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Posted by Serial # 19781010 on 10/13/05 18:45
On 13 Oct 2005 06:02:10 -0700, "AtomicBob"
<robert.westbrook@gmail.com> wrote:
>I have a set-top DVD recorder (Cyberhome DVR-1600) that once in awhile,
>when hitting stop at the end of a recording, fails to finish the file
>and declares the disk (DVD+RW in this case) to be no good.
>
>This happened to a TV episode I have wanted to capture for a long time
>(stupid of me to not concurrently VCR it, I know). The 1600 recorded
>the whole 2 hours (in a 3-hour quality mode), but when I hit Stop maybe
>5 minutes after the show was over (I like some padding), the recorder
>made some drive access noises and then declared the recroding a
>failure. But when you look at the disc, you can "see" where the data
>was written, and this makes me think that somehow, with the right
>tools, the .VOB file might be somehow recoverable. When I put the disc
>into my external DVD writer on the computer, it sees nothing, no matter
>whether I hook it up to a windows or MacOS machine. But then I haven't
>tried any particular file-recovery tools on it.
>
>I'm not gonna erase the DVD+RW until I have exhausted all avenues.
>
>Any ideas if this is possible, and if so, what's the best tool to use?
I had a similar problem as you did.
I eventually exchanged it at Walmart for a Pioneer 220s and have never
had a lick of trouble since then.
Some folks will tell you it's a problem of limited writing on RW
disks. The same RW disks that gave me problems on the Cyberhome never
give me any grief with the Pioneer. Some of these disks have been
rewritten over 40 times on the Pioneer with no problems.
Also the Pioneer has some other features that are very nice like a
variable bit rate that allows you to set the recording time in 5 min
increments rather than by 1,2,4,8 hrs as on the Cyberhome. This allows
you to compromise the recording quality no more than is necessary.
If you can afford it pay the extra 100 bucks and get the Pioneer and
be done with it.
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