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| 272233 | 2004-09-14 06:30:00 | Has anyone else experienced any difficulties when recording onto DSE Recordable DVD-R media? Previously I burnt/recorded some of my many F1 races onto DVD's that I had purchased from ATECH Computers with no problems. A couple of weeks ago I bought a 10 pack spindle (Imation) from DSE but not one of them will play back correctly. During the burning process, I received no indications that the recording had a fault. Thinking that maybe I has "stuffed up" my recording process or programmes, I recorded onto a single TDK DVD-R purchased from Big Byte - that disc recorded and played back fine. Yesterday, I purchased a 25 pack spindle from ATECH Computers (Princo) and have successfully recorded 2 races with no play back problems. Today, I returned my 'dud' DVD's back to DSE and swapped them for another 10 pack spindle (Imation). I have just spent the past 2 hours editing/authoring and recording another F1 race only to have it "crap out" yet again when I tried to play it back on either my PC or notepad. As I have used the same programmes each time throughout my recording process (TMPGEnc DVD Author v1.5 and DVD Shrink 3.1) am I correct in assuming that the fault lies with the DSE media, or am I missing something somewhere? All feedback will be very much appreciated. |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 272234 | 2004-09-14 07:52:00 | DSE brand isnt the best. i have had plenty of problems with DSE Brand products. in other words. they are bottom of the barrel stuff. |
Jams (1051) | ||
| 272235 | 2004-09-14 08:21:00 | Actually the brand you are talking about is "Imation" clearly stated in the original post. As far as being bottom of the barrel, Imation is a very well respected merchandiser of Optical drives and Media, the same cannot be said of Princo, which is a bargain basement type media, that never the less sells in the millions world wide with few problems. So a more sensible and helpful reply would be, With all optical drives some media works better than others, and some media will not work at all in some drives but work fine in others. So find a brand that works well for you and stick to it. With DVD drives this is even more true, and it is well known that firmware upgrades are regularly needed to get most brands of drives to recognise different types of media (particularly Laser & Princo which often carry disclaimers from the vendors attesting to this fact) Hope this helps. AC |
Alan Cottrell (624) | ||
| 272236 | 2004-09-14 20:49:00 | I second that. My friend has found Princo disks very good and reliable, in terms of recording and being able to play in his home DVD video player. His past experiences with Laser disks have not been so good however. But yes, if Princo disks are working for you, then stay with them. They're cheap too. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 272237 | 2004-09-14 20:56:00 | F1 fan , ishall pay more attention to your posts. But youve really answered your own question regarding quality of media related to play back. good inf for some others though. | drb1 (4492) | ||
| 272238 | 2004-09-14 22:57:00 | its a known fact that various brands of dvd disks are incompatiable with various dvd writers. Recently purcheased some that would record fine but playback showed it as being a blank disk, however on a friends dvd writer which is a different brand to mine these disks work fine. As previous posters have said find a brand that works well and stick to them. Princo disks i have yet to find someone that has any problems with them. | Lee76 (6051) | ||
| 272239 | 2004-09-15 00:38:00 | Have a look at http://www.cdmediaworld.com Imation are made in at least 2 different factories. Have found that those with the red cover tend to be of variable quality, in a recent pack of CD-R the first 2 recorded OK but were reading blank, the 3rd one absolutely no problems. |
FrankS (257) | ||
| 272240 | 2004-09-15 00:56:00 | Im a big fan of Prino - Super Cheap PC were doing 30 discs for $25 + gst for a few weeks! Imation, Sony, Ricoh - All good quality / High priced I bought an Optorite DD2010 for about $179 + gst at the start of the year and figured I'd got what I paid for coz none of the disc's would play in my XBox, my laptop, or other DVD players. Even burning at 1x wouldnt help (But made it more compatible, for some players). I updated the firmware to the latest on the website and have been thrilled with it since! Burns at 4x and plays on anything! Excellent! Check your manufacturers website for a firmware update, then get back to us :-) Chill. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 272241 | 2004-09-15 01:55:00 | Thanks for all the comments. Last night I downloaded and installed the latest firmware for my Lite-On DVDRW LDW 411S, but it was all to no avail. The recorded DVD although displaying as having been recorded properly "seized" during playback, both on my PC and Notepad :( Today I returned the faulty media to my local DSE store and got a full cash refund :) Guess I will be sticking to my ATECH Princo media. |
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