DVD Media compatibility

For Lenovo (IBM) ThinkPad R52 (1847-4BU) with
ThinkPad Multi-Burner Plus Ultrabay Enhanced Drive (73P3312)

Matshita (Matsushita, Panasonic 松下電器) DVD-RAM UJ-830S 1.02 (8x)

 

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Brand Type Media ID speed on UJ-830S speed on other drives
4x        
Verbatim Digital Movie MCC 01RG20 4x  
TDK branded, silver TTG01 4x  
8x        
Sony AccuCORE color collection SONY08D1 8x  
Sony branded, white-silver SONY08D1 8x  
Apple (Mftr: Verbatim) white MCC 02RG20 8x  
Verbatim VideoGuard MCC 02RG20 8x  
Maxell white printable MXLRG03 8x  
TDK branded, silver TTG02 8x  
Imation branded, silver CMC MAG AE1 6x 4x in Sony 56
Memorex branded, silver CMC MAG AE1 6x  
ilo - Walmart (Mftr: Taiwan) branded, black+silver CMC MAG AE1 6x  
Maxell branded, gold RITEKG05 2x 4x in Pioneer 106
Maxell color RITEKG05 2x 6x in Sony 56
16x        
Verbatim   MCC 03RG20 2x 2x in Sony 56

Notes:

All the media are identified correctly by Sony DVD RW DRU-720A, Firmware JY02 (16x DL)

UJ-831S (8x DL) behaves the same way as UD-830S for all the media

Sony 56: Sony DVD+-RW DW-D56A Fireware PDS3 (8x DL)
Pioneer 106: Pioneer DVD-RW DVR-106D 1.05 (8x) [NOTE: v1.08 firmware is available]

CMC - CMC Magnetics, Taiwan, 中環集團

MCC - Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Verbatim 三菱化学株式会社