Until recently, performing write-quality scans using Pioneer error-rate utility was only possible with expensive, specialized models like the BDR-PR1M..., or by cross-flashing a BDR-PR1EPA to a BDR-PR1ML. Other drives could not be cross-flashed using the BDRflash tool. Now, however, even an older
BDR-207 can be used to perform write-quality scans with the Pioneer utility. I already had a BDR-PR1EPA cross-flashed to a
BDR-PR1ML, but I also cross-flashed two standard BDR-207 units as an experiment and it works. Previously, I had to purchase three Pioneer 207/S07 drives just to take one functional laser assembly for my blind BDR-PR1EPA. you can see serial number S07 became PR1M
And interesting point this Pioneer software (PERU) shows personal serial number for each BD-R discs
Vinpower scans are more detailed, but LDC and BIS values correlate with each other. The Pioneer utility provides an RSER metric (which correlates with the Vinpower data), whereas BEMax is a distinct metric that, based on my tests of several hundred BD-Rs, does not show a strong correlation with the others