Blu-ray drives: BenQ versus LG

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Tested

Both drives were tested according to out DVD-writers benchmarks, as well as a test we have to test the drives on their Blu-Ray capabilities. We used Imation BD-R discs, and the BenQ drive did as it promises on the box, it wrote the complete disc at 2x speed, whcih took exactly 46 minutes. The LG does the same, and wrote the disc at a very decent 4x speed, resulting in a total time needed of 25 minutes to fill the disc. unfortunatley we have no way of assessing the actual quality of the written materials, but we can say that both discs did not show any errors when we tried to read them.

There are noticeable differences on the DVD side. Where both drives promised a speed of 12x to write a DVD+R, the average writing speed of the LG was slightly higher.In our tests the LG came to an average speed of 11x to write on a DVD-R, teh BenQ did not exceed 9x. In real life terms this meant that the BenQ drive took about a minute longer than the LG to completely fill a DVD-R. The quality of the writing was excellent with both drives, they both scored well in the 90's and both drives only failed once to write a disc.

This changes when we look at the performance with double layer discs. The BenQ did not manage to complete any of the media we tried with it, the LG did manage some, but could only achieve a decent quality score on three occasions. This might not necessarily be LG's fault, as we have seen similar results when we tested other DVD writers with double layer discs.

DVD+RW and DVD-RW are being handled well by both drives, some media is not compatible with the drives, but overall the scores in speed as well as quality set by both drives are good.

Click here for the BenQ BW1000's product detail page including all test results.

Click here for the LG GBW-H10N's product detail page including all test results.