Nero CD/DVD Speed

[trekkerj]

I'm using the transfer rate test to test the quality of my burns. It seems like the discs that came with the burner aren't of the best quality (they were a throw in from newegg.com). They're Ritek's, but had some problems toward the end of the disc. I ran a bad one through the transfer test, and sure enough, there were problems. A disc that I burned that ran through ok, looked good.

The weird thing I don't understand is that discs I burned with my older dvd burner, fail the transfer test. Why would this be? They play fine, but does it matter that I'm running the transfer rate test in a burner other than that used to burn the disc?

[atreides93]

You really need to specify what burner you're using and firmware version!!!
Some burners are notorious for being terribly readers...

I remember some time ago, I was being faked out by a faulty reader that made all my burns look terrible. I really panicked and though all my backups were bad. But it turned out the reader was just awful and trying them on another reader yielded much better results.

[trekkerj]

It's the Lite-On 8x drive with DVD+R9 capability, so pretty new. I haven't updated the firmware. I just thought it was strange that all the discs I burned with it went through the test from start to finish, and the older discs I burned with my 1x Panasonic didn't make it.