Posted by buddyb on 09/10/07 04:47

On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 19:00:23 -0700, WinField <doghouse@operamail.com>
wrote:

>I wonder. Is it the media? My discs are Verbatim's +R's dual-layer.
>
>My old Apex 1201 played my dual-layer +R Verbatims. But it has
>mechanical problems, and isn't a practical bit of hardware to use.
>
>I went to Target today, and purchased a $50 Phillips DVD player
>DVP-5140/37. Brought it home, plugged/cabled it up and test it. It
>works on my burned DL discs!
>
>It also plays my DivX flicks, and converts my PAL movies on-the-fly to
>NTSC standard. The cheap players really do the trick. I just hope it
>works for a couple of years.



I`ve been using the Verbatum DL media for some months and have no
problems playing them on my Phillips 642.
I record at 4x and always have with no problems for several years.
Regards
buddy b

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