Tested: DVD±RW Endurance Round 2 – Part 2: Results & Failure Modes

In the previous post, I covered the contenders that would be taking part in this second round of DVD rewriting endurance tests. In this video-heavy post, I’ll be covering the results of a total of 4285 cycles of rewriting in total, although not all are successful. After all, I left the drives to keep rewriting and only checked for the first verify failure after-the-fact – most of the time, terminating the tests either after reaching over 1000 cycles or in case of the drive throwing sustained write errors. Results The following sections will detail the results and examine any visually apparent failure modes. A summary of the results follow. Fujifilm 2x DVD-RW [MCC 01RW11n9] https://goughlui.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/fuji-mcc01rw11n9-cr.mp4 This disc writes stably run-after-run at its rated 2x. https://goughlui.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/fuji-mcc01rw11n9-vf.mp4 The first verify error occurs at run #66. https://goughlui.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/fuji-mcc01rw11n9-trt.mp4…