Questions about quality of burns when played on tv

Hey, dont worry about it. I think we can get along on here nicely! A couple of reasons I took the first burner back - you only get 15 days to return it with no hassle if it doesnt suit you. It was day 13 when I decided to return it. I live in the boonies and cant be running back and forth to town all the time, so I figured I'd get rid of it while I could, and go for a brand name and stack the odds in my favour. The owner of the store I got the Sony at knows me, I feel better buying things there. I bought the Memorex dvd rw because Radio Crap didnt have any Verbatims.

So, how do I know if my disks are DL? I thought I saw that on the label on the cake box, but the label is now gone.

What I have to do now is format a small spare hard drive I have and put it in the puter and it can be for the temp files etc. I'll let you know how things go once I get that done.

Thanks
Funkynassau

 

@funkynasa, I would use dvdidentifer just to show you what media you use, manufacturer, and dvd 5 or dvd 9. I use Verbs as DL and it is printed on the disk, but if not then I would use that free prog.
MovieDud

 

Usually the easiest way to tell a DL disc is by the price(at least double the price of a DVD5). They cost at least 2 bucks each if they are Vebatims. Your drive has to be capable of burning DLs, but is basically gives you almost double the capacity on a single disc. It does this with 2 layers hince the term Dual layer. The Verbatim pack says DVD+R DL on it, and has 8.5Gb of data, 240 minutes video. I use them on movies that even when selected as movie only, still come up with compression at 50% or more. Lord of the Rings trilogy is one case where DLs are best for the back-up.
This link does a very good job of describing the various types of discs out there.
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/dvd2.htm
I linked the middle of the article as that page shows the different DVD structures. I have just recently discovered the wonderful world of DLs. And the price seems to be coming down to a more reasonable level.
You were correct in returning your drive. It is best to work with something good, rather than trying to make something bad try to work. Radio Crap is the only option for some ppl in small rural towns, and i feel for you. Sometimes they carry good stuff, but when they do, it is usually way over priced.
Give those DLs a try sometime, if your drive can handle DL burns. Your movie should come out exactly like the original as you are not compressing anything, and don't even need shrink for the operation(DVD Decrypter will handle it just fine) Good luck, and keep on burning.