Posted by Bob on 12/08/05 12:56

On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 02:20:30 GMT, mcp6453 <mcp6453@earthlink.net>
wrote:

>I have a couple of old Sony DVD players. Naturally, they do not play
>DVD-Rs very well. Would using DVD+Rs of a particular brand be likely to
>cause them to play better? I realize they were made before there were
>recordable DVDs, so I'm wondering if I should just replace them. They
>work fine for commercial DVDs.

When you burn the DVD, use a drive with bitsetting firmware. That will
cause DVD +R discs to look like DVD-ROM discs. Unfortunately you
cannot do that with DVD -R discs for technical reasons.

There are two options available to you: 1) Get a burner that has
bitsetting available in the factory firmware; 2) Get a burner that
does not have factory bitsetting but where you can get revised f/w
that does have bitsetting.

CDFreaks is the place to look for revised firmware.

If you don't have a burner, get the NEC 3540 or 3550 and use Liggy &
Dee's revised f/w available on CDFreaks. It will set the DVD-ROM bits
on DVD +R discs.

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combat zones where the stakes are high, struggle is the primary
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