Post your DISC quality scans here 2

here we go a ridata 8xDL ricohjpn
burnt on the LH-18A1P @ 6x and scanned on same drive at 6x

TRT

STATS

SCAN

gonna do this movie again for my sister on a Glossy ricohjpn

edit to add this scan

man my system/drives dont like this media. here is the glossy printable ricohjpn. burnt on my LH-18A1P @6x and scaned @6x
http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i196/Cincrob/glossy.png

 

getting good scans myself also with the Plextor PX-810SA

 

@scott

i see your still getting that spike at the very start of the scan. wonder what is going on with that?? like you said that is a good scan below 7000 PIE's is real sweet

 

What Scan?
Oh wait, now I see it. Got lost in the curves...

 

Rob i was getting that spike more with the Lite-On drive so its got to be the media and not the drives

 

I usually get the spikes in the beginning as well, just atribute it to DVD media in general.

 

So I burned Hairspray for my sister on a Sony DVD-R I've had for about a year. I have burned maybe 25 movies on them but I've never scanned them with Nero CD-DVD Speed.

Anyway, this media looks like crap according to Nero. Maybe its time to buy some TYs off SuperMediaStore or Meritline, whichever one you recommed.

A screeny of the scan is located here.

 

I prefer supermedia store over merit-line (better customer service)

and yes get the Taiyo Yuden

 

Pop,
If you're gonna use DVD-R I think that TY makes about as good a product you can use. Either the TYG02 or the TYG03 will work just fine and YES SMS does normally have about the best deal on TY media. If you're gonna use DVD+R I would recommend Verbatim DVD+R, either MCC 003 (hard to find now tho) or MCC 004. Some sorta B&M always has the Verbatim DVD+R 16X (MCC 004) on sale. Of course Taiyo Yuden DVD+R 16X are good too but you'll have to get them from SMS or another online retailer.

....gm

Just checked my email.

TY DVD-R silver shiny tops 200 discs - $62.99 shipped w/ 200 free paper sleeves

TY DVD-R printable 200 discs - $62.99 shipped

edit: add links to deals.......

 

Thanks for the tips.

 

Thanks LOCOENG, I have heard of Rima as well and was wondering if someone would recommend them.

On the disk subject, who is running Meritline? They have Memorex aka Memorsux listed under "Professional" Brands, which is considered a higher grade then "Premium", shouldn't the Memorsux be in "Generic" media list or not listed at all?

Peace

 

@pop
hey there just looked at your scan. id say the problem is the sony media the SONY08D1 id say isnt doing to good in your drive... that might be the problem there. as others have said try to get them -r tys and give them a go and see what ya get.

 

Pop for some reason the scan didn't register last time for me. lol. You scanned in the Pioneer... Can you scan the same disc in a Lite-On or BENQ? That would make more sense for us. lol. I know that the Pioneer scans about like the BENQ but it's still different. If I remember right the SONY08D1 discs aren't to bad but I think you might get better consistency from the TYG02's or TYG03's. Honestly the scan isn't that bad except for the "spike" around the 3 GB mark.

hth....

....gm

 

@cindyrob,
yeah, I will probably be getting these as I don't need very many and out of Meritline, Supermediastore and Rima the best price is at Rima. I don't need many DVDs (heck, 50 would be optimal) but for only $32.71 its real good deal.

@greensman
I would scan it in a different-branded drive but all i've got as far as I know is Pioneers around my house. My dads laptop has a Pioneer burner and I am not sure what drive is in my sisters Thinkpad, even though its just a DVD-ROM.

 

Pop no problems on the Pioneer drive. I have a couple of them myself and they scan alright. I would go ahead and blow out the drive just because. Make sure you have a "clean" computer, you know disc cleanup and de-frag to ensure your computer is ready for action. lol.

After all that you might try burning and scanning again to see how things look.

Also remember the Pioneer and BENQ scan at 8.00 ECC and not 1.00 ECC like the Lite-On's do. This makes a difference in the scan results so it seems that the BENQ "type" scan has better QS with "more" errors, it's not true. I can link you to the article but it's boring reading really. lol.

hth....

....gm

 

i just did this one last night some people have been saying they have had problems with this. i used clonedvd2 with anydvd

 

@greensman, I found out in the "Advanced" options I can change the ECC from 8.00 to 1.00. Would this be better/more accurate then the 8.00 ECC?

Peace

 

Good Job on the DL Disk GotBeer. You have no spike at either the layer break nor the outer rim on the second layer, what burning speed are you using?

 

@BlivetNC

i burnt it at 6x useing clonedvd2 on the fly.