Attn: Newbies... this is why you should NOT buy CMC MAG or any other unknown media...

can't forget "lurk and learn"..that has to be one of my favorite AfterDawn mantras thus far~ gurnard has some really good ones...i think he posted the "lurk and learn" in response to one of my posts in a diff. thread...i was LMAO~

docTy~

 

@ hi DOC
that was way back in the days when i was stalking you and creaky all over the forum learning media and nero logs. lol
@ creaky
going to find one for your imminent coming of the button of bannishment

 

@gurnard

No worries here, buddy. That was not an intent or anything alright and I seriously mean it. Cheers now, I used to use Ritek in the past as well.

 

@gurnard

Nice bike there. I used to have a Kawasaki back in the mid 90's with a few of my cousins and nephew them, but ever since I slipped, I no longer touch it anymore.

 

ye, real nice
i've got a Kawasaki Gpz600r 1985 same colour as the honda in the garage. bought new
i've got 5 kids, 3 girls and 2 boys aged from 32 to 40 and they all ride bikes

 

Here's another genuine YUDEN000T02 burned at 4X -- I've just burned "The Island" a while ago. All I can say is "awesome... super awesome..!!"

 

That is very impressive indeed,alkohol, esp PI.

I've been getting around 97 rating as I mentioned earlier with Maxell (Ritek G05)....

Decided to give Verbatim 16x dvd+r adv AZO+ (photo printable) a try.

After backing up 3 Ps2 games (still to check), I backed up a dvd, burned at x4.....got a quality score of 60, PI failures high.

Ouch... Played ok mind you, still hope its a one off.

 

I realize that this is flogging a dead horse, but I have to show this scan. this is a TYG02 (8X) burned at 16X on a BenQ 1620. I also scanned it with the BenQ and got a score of 99. You can't get a score of 99 with a Lite-On because a peak PIF of 1 gives a 98 and fractional PIF is not shown. I don't really care what speed people burn at. Faster sometimes is OK. I used to have a Pioneer 107D that I had hacked firmware in so it would burn anything at any speed up to 8X. I found, with it anyway, I always got a better scan with a disc burned at 6X than I did at 4X. This was even with a 4X disc. I can't explain it, but it happened. I burn primarily with my BenQ now and it never offers a 6X burn. My Pioneer and Lite-On both do, though.

Dave

 

Ouch, those hurt. Guess I won't be going to BigLots soon LOL

 

and to think, my dad loves shopping at big lots, he mentioned the JVC media there, i told him to stay away........ i guess after forwarding him this page, he will think wisely now.
good thing i bought him 200 verbs (from O.D.) this week... got him these for x-mas !!

 

@LOCOENG
I like the no keyboard in your sig. What I usually get with a fresh install of Windows XP is a message that it can't find a driver for my network adapter and do I want to go on the internet to look for one. That makes about as much sense as pressing keys on a non existing keyboard.

Dave

 

I am a relative newby. I ran Nero CD-DVD Speed and all worked except Disc Quality. I have tried burned and blank disc and it will not run.
What am I doing wrong and how do I make it work. There seems to be no printed directions for this part of Nero.

Many thanks for your kind endulgence.

 

http://www.nero.com/nero7/enu/User_Guide_Burning_ROM_7.html

This downloadable PDF document is the entire manual for Nero 7.0

This one for Nero 6.0
http://ww2.nero.com/nero6/enu/User_Guides_Nero_6_Ultra_Edition.html
Hope that this helps

 

@Cornet32
Not all burners support PIE/PIF scans. I have a Pioneer and an LG that don't. Lite-On and BenQ do. Those are all that I've had experience with.

Dave

 

Yeah thanks for the great thread. Since I came across it, I've been testing all my media and it further supports your scans. I knew CMC Mag was bad, but quality scores of 13 or 10, yuck. Taiyo Yuden is the shiite. Even DVD's I burned with 10 programs running got quality scores in the 80's. Of course from now on I will shut everything down when burning. The TY's I burned with nothing running all come out to 95's. Nothing else will ever grace the inside of my modded PS2. Burn in hell CMC Mag. Alkohol, I'd like permission to use this thread in my PS2 FAQ: http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/252193 Thank you.

 

I have read the book of Nero 7 and there a part on CD-DVD Speed but no instructions. I have 2 Plextors, 1 Pioneer and 1 MadDog DVD burners and all run all the tests except the Disk Quality, on that function, the start button is greyed out and will not start. Is there anything I can do? I'm sorry to be so inept in this matter.