Final Conclusion...
Vinpower / Pioneer shows again, that it is possible to design High Quality Drives for the Duplication and Consumer Market.
The Pioneer BDR-212V was tested in Cold, warm and Hot Condition and the Write Quality on tested Media CD-R was Good, VeryGood and Excellent.
The DVD and BluRay burning Quality can be considered as Good ~ Very Good.
The tested Drive was a Engineering Sample.
All Scans were send to the Quality Department of Vinpower / Pioneer to optimize the OPC(optimal Power Control) on the Media.
The Drives Firmware was 0.9. I think still in Beta Status, so i am looking forward to see the Final Version.
At the Test i compared this Drive with my Pioneer S12UHT 1.01 , and the Results were send to the Quality Department too.
Special Optimized OPC for the DVD5 Market, even Cheap Media was written by the Pioneer BDR-212V till the End.
Overall, the Pioneer BDR-212V is a Drive definetely worth to buy and it will never let you down.
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Many thanks to Vinpower America, Vinpower Taiwan for the Engineering Sample and Vinpower Germany (Blu Innovation) in Wiesbaden for the PlexDisc Media used in this Test.
Best regards...
Kirby