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

[Nick Scalise]

On Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at 12:51PM, John Mistretta <mistretta at mac.com> wrote:

>Since I've been actively burning DVD's to archive a bunch of videos 
>from the basement, I've used Fry's "GC" 8X brand DVD-R's as well as 
>TDK's 8X's. They both work well. The TDK's were on sale at Target 
>(still are) and CompUSA for about $9 per 20/25. The "GC"s even cheaper.
>
>Can't comment on compatibility as I don't actually have a dedicated DVD 
>player. I've no idea how fast they're burning and it remains to be seen 
>how well they hold up.
>
>If you haven't already, videohelp.com is a good site to check . . .

Thanks for the reply. I too, have had great success with the burns on the machine that burned the discs. Plays well, burns fast, etc. However, that is discounting the intended purpose of the discs I am burning. Playing the DVD's on set top boxes.

Maybe I'm thinking about this in a backwards way. Since I can burn at 8 and my home Sony DVD player will play them, but my mother-in-laws Sony SLV-D300P (and an older apple superdrive) will not play the 8x, but will play 1x fine. I was under the impression that the media was not "up to par".

However, after reading some reviews on the Sony SLV-D300P, it seems that the DVD player in that unit sucks. Folks are having issues playing even commercial dvd's.

So, I will take my 8x burned DVD Taiyo Yuden to my local Furniture Mart and try it on as many of their display dvd players as possible. I will then buy a few Maxell/TDK 8x and try those too.

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Nick Scalise
nickscalise at mac.com