Posted by Bill Vermillion on 12/11/05 21:05

In article <%wVmf.1604$WM.39211@nasal.pacific.net.au>, mindesign
<seriph_I_SAID_NO_BLOODY_SPAM@consultant.com> wrote:

>A good friend of mine has burned in excess of 8000 discs on his
>Pioneer burner - just replaced it last week with a new dual layer
>16 speed (I think) from Pioneer and sold his old one for $40!

>These products are NOT designed to fail after 40 burns, but maybe
>you are getting a build up of some kind of artefacts in your PC
>when trying to burn the same things repeatedly. His record for
>continuous burning is 110 discs. Same source - 3.7 gig each.

I suspect that he has a heat problem.


>
>"Geo" <mrdelurk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:mrdelurk-11EFDC.21330810122005@news.verizon.net...
>>I need to distribute videos of our company events on DVDs; as such, I
>> face the task of burning a video file to 30-40 DVD blanks in a single
>> session. I went through a boxful of drives from Mad Dog to LaCie and
>> so far none could do it.
>>
>> The first DVD is always okay, the next few work, by the time I burn
>> the 7th - 8th DVD, the video playback begins skipping on the quality
>> tests. Another 5-6 DVDs and I start to get really bad video dropouts.
>> As if none of these DVD burners could focus the laser beam or spin the
>> disc smoothly for longer burn sessions.
>>
>> Are all these drives built for weekend enthusiasts only who burn one
>> or two DVDs at most at a time, or is there a "pro" DVD burner
>> somewhere that can burn 30-40 DVD runs with consistent quality? Should
>> I get some standalone Sharp or Sony DVD recorder instead at a
>> department store? (I notice that those cost more.) What works?
>
>


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