|
|
Posted by Robert Peirce on 10/21/06 13:59
In article <5jlfj2hcbged57fuvms4p4aher547pailv@4ax.com>,
E. Barry Bruyea <damnsummerhas gone@rural.ca> wrote:
> I have generally been buying DVD+RW's on the cheap for the past couple
> of years. We tend not to watch a lot of 'live' T.V. and record the
> stuff we really want to watch at our convenience. I was finding that
> after a while, I was getting 'Freezes' quite frequently. Sometimes
> you get by them, other times, that was it. In March I bought a five
> pack of Sony Accucore DVD+RW's to use for recording; out of curiosity,
> I put labels on the case with numbers printed from 1-50 and ticked off
> every time they were used. I got a high of 31 and a low of 25.
> Interesting enough, I called Sony and after a couple of discussions
> and one call back, I was told that 'that sounds just about right' in
> regards usage. I don't know if there are brands that will last
> longer, but at today's prices, it probably isn't worth it pay much of
> a premium.
Great advice. Thanks. I found a spindle of 15 Fuji DVD-RWs at BestBuy
for under $20. At that price I will be ahead of the game if I can just
do five writes. 25-30 would just be gravy.
I forgot to mention in my original post that some of the shows I want to
record are movies. I need to transfer them to my computer, edit them
and write them back out to DVD-R. That means the original write is sort
of wasted, which is why I wanted to use -RW instead of -R.
--
Robert B. Peirce, Venetia, PA 724-941-6883
bob AT peirce-family.com [Mac]
rbp AT cooksonpeirce.com [Office]
Navigation:
[Reply to this message]
|