Official docTY Taiyo Yuden thread

@Cincy Rob: Booktype: DVD-ROM, Disc Status: Closed. Looks good to me, considering it plays fine.

 

just received my first batch of TY DVD+R's
checked the media code and inner code,and they are genuine,anyway,this is the first burn,with solidburn disabled,WOPC on,and burned at 8x



What do you think? Still to much PI Failures to my liking though,check this burn from yesterday for made in India Verbs(!)Pretty much the same...

 

just out of curiosity was given some verbs marked mit. they are 16x +r. thought I read in an earlier thread that they are decent quality also. is that true?

 

Made in Taiwan Verbatims are very good media. It is the only made in taiwan media that you should be buying. I am getting better scores with verbatims than taiyo yudens actually. They both use the AZO DYE on their DVD's, which helps create long lasting DVD's.

 

@ Jurgennop .. You need to turn WOPC off, activate SolidBurn and give your DW1650 3 or 4 burns to really 'learn' that media ... Also, the BenQ drives really don't like the -R media too much and with that in mind, your second scan is pretty darn good!

 

@catfreak why does WOPC need to be turned off?

 

When you use quality media (like MCC and Yuden) WOPC is not necessary and with it off I seem to get more consistant burns with fewer random spikes ...

If you use inferior media, it IS necessary to use WOPC .. but, in your case, it looks like you're using the 'good stuff' ...

Victor

 

i just burned Dick and Jane. did my scandisc with nero cd-dvdspeed. i got a straight line across the board should it be lik ethis or should it be all up and down like Jurgennop data was?i thought you wanted a consistant line across?i am rescaning it now to post.

 

i also just bought some of those sony(ty's)MIJ from my local sams club 75 total. 50 in 1 stack and 25 in another together for 24.95

 

just from my scan of dick and jane.
General Information
Drive: HP DVD Writer 740b
Firmware: FF24
Disc: DVD+R (MCC 004)
Selected speed: 10 X
PI errors
Maximum: 0
Average: 0.00
Total: 0
PI failures
Maximum: 0
Average: 0.00
Total: 0
PO failures: n/a
Jitter: n/a
Scanning Statistics
Elapsed time: 7:26
Number of samples: 8943
Average scanning interval: 16.00 ECC
Glitches removed: 0
i cant seem to get the actual graph to paste to here but once again got a straight line from begin to end of disc

 

@ cincyrob[/i] here is a firmware update for your HP740b ...
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/...=502021&lang=en&printable=yes&encodeUrl=true&

 

thanks for the update catfreak. just downloaded and installed. seeing that it is my first firmware update. what does it actually do? do i need to do anything to it other than burn away??lol

 

Just burn baby, burn ...

 

once again thanks catfreak.

 

@Cincy Rob: A firmware update can update everything the drive does, but varies from version to version. Typically it adds burning routines for the latest media to hit the consumer market, so that it will burn that media well and generate fewer coasters or errors. It can also upgrade how well the drive reads various types of media, which will end up producing better CDSpeed scans, amongst other things. Sometimes firmware will also change how drive LEDs perform, typically with the intent of giving the user more information about how the drive is functioning. With very few exceptions, new official firmware means your drive is going to perform better.

 

I am new to DVD testing is there a link to go to for instruction how to use the nero dvd quility checl?

 

in nero go to "Tools" click "Nero CD-DVD Speed" open that then click "Disc Quality" and your set ,BTW your drive must support this option or the box will be shaded out

 

what is btw

 

btw = by the way