Posted by GMAN on 09/22/06 18:13

In article <4513c639.56253843@news-server.houston.rr.com>, spam@uce.gov wrote:
>On 21 Sep 2006 21:31:54 -0700, "count" <nyale@mindspring.com> wrote:
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>>It seems like some recorders are more reliable and will have copies
>>that play on more machines than do others. I guess sony is a safe bet.
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>Stay away from Sony. They sell OEM units and then won't service them.
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My RDR-GX7 has been rock solid for years now. I in fact just bought 2 more of
them off of ebay.

>>any suggestions on the most reliable machines,
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>Pioneer has a high rating.
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Good burn, crappy tuners.

>Check out the many forums for comments.
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>http://forum.videohelp.com/viewforum.php?f=28
>http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=89
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>>or the most reliable brands of dvd-r media.
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>There is only one brand to consider - Taiyo Yuden. Do not buy anything
>else in +/-R. If you want +/-RW, then only get MCC Verbatim.
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>http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=146146
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>Whereas other brands used to be reliable, that cannot be said today
>because everyone but TY buys cheap crap from Taiwan. Only TY makes
>their own products in Japan.
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>And the good news is that TY is inexpensive, if you know where to
>look. I buy TY 8x -R discs at rima.com. I don't trust burning at 16x
>and the time difference between 12x and 8x is not enough to justify
>the higher cost of 16x discs.
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>Some people get 4x but I have found TY 8x -Rs to be extremely
>reliable. Out of several hundred burns, I only had one coaster. Just
>make sure you run the "Verify" function, because most errors show up
>on readback.
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