> 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. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]