Posted by Franc Zabkar on 11/16/42 11:46

On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:18:49 +0200, Lars-Erik Østerud <.@.> put finger
to keyboard and composed:

>My parents got an Eltax HT-153 DVD-player/receiver (all-in-one).
>
>But it has trouble playing DVD+Rs written with my Plextor 716A
>at 16x CAV. It plays perfect at the start (close to center) but
>as the laser comes passed the middle and closer to the outer edge
>of the DVD it starts to get "blocks/squares" in the video picture
>and audio faults (so it's clear that it gets read errors).
>
>No other players I have tested (not even a cheap chinese Matsui)
>has any trouble with these DVD+R (they are Plextor 16x DVD+R).
>
>Any idea? Would slower writing speed help (12x P-CAV or 6X CLV)
>
>What is the difference between CAV, P-CAV and CLV anyway?
>Will some of them give better "marks" in the dye than others?

This is pure speculation on my part, but I would expect that CLV
(constant linear velocity) mode would produce the most reliable and
consistent burns.

- Franc Zabkar
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