pioneer ao5 firmware ? apex ad1600 dvd player used princo x? speed media (white surface, purple bottom) P4 1gig, winXP pro DVD shrink -> Nero 24/25 success rate this is the only media i've used so far, some work on friend's pioneer DVD changer, some do not, have not figured out problem yet.
Love the Ritek G03s and Optodisc. Been getting mine from http://www.precisioncddvd.com Bad luck with Princos.
What has IfoEdit got to do with media? I just got the 25 paks of Ritek 1x and Princo 4x media. The Ritek worries me because it has the same tell-tale melted plastic around the outer edge. Did I get the wrong kind of Ritek? I have burned 6 Princo disks at 4x and had 5 perfect 1 coaster.
I think if you are making coasters you either don't know what the heck you are doing or you seriously need to upgrade your equipment. I use all kinds of media and it all works and the only coasters I have made has been when I experiment, but if I just stick to what I know works every time, guess what, duh, it works everytime.
Not for nothing Benjamin, but I have burned quite a few hundreds DVD with all types of media, and now and then you get coasters sticking to what works, and I have a P4 2.53Gig with 1 Gig of Rambus, etc... And only a FOOL thinks all media works, because Ritek sucks, some Princos too along with some others...
Benjimen, Your vanity is starting to grate. Some of us have been doing this for much longer than your "six months of actual burning." I own three DVD burners, not to mention every burning tool free or for sale that can be found on the market. Your cocky ignorance is embarassing. Any bad media can and will produce a coaster. When I am testing media I always run a verification after burning if the disk fails the verification then there was a problem with the media not my computer, but just so you know that. I am running a water cooled Athlon XP Barton core on an Asus A7N8X rev 2.0 clocked at 2580mhz with a FSB at 215mhz and a Gig of Corsair TwinX low latency memory. Further just to make sure that there are no HD problems I am running a matched Adaptec 2100S 128mb ram on board RAID with 4 15,000 RPM IBM SCSI hard drives. Also a separate SATA RAID running seagate drives that is my C: volume. Now this isn't the fastest system in the world, but is sure as H-ll isn't causing coasters due to through put problems. In fact I can simultainously RIP a DVD, convert a ripped file with DVD2ONE, AND burn a DVD. And I can do it over and over with no problems whatsoever! So please PLEASE have a little respect for those of us that bought the first DVD burners on the market and have been at it for a little while.
Zerxez; While I applaude your efforts, I fear they are in vain as Benjimen is the kind of person you can't tell anything to. He just won't listen as he is a know it all! BTW-I would love to have your awesome system! Wanna trade it for my archaic 1.4GH Athlon? LOL
No thanks "LOL" I use a 1.47 Athelon. And after about 6 years of intense research and teaching classes on this subject, I do hope I know a little more than the average person.
DVD-Recordable technology hasn't even been released for 6 years. and I too also been using DVD-RAM since it ever came out $3000 for burner $50 for SINGLE Media, and yes Bad media DO CAUSE COASTERS. And those of us who is somewhat experienced with computer knows, the more we learn about computers, the less we realize we understand, and the less we boast.
You know what? Whatever, this thread isn't really worth wasting my time on anyway. And, yes, DVD recording HAS been out that long, believe it or not. I has just now being perfected and tweaked. So don't expect anymore messages from me, I will keep my valuable knowledge to myself........so feel free to make as many coasters as you like. Signing off forever Ben
I feel that when you help others, you don't put them down. You end up with egg in your face. Lets get back on track with this thread. Thanks. There are definitely alot of knowledgeable people putting input here(that do not put others down), that the loss of one will not be notice... Zerxez that is one damn sweet system... You get tired of it, let me know LOL
Benjimen does have a point...what he says, in effect, is if you only use the ones you know that work, then they will work. Profound, eh?
The problem is knowing which ones work. Over time I have noticed that quality changes. The Lead Data disks used to be awesome, but as demand went up they obviously increase the production rate and started sputtering the disks at to high a temperature. This causes the plastic to deform and introduces warping and air bubbles at the outside edge of the disk. That didn't matter to much when we were useing two disks to copy movies and each disk rarely held more than three gigs of data. However now most of us are using Shrink, DVD2One, or DVDXCOPY Express and the compression allows us to use the full capacity of the disk. The latest Ritek Go3's I just got have this same warping, however the dye is good enough that they may still provide a good medium. We shall see. It is my experience that the manufacturers periodically change methods and materials and so this type of thread should be valuable in continuum. Ritek, Verbatim, and Pioneer seem to have the most consistant quality in DVD-R media, but I always like to try new products. I have always disliked Princo media, however their new 4X media seems to work very well and at a price slightly less than Ritek 1X that I burn at 2X speed.
I purchased an LG Multirecorder GMA-4020B. I then purchased a copy of DVDXcopy Xpress. To try out the new software/hardware I backed up 4 movies I have onto Packard Bell DVD-RW's and all worked perfectly, no distortion or loss of quality at all. However, these disks were £4.00 each and quite expensive. I have a JVC XV-S302 Stand alone dvd player which I used to replay these movies. Can anyone suggest any cheaper -R media which should give the same results or should I just carry on using "What works for me" and pay that little extra. This is my first posting and I'm new to the DVD burning game so bear with me!!! Thanks.
Well, I can suggest this, if you purchased DVDXCopy Xpress, Hollywood has forced 321 Studios to release your name and home address to them and the court ruling was in Hollywood's favor, so guess who all is screwed? Glad I didn't buy it, but I can break off some more knowledge since you think I am a know it all anyway. Not that you will listen and use it for you benifit! You can use DVD Shrink and Pinnacle Instant copy and burn DVD movies in regular VTS and VOB format to CD-R's and they will play in DVD players. Sure the movie might span 4 or 5 discs, but hey, at 15 cents a CD-R, who really gives a flying you know what. And you know what else, no coasters! It works, try it. I am pushing a patent for my idea because it is the cheap man's DVD. And by the way, a little insight, you don't even have to have a DVD player to play these, just a CD reader and Power DVD or Win DVD, or whatever is your freakin fav. So there all you DVD burning freaks who want to know what works and what don't and are spending up to $4.00 a pop per disc. Ha ha, I laugh at your ignorance, so if you want to experiment, at least do it knowing you are going to benefit the world by burning a 75 cent DVD. Top that. Ben
well they haven't lose yet, take a look at this page http://321studio.com/lawsuit.htm , they can't touch end users for purchasing this software, so in oppose to benjeman.. i would recommand anyone who want this software to download or buy it before it's gone. nothing personal ben... just my opinion.
