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Posted by willbill on 03/13/06 08:30
ToMh wrote:
> "willbill" <trek@worldwide.net> wrote in message
> news:duvl8o0itt@enews2.newsguy.com...
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>>ToMh wrote:
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>>>I just purchased a Liteon 5115 from Costco.
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>>me too, about 10 days ago. for others,
>>it's a DVD recorder (as you make plain in
>>your following sentences)
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>>>It works fine with the supplied +RW disk, but I
>>>cannot get this this to record reliably on -R media. I want to use the -R
>>>because
>>>not all players will read the +R format.
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>>are you finalizing the disk?
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> If they make it that far, then most will fail in finalising
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>>>I have tried TDK, Memorex and Verbatim disks, all seem to have the same
>>>problems which ranges from just failing during the recording,
>>>or if it makes it through the recording it will fail in the finalising.
>>>The couple that I have been able to
>>>record will not read on my computer or on some of my other DVD players.
>>>
>>>I upgraded the FW with no luck. I was wondering if others have this
>>>problem. If using a different brand of media will help or is this just a
>>>cheap player and I
>>>should take it back to Costco and buy a name brand.
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>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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>>that's what i did
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>>it (the 5115 unit) had too many nigling
>>little problems (poor video quality when using
>>the 2 hour format, very poor lip sync at all
>>speed setting)
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>>the 5115 Lite-On unit cost $120. i got the
>>Panasonic DMR-ES10 for $180 (same Costco),
>>and all the little problems went away
> I took the Liteon back to Costco and got the Panasonic ES-20.
> Unfortumently Costco didn't carry it so I bought it at Best Buy.
good move. :)
as i said (above), the ES10 cost me $180.
does your new ES20 write to DVD-RW and/or
DVD+RW and/or DVD-RAM? the ES10 i just got
does -RW and -RAM, but only reads +RW
of the 3, the DVD-RAM have the most convenience,
but cost 3x as much (at Wal-Mart; not a fair
comparison, given that the quantity was 15 for
the -RW vs. 3 for the -RAM)
what did you pay for the ES20?
> World of difference. Better picture Quality, doesn't have problems
> with -R or +R disks, although I only tried a couple.
> One really nice feature is that if finalizes the disk to be DVD-V
> and they will play on any player. I tested this on my daughters
> portable DVD player that will not play +R, and would not play +R
> finalized on the Liteon, but will play the +R finalized on the Panasonic.
> This means I can use the +R media to copy my old home videos.
agreed on everything
fwiw, aside from the annoying "small" issues,
the biggie for me was that the Lite-On 5115
doesn't see DTS digital audio encoding that
is now showing up on more recent new big budget
movies (for 5.1 surround; it is audiably superior
to the best Dolby Digital 5.1 surround)
bill
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