Posted by Richard Crowley on 01/15/36 11:58

cn649 wrote ...
>I have recently purchased a Sony Mini DVD camcorder (DCRDVD205) and
> some TDK 8cm DVD disk. When I am using the TDK disk, the camcorder
> will
> pop up a message everything when I power on stating that "Sony
> recommended Sony disk" message blocking the screen for a minute or so,
> and I have to wait for the message to disappear before I can start to
> film. I am wondering if there is any way I can disable this message?
> Any idea?

My 1st generation digital still camera that uses the
small CD-R does exactly the same thing. Of course,
it is Sony's blatant attempt at ensuring a market for
*their* discs. But it only hangs things up for 5-10
seconds. I suppose we should be thankful that they
even *allow* writing to non-Sony discs. :-(

Note that some of that time is required for the camera
to scan the contents of the disc to establish what (if
anything) is already written on the disc, etc. Whether
it is a Sony brand disc or any other. They just use the
time to display the "Sony preferred" message.

I would be very surprised if there is a way to hack
*anything* on those cameras, much less turning off
the advertising message.

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