Re: BD-R formatting help
> Is my impression right that their sequential
> personality is much like DVD+R ?
Yes, but with optional +POW twist (see my Blu-ray page).
> My understanding from specs is that it is Defect
> Management. I.e. the drive will write a portion
> of its buffer to media. Then it will checkread as
> long as the data is still in the buffer. If a read
> error occurs, then it will take relocation measures
> and write the content again from buffer to Spare Area.
> The checkread usually cuts write speed by half.
Correct.
> Did it examine the blank media for damages ?
No, BD-R can't do that. Prior verification or how they call it full
certification can be applied to BD-RE only [naturally]. A.
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