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| Thread ID: 97701 | 2009-02-24 08:42:00 | DVD + or - | Poppa John (284) | Press F1 |
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| 751031 | 2009-02-24 20:43:00 | That didnt really help :confused:, it is more about the drives not the discs It is still about discs but so old it predates multi format burners. This is more up to date www.pcmech.com If you are using one or other of the formats without problems, why worry? On the other hand the other format may work equally as well. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 751032 | 2009-02-24 22:04:00 | That didnt really help :confused:, it is more about the drives not the discs Oops - Sorry :horrified Try this link club.cdfreaks.com |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 751033 | 2009-02-24 23:16:00 | This Imation that we have jusst got working again does not like the +RW, wont play them. I know they were 'made' on an internal drive. PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 751034 | 2009-02-25 01:49:00 | I find through trial and error that some burners and some players work best with certain disks. I find brand is more important than the +/- issue almost all the time. I used to have a high failure rate with my backups, after extensive research ( now nearly 2 years out of date ) I settled on Verbatim DVD +R disks and haven't had a problem since. Verbatim always seem to rate in the top 3 if never the top, and are available very cheaply. (incidentally they are the same as Mitsubishi disks except cheaper, same factory, same media descriptor codes, different packaging) If you buy el cheapo disks such as Laser or princo you risk failures - despite all the people that will say "I use XX cheap brand all the time with no problems" it's not worth saving 10 - 20c a disk to use crappy cheap disks. ( I don't like Imation myself either - don't seem to perform well enough considering the price and brand name ) |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 751035 | 2009-02-25 06:28:00 | I find through trial and error that some burners and some players work best with certain disks. I find brand is more important than the +/- issue almost all the time. I used to have a high failure rate with my backups, after extensive research ( now nearly 2 years out of date ) I settled on Verbatim DVD +R disks and haven't had a problem since. Verbatim always seem to rate in the top 3 if never the top, and are available very cheaply. (incidentally they are the same as Mitsubishi disks except cheaper, same factory, same media descriptor codes, different packaging) If you buy el cheapo disks such as Laser or princo you risk failures - despite all the people that will say "I use XX cheap brand all the time with no problems" it's not worth saving 10 - 20c a disk to use crappy cheap disks. ( I don't like Imation myself either - don't seem to perform well enough considering the price and brand name ) I know what you are saying makes sense, so Verbatim should definitely be better than Princo. However I have had far more problems with Verbatim than Princo !! (why :waughh: ) Misty :confused: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 751036 | 2009-02-25 07:11:00 | www.videohelp.com I strongly recommend you go to the above link and spend a few hours (literally) studying the accumulated data for your brand of DVD writer. You'll get statistics as to the brands that work best with your particular hardware (yes, reliabilty of each brand of disc varies with the brand of writer used). The reason the above poster had problems with Verbatim is that almost all the big brands (Sony, Panasonic, Verbatim, etc) have taken to buying cheap discs from 3rd rate manufacturers and selling them off under their own more respected label (with a price hike to go with their name). Imation is just plastic waste. Almost everything sold in NZ is on a lower tier regarding quality. For me, Taiyo Yuden discs from www.picosys.co.nz are the best of any media you can find in NZ, without having inside knowledge and sources to authoring/publishing grade media. Ritek have also had a good name, but fluffed up badly with a model called G05. The G04 was way better, but was only rated for slower burning speeds, and was dropped from supply once 8X and over became the norm (pity. seriously big pity) You need an app like DVD Identifier to actually read the media code which is burnt onto the discs at manufacture. From there you can research just who actually made them, and their generable reliability. Be prepared to be shocked, and upset with the garbage the major retailers have been passing on to you. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 751037 | 2009-02-25 08:02:00 | www.videohelp.com I strongly recommend you go to the above link and spend a few hours (literally) studying the accumulated data for your brand of DVD writer. The reason the above poster had problems with Verbatim is that almost all the big brands (Sony, Panasonic, Verbatim, etc) have taken to buying cheap discs from 3rd rate manufacturers and selling them off under their own more respected label (with a price hike to go with their name). Be prepared to be shocked, and upset with the garbage the major retailers have been passing on to you. Great idea in theory but some very popular writers have only 4 or 5 respondents reporting on a range of media brands we don't see in NZ. Verbatim outsourcing manufacture to other factories is not the same as rebranding other disks. Have you found any here using anything other than MCC Mitsubishi dyes? Apparently Verbatim did supply some TY disks in Europe. Since your outlook is so gloomy, I trust that you have checked that your TY blanks are genuine as they are often found to be counterfeited. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 751038 | 2009-02-25 18:49:00 | well pioneer and asus drives seem to like verbatim disks. interestingly enough re-branding often works opposite than you might think, with the larger brands selling off batches that don't pass their own stringent quality control to other companies to rebrand and sell cheaper. Cheap disks are often from good brands but a bad batch, I had some "cheetah" disks for example with sony media descriptors. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 751039 | 2009-02-25 20:34:00 | Its funny all you mention how crappy Imation disc are as i have definately had the most coasters from that brand, sometimes they would burn ok then fail the verification. I have had Verbatim for the last few months and have had few fails. |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 751040 | 2009-02-25 20:51:00 | Imation - toasters? Isn't it funny how some folks have issues with the different (and sometimes cheaper) brands. I have tried most brands and have only ever had a couple of toasters :) The best rule of thumb is to burn at half the advertised maximum speed of any media. P.S. I am a fan of the LiteOn brand of writer :) |
Zippity (58) | ||
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