Posted by Bill McCutcheon on 12/18/05 18:39

"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
news:43a56a43.65545937@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 08:39:12 GMT, "Bill McCutcheon"
> <wjmccn@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>My single TY coaster is out of about 50 burns. I couldn't see any
>>defects
>>on the disc. In retrospect, it might not have been the disc's fault.
>>My
>>recorder has done a couple of weird things recently, twice stopping in
>>the
>>middle of HDD timer recordings and once in the middle of a DVD-->HDD
>>dub.
>>So, the recorder might have been at fault, rather than the disc.
>
> What software and what burner are you using?
>
> You might want to check things out with Nero CD-DVD Speed. You can use
> it to do a Quality Scan on burned good and bad discs. If you Create
> Data Disk then you can do a Transfer Test.
>
> Don't do anything else in foreground or it will cause glitches in the
> test result.
>
I'm just using a stand-alone combo unit (JVC DR-MX1S), can read but not
burn DVDs with my current computer hardware. I'll keep your pointers in
mind for when I upgrade. Thanks.
-- Bill McC.

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