Sony AW-Q160A SATA 16x DVD±RW

by **Ian** on Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:13 pm

Yep, subscribers get an early look at Sony's new SATA DVD writer.

If you haven't guessed by now, the AW-Q160A is based on a Lite-On design. I'm not sure which yet. Here's a few pics to start you off.

by **Ian** on Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:15 pm

A few more...

by **Ian** on Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:16 pm

Stress test and write quality.

by **dodecahedron** on Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:25 pm

does not write DVD-R DL ???

by **Ian** on Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:46 pm

dodecahedron wrote:does not write DVD-R DL ???

lol.. I didn't notice that. I'll check that tonite.

by **Spazmogen** on Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:39 pm

What are the rated specs on it? Namely the DL speed.

Google.ca came up empty!

So many choices lately!

Sony with SATA. Lite On with a 20x writer now...

by **dodecahedron** on Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:55 pm

the Sony is a Lite-On!
wait a bit and you'll have 20x SATA drives too.

by **Ian** on Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:26 pm

Spazmogen wrote:What are the rated specs on it? Namely the DL speed.

Dunno.. I'll have to check that too.

by **Ian** on Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:38 pm

Here's the list of supported media. The output has been fixed thanks to ala42.

Code: Select all: DVD+R9 supported media types: 18 ------------------------------------------ CMC MAG D01-000 4x,2.4x CMC MAG D02-000 8x,6x,4x CMC MAG D04-000 8x,6x,4x FUJIFILM FR1-000 8x,6x,4x INFOME D01-000 4x,2.4x MKM 001-000 4x,2.4x MKM 003-000 8x,6x,4x PHILIPS CD2-000 2.4x PHILIPS PD2-000 2.4x PRODISC D01-000 4x,2.4x RICOHJPN D00-001 4x,2.4x RICOHJPN D01-067 8x,6x,4x RITEK D01-001 2.4x RITEK D03-001 8x,6x,4x RITEK S01-000 4x,2.4x RITEK S04-001 8x,6x,4x RITEK S04-066 8x,6x,4x RITEK X08-001 8x,6x,4x DVD+R supported media types: 61 ------------------------------------------ AML 002-000 6x AML 003-000 16x,12x,8x,6x BeAll000 P40-000 4x BeAll000 PG0-000 12x,8x,6x CMC MAG E01-000 8x,6x CMC MAG F01-000 4x CMC MAG M01-000 12x,8x,6x DAXON AZ2-000 8x,6x DAXON AZ3-000 16x,12x,8x,6x DAXON CY3-000 16x,12x,8x,6x GSC503 H01-000 6x GSC503 H02-000 16x,12x,8x,6x INFODISC R20-000 8x,6x INFOME R20-000 6x INFOME R30-000 6x LD S03-000 8x,6x LD S04-000 6x LGEP16 001-000 12x,8x,6x MAXELL 001-000 4x MAXELL 002-000 8x,6x MAXELL 003-000 16x,12x,8x,6x MBIPG101 R03-000 4x MBIPG101 R04-001 8x,6x MBIPG101 R05-001 16x,12x,8x,6x MCC 002-000 4x MCC 003-000 8x,6x MCC 004-000 16x,12x,8x,6x MUST 006-002 16x,12x,8x,6x NAN YA FLX-000 12x,8x,6x NANYA CHX-000 6x NANYA CLX-000 8x,6x NSD R40-000 16x,12x,8x,6x OPTODISC OR8-000 8x,6x OPTODISC R16-000 6x PHILIPS C08-000 8x,6x PHILIPS C16-001 12x,8x,6x PRODISC R02-000 4x PRODISC R03-003 8x,6x PRODISC R04-004 16x,12x,8x,6x PRODISC R05-001 12x,8x,6x Philips 081-000 6x Plasmon1 C01-000 8x,6x RICOHJPN R01-002 4x RICOHJPN R02-003 8x,6x RICOHJPN R03-004 12x,8x,6x RITEK F16-001 16x,12x,8x,6x RITEK P16-000 12x,8x,6x RITEK R02-001 4x RITEK R03-002 8x,6x RITEK R04-001 6x RITEK R05-001 16x,12x,8x,6x SAST A01-000 6x SONY D11-000 8x,6x SONY D21-000 16x,12x,8x,6x TDK 001-000 4x TDK 002-000 8x,6x TDK 003-000 16x,12x,8x,6x YUDEN000 T01-001 4x YUDEN000 T01-001 8x,6x YUDEN000 T02-000 8x,6x YUDEN000 T03-000 16x,12x,8x,6x DVD+RW supported media types: 37 ------------------------------------------ CMC MAG W01-000 2.4x CMC MAG W02-000 4x,2.4x CMC MAG W03-000 8x,6x DAXON D41-000 4x DAXON D42-000 4x INFODISC A01-002 2.4x INFODISC A10-000 4x INFODISC A10-001 4x,2.4x MBIPG101 W03-000 2.4x MBIPG101 W04-000 4x,2.4x MBIPG101 W05-000 8x,6x MCC A01-000 2.4x MKM A02-000 4x,2.4x MKM A03-000 8x,6x NANYA DRW-000 4x NANYASC DRW-000 2.4x OPTODISC OP1-001 2.4x OPTODISC OP4-001 4x OPTODISC OP8-000 8x,6x PHILIPS 010-002 4x PHILIPS 041-000 4x,2.4x PHILIPS RW8-000 8x,6x PRODISC W01-002 2.4x PRODISC W02-000 4x PRODISC W03-000 8x,6x RICOHJPN W01-000 2.4x RICOHJPN W01-001 2.4x RICOHJPN W11-001 4x,2.4x RICOHJPN W21-001 8x,6x RITEK 001-001 2.4x RITEK 004-048 4x,2.4x RITEK 008-000 8x,6x RITEK W04-000 4x,2.4x SENTINEL W01-000 2.4x SENTINEL W02-000 4x SONY S11-000 4x,2.4x SONY S21-000 8x,6x DVD-R9 supported media types: 7 ------------------------------------------ 4 RITEKP01 8x,2x C MAG. AD4 C 2x,1x CMC MAG. AD4 12x,8x M 01RD30 M 6x,4x,1x MKM 01RD30 6x,2x,1x MKM 03RD30 6x,2x,1x RITEKP01 6x,4x,1x DVD-R supported media types: 44 ------------------------------------------ BeAll G16001 12x,8x,6x CMC MAG. AE1 8x,6x,4x CMC MAG. AF1 6x,4x,2x,1x CMC MAG. AM1 12x,8x,6x CMC MAG. AM3 16x,12x,8x,6x FUJIFILM03 8x,6x,4x FUJIFILM04 16x,12x,8x,6x GSC003 8x,6x,4x GSC004 8x,6x,4x INFODISC-R20 8x,6x,4x LEADDATA S03 8x,6x,4x MBI 01RG20 MBI 01RG40 12x,8x,6x MBI 03RG40 16x,12x,8x,6x MCC 01RG20 6x,1x MCC 02RG20 8x,6x,4x MCC 03RG20 16x,12x,8x,6x MUST 007 16x,12x,8x,6x MXL RG02 6x,4x,2x MXL RG03 8x,6x,4x MXL RG04 16x,12x,8x,6x NAN YA A01 8x,6x,4x NAN YA F02 12x,8x,6x OPTODISCR008 8x,6x,4x OPTODISCR016 16x,12x,8x,6x ProdiscF01 8x,6x,4x ProdiscF02 16x,12x,8x,6x ProdiscS04 8x,6x,4x ProdiscS05 12x,8x,6x RITEKF1 12x,8x,6x RITEKG04 RITEKG05 6x,4x RITEKM02 RITEKM16 12x,8x,6x SONY08D1 8x,6x,4x SONY16D1 16x,12x,8x,6x TTG01 2x,1x TTG02 8x,6x,4x TTH01 8x,6x,4x TTH02 16x,12x,8x,6x TYG01 8x,2x TYG02 8x,6x,4x TYG03 16x,12x,8x,6x UME01 8x,6x,4x DVD-RW supported media types: 36 ------------------------------------------ CMCW02 2x CMCW03 4x CMCW04 6x,4x DAXON_RW2X01 2x INFOMEDIAA20 4x JVC/VictorT7 1x JVC0VictorD7 4x JVC1Victord7 6x,4x JVC_VictorW7 2x MCC 00RW11N9 1x MCC 01RW11n9 2x MCC 01RW4X 4x MKM 01RW6X01 6x,4x OPTODISCK001 1x OPTODISCK001 2x OPTODISCW002 2x OPTODISCW004 4x OPTODISCW006 6x,4x PRINCO 1x PRINCO 2x PRINCORW0004 4x PRINCORW2X01 2x PVCW00D002K9 2x PVCW00V00245 2x Prodisc DW04 2x Prodisc DW06 4x ProdiscDVDRW 1x RITEK000V11A 1x RITEKW01 2x RITEKW04 4x RITEKW06 6x,4x SONY000000U9 1x TDK501saku]3 1x TDK502sakuM3 2x TDK601saku 4x TDK701saku 6x,4x DVD-RAM supported media types: 11 ------------------------------------------ MXL16 5x MXL8 3x MXL9 3x MatsushiM01J0002 1x MatsushiM01J0007 1x MatsushiM01J0008 3x MatsushiM01J3002 1x MatsushiM01J3003 3x MatsushiM01J3004 3x MatsushiM01J5006 5x Optodisc 1x

by **dolphinius_rex** on Fri Sep 08, 2006 11:27 pm

Odd, DVD-RAM is supported in the firmware, but the drive doesn't support it (for reading or writing)

by **dodecahedron** on Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:09 am

that's not all that's odd.
according to InfoTool no DVD-R DL, according to the fw dump 9 types supported.
DVD+R9 no write speeds ???
no support for MCC DVD+/-R ???

by **MediumRare** on Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:58 am

Any idea which chipset is used? Does it support PI/PIF tests etc with CD-Speed or KProbe or DVDScan ?

SATA is slowly catching on!

G

by **Ian** on Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:52 pm

I ran a quick test with some Verbatim 16x DVD-R media.

by **Ian** on Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:01 pm

To answer some of your questions..

The drive writes to DVD+R DL media at 8x. However, it requires media rated at that speed. With Verbatim's 2.4x DL media, the speed was limited to 4x.

The drive recognized DVD-R DL media without any problems. I have not done any test burns yet though.

The drive seems to work alright with KProbe. I did have to switch the driver to SPTI or whatever before it would recognize the drive.

With CD Speed, the number of PI Failures seems abnormally low. It makes me think its not calculating them correctly or its using Sum1.

Keep the questions coming.. I'll probably move this thread over to the non-subscriber part of the forum in the next day or two.

by **MediumRare** on Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:03 pm

Ian wrote:The drive seems to work alright with KProbe.

Looks like it's a MediaTek chipset then...

Ian wrote:With CD Speed, the number of PI Failures seems abnormally low. It makes me think its not calculating them correctly or its using Sum1.

Do you mean the maximum value for PIF? CDSpeed does use Sum1 for PIF on LiteOn drives. Normally, the results from CDSpeed and KProbe are essentially identical (except for some idiosyncracies in averages). Since your scans are at different speeds, the totals aren't exactly comparable though.

G

by **Ian** on Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:43 pm

MediumRare wrote:Do you mean the maximum value for PIF? CDSpeed does use Sum1 for PIF on LiteOn drives. Normally, the results from CDSpeed and KProbe are essentially identical (except for some idiosyncracies in averages). Since your scans are at different speeds, the totals aren't exactly comparable though.

Yeah, you're right. I don't use it with my Lite-On drives.

If I remember right, both use the same API's to gather the data from the drive.

by **Ian** on Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:59 am

Moving this for general consumption...

by **Ian** on Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:51 am

ala42 was able to get the list of supported media to display correctly. The list above has been updated.

by **aviationwiz** on Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:46 pm

Taiyo Yuden 16x DVD-R - TYG03 @ 16x

PlexTools Pro XL Scans

by **aviationwiz** on Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:49 pm

Taiyo Yuden 8x DVD+R - YUDEN000 T02 @ 8x

PlexTools Pro XL Scans

by **aviationwiz** on Wed Sep 27, 2006 6:55 pm

Optodisc - Acro Circle 16x DVD+R @ 6x

The top speed offered was 6x.

PlexTools Pro XL Scans

by **aviationwiz** on Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:01 pm

Optodisc - Acro Circle 16x DVD-R @ 8x

PlexTools Pro XL Scans

by **Ian** on Wed Oct 18, 2006 11:07 pm

As I mentioned in another thread, the drive is based on the Lite-On SH-16A7L. Take note that with this firmware, the drive reports that it supports DVD-R DL.

by **dolphinius_rex** on Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:14 am

also DVD-RAM support?

I'll have to try that!

by **yeaok** on Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:31 pm

hey i just bought Fujifilm Dvd +r dl and it says to make sure that i have upgraded the drives firmware and i have KDS1 as the current firmware. Is that the latest, if not where can i find the latest firmware?

thanks