Posted by Charlie+ on 10/30/64 11:39

On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:02:42 -0500, d@. wrote as underneath my
scribble :

You are mad if you waste time with DVD blanks that have anything
visible wrong in the active layer, when even invisible faults can
easily arrest playback, the error correction isnt that robust. Return
them to the mfg immediately.
I also always inspect the disk after burning as a weak/thin patch(es)
in the active layer sometimes only show up after burning. I have
recently come across some DataWrite 16x disks in multipacks where
there are faults in this catagory. I get the impression that quality
control from the mfg plants is not quite as good as it was. Complain!
-It may help us all!
Charlie+

>When I first got a DVD recorder I never had any problems
>with discs looking bad, or playing back badly. Recently
>I've been having a good bit of problem with playback, and
>have noticed that even the latest discs have what appear
>to be spider web size lines in them. Are they scratches?
>They don't really look as much like scratches as they do
>maybe cracks, to me. And the older DVDs that I recorded
>still don't have anything like that, even after years of use.
>Are these newer discs of much lesser quality? What should
>I look for in order to avoid such garbage in the future? My
>machine uses DVD-R.
>
>Thanks for any help!

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