[MacDV] Re: 8x DVD-R's

[sb]

A pissing match? You misinterpreted my tone. I was trying to be helpful.

I use Verbatim. I've never had a complaint.

 regards,

 sb


On 4/20/05 9:26 AM, "Nick Scalise" <nickscalise at mac.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at 10:47AM, sb <videovideo at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/20/05 6:54 AM, "Nick Scalise" <nickscalise at mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>>>  
>>> On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at 00:56AM, sb <videovideo at mac.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> How long are your movies? If your movies total time is less than 1/2 hour,
>>>> your problem might be that the data rate is too high. You can add a dummy
>>>> movie to force iDVD to switch to a lower data rate.
>>>> 
>>>> If your movies add up to around 1 hour or more, that wouldn't be the
>>>> problem. Can you try to burn at 4x or 6x?
>>> 
>>> The movie I just burned was 6 separate clips totaling about 75 minutes. I
>>> have
>>> not yet tried burning the TY's at 4x or 6x.
>>> 
>>> However, I did experiment with the Supermediastore branded (which by the
>>> way,
>>> using DVD Media Inspector, reported being TY's also - probably fakes), and
>>> the
>>> only ones that would play in my mother-in-law's Sony DVD/VHS player were 1x.
>>> 
>>> Yet, burning at 4x or 6x kind of defeats the purpose of paying extra for 8x
>>> doesn't it?
>>> 
>> Well, that's why it's recommended that before you buy a spindle of 100
>> blanks, you burn one and take it to an electronics store and test it out in
>> as many DVD players as possible, for compatibility.
>> 
>> Better to burn at 4x or 6x than 1x, no?
> 
> Well,
> 
> That kind of defeats the purpose of doing online research doesn't it?.
> Additionally, how do you know which lot of DVD's you are getting between
> purchases? Even brand names switch where they get their discs manufactured.
> So, I buy a test lot, they work fine. I buy a spindle and they may not work.
> So much for testing in-store.
> 
> So, yes, it's better to burn at 4-6x than 1x, but it's not what I *PAID* for.
> 
> Anyway, I'm not looking to get into a pissing match here. I was just wondering
> who was getting wide compatibility with 8x burned media and what media they
> were using.
> 
> So far only two people have chimed in with answers:
> 
> Gerhard got some 8x Sony DVD-R's to work for him on his set-top player and has
> received no complaints (however, some people will not speak up out of
> embarrassment that they think they have poor equipment).
> 
> Norm has had good luck using "Prodisc" 4X, (only has a 4x burner).
> 
> Anybody else have good, wide, compatibility with 8x DVD-R blanks? What brand
> are you using?
> 
> --
> Nick Scalise
> nickscalise at mac.com
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