Posted by guv on 02/06/06 17:28

On 03 Feb 2006 18:22:30 GMT, "POD {Ò¿Ó}"
<DONT.EVEN.TRY.IT@DEADSPAM.COM> wrote:


>> I don't mind that, its 15 minutes which is fast enough... Does it play
>> on your DVD player consistently?
>>
>> Thats the problem I have... Which means I have to track down what is
>> effectively obsolete media..
>>
>> Part of the problem is the limitations, where it says a DVD-R can
>> _only_ be burned at 16 or 8 or 4 speed. I want to burn it at 2 speed
>> (or even 1 speed)for compatibility reasons, it should be able to allow
>> me. I know this information is on the disc, but is there a burning
>> programming which allows me to burn at slower speeds....
>
>To be honest, burn speed should have no relation to the compatability of
>your burn. I burn at the slowest speed because it performs a better
>burn, I use the example of writing with your hand, do it slowly and you
>can press harder on the page, write fast and you cannot afford the time
>to pres so hard. However the standards should still be met and
>therefore compatability should not be an issue. I can see your problem
>being that you have a player that doesn't have a very good laser
>assembly, and so had difficulty picking up the data from the faster
>written discs, but I'm optomistic that with a new burner, with discs
>with a good modern dye, you should be able to make discs that will play.

It if performs a better burn, then surely that potentially makes it
more compatible? I never burn at full speed - and usually at either 2
or 4 times. When I have tested at faster speeds, the tendency to
stutter near the end rasies its head! ;-(

>May I recommend discs made by Taiyo Yuden, SVP down in Devon clearly
>list discs that are made by them. and overall consensus is that you end
>up with next to none coaster.

Yes, Id go along with that. I bought 100 1x traxdata discs (when they
were £1.25 each) and havent really touched them since I found cheaper
discs. They were amongst the best I used though.

Im down to only 25 8x discs now - and will be sampling SVP Taiyo TDK
when I order shortly. Having said that, the current Datawrite Fuji 8x
I have have been good. I went off Ritek after 2 different poor
batches. And thats the problem - why can a good G03/4/5 suddenly be a
bad disc in another batch? Because quality control standards have
slipped would be my guess.

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