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| Thread ID: 47166 | 2004-07-18 02:11:00 | Quality of DVD-R/RW | Steve_L (763) | Press F1 |
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| 253173 | 2004-07-18 02:11:00 | A techie in a computer shop told me that Ricoh DVDs are better quality than Princo. Maybe true, maybe not.... buit it made me wonder if there are independent tests / a web site - that has actually results of DVD quality? In another thread here on PF1, the following web site: www.cdmediaworld.com ....gives CD quality, but not for DVDs. Anyone know? Thanks - Steve |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 253174 | 2004-07-18 18:34:00 | bump | Laura (43) | ||
| 253175 | 2004-07-18 19:35:00 | Try here (www.lnkworld.com) | Greg S (201) | ||
| 253176 | 2004-07-18 21:00:00 | I went to another store and they told me the opposite . Princo better than Ricoh . I have tried both . Bought 10 blank Ricoh ($3 each) . Tried 3, 3 failed . Bought 50 Princo (now $1 each) . Tried 50, 3 failed . Nothing scientific about my research . It might be that my writer (pioneer) doesnt like Ricoh or might even be the software (nero) but my choice: Princo . |
sam m (517) | ||
| 253177 | 2004-07-18 21:15:00 | >Bought 10 blank Ricoh ($3 each). Tried 3, 3 failed. Bought 50 Princo (now $1 each). Tried 50, 3 failed. Thanks Sam. I wonder if other users have such a failure rate? I have used my DVD burner only once on a DVD-R with Ghost and got a failed integrity check so thought I did something wrong but maybe it is a bad DVD disk. The DVD+RW's that I have used work fine. |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 253178 | 2004-07-18 21:19:00 | Thanks for the URL Greg. This is the best so far, from your link (but cannot yet see independent tests of various DVD brands: www.manifest-tech.com "DVD Rot" / DVD Longevity and Reliability (9/2003) The Issues Pressed Discs: "Disc Rot" Care and Handling Longevity of Recordable Discs Recordable DVD Compatibility Test DVD-ROM Compatibility Test Choosing Discs References What is going on with DVDs? The industry states that discs should last 50 to 100 years, but on-line reports claim significant problems with both pressed and recordable discs. Can movie discs wear out and fail from "DVD rot?" Is recordable DVD a trustworthy archival media, or is there evidence that discs can wear out from extended play? And what is the situation with the compatibility of recordable media? Is there a way to guarantee reasonable compatibility, some magic combination of formats and brands, software and burners, content and players? |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 253179 | 2004-07-18 21:28:00 | This is a better web site: www.dvdtoday.com Includes testing of DVD players. Lots of info here, but still not sure what brand or type of disk is better. |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 253180 | 2004-07-18 21:35:00 | Click Here for smh . com . au article ( . smh . com . au/articles/2003/01/31/1043804519345 . html?oneclick=true" target="_blank">www . smh . com . au) Excerpts: If you think your prized collection of DVD movies will last a lifetime, think again - some are already starting to rot while others are falling apart . Unofficial estimates put the number of affected discs at between one and 10 per cent . Yet some of the largest distributors for Hollywood Studios are accused of refusing to accept the problem exists and replace faulty products . The failures are a combination of corrosion - known as "DVD rot" - and delamination, where the layers of the disc separate . Symptoms of the rot include picture break-up and freezing at a specific place on the disk . The main cause is believed to be poorly designed cases . Delamination shows up as a coffee-like stain that prevents the disc from playing . Among those worst affected are video rental stores, which buy millions of DVDs per year . "Some stores have reported they only get two or three rentals from a DVD before it's unplayable," said Ross Walden, director of the Australian Video Retailers Association . |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 253181 | 2004-07-18 22:27:00 | I too use princo, at a dollar each you cant go wrong I have probally gone through 20 or so and only had one dud. Rob |
Rob99 (151) | ||
| 253182 | 2004-07-19 01:27:00 | Believe it or not, recordable DVD media is a touchy subject for me... I use Verbatim DVD-R's... used to use Princo, but found too many problems with jitter errors, etc. You will find that even when a writer reports a, "Successful Burn," if you used the CD/DVD Test in the Nero Toolkit, you will find poor reflectivity causing errors in the DVD. There are times when i will throw out a DVD after testing due to these errors. Lo. |
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