC 3:38 Yes 3:25 No 3:32 No 3:15 No
  
• Office Depot 24x CMC 4:27 No 3:37 No NA No (disk stopped writing at 76%) 3:15 No
  
• Spin 32x CMC 3:36 Yes 3: 42 Yes 5:15 yes 3:13 Yes(bought at Office Depot for 14.99 for 50)
  
• Office Depot 32x CMC 5:27 No 3:24 No 3:32 No 3:19 No
  
• Imation 32x CMC 3:32 No 3:24 No 3:24 No 3:17 No
  
• Imation 24x CMC 3:32 Yes 3:25 No 3:24 Yes 3:14 Yes
  
• CompUSA 32x Ritek 3:51 Yes 3:28 Yes 3:38 Yes 3:19 Yes
  
• Sony 32x Sony 3:27 No 3:28 Yes 3:25 Yes 3:18 Yes
  
• Verbatim 16x Mitsubishi 5:18 Yes 3:53 Yes 3:52 Yes _____ _____
  
• HP 24x Taiyo Yuden 3:32 Yes 3:24 Yes 3:27 Yes 3:15 Yes
  
• Unbranded 24x Taiyo Yuden 3:32 Yes 3:24 Yes 3:33 Yes 3:14 Yes
  
• TDK 24x Ritek 3:33 Yes 3:24 Yes 3:25 Yes 3:15 Yes
  
• PNY 24x Auvistar 5:19 Yes 3:27 Yes 3:25 No 3:18 Yes
  
• Teac 16x CMC 3:38 Yes 3:26 Yes 3:24 Yes 3:14 Yes
  
• Memorex 24x Ritek 3:33 Yes 3:26 Yes 3:25 No 3:16 Yes

The Lite-on with new fw (ZS0A) successfully burned 16 out of 21 disks that I tried with it. I did not possess 3 disks that I had tried before. When 3 disks that did not burn with any state were taken out, the ratio increased to 16/18. The new fw would again burn only the Spin 32x, Imation 24x and TEAC 16x of the CMCs. I have no explanation for why these would burn successfully, but not the other CMC disks

The time difference between the fw ZS03 and ZS0A for successful burns was generally about 10 seconds faster for fw ZS0A (the newer fw), but because of some rather large differences, at times, the average was about 13 seconds per burn faster for the new fw.

You can find the full test procedure on the CDRLabs.com forum. We again thank runner1000000 for submitting this information on our own forum !

Source: CD Freaks