The OFFICIAL best media thread (noobs MUST look in 1st page, 1st post before posting redundant posts!!)

scuse moi BOSSPS2 mais je peux comprendre petit.
u basically asked what is the best dvd used to play with swapmagic.
right??
j'ai étudié français seulement pour cinq mois.je ne peux pas comprendre beaucoup.

but am perfect in italian. i could also be good in spanish. try me.

erm casper. you should only stick to known top class media. and you could know that by reading the first page of the thread.

 

Yes I want to know what is the best dvd used to play with swapmagic

 

Mmm you are right, in that case..

Maxell dvd+r 16x cakebox

That would be a good choice right?

 

yep but keep in mind 16x discs might not work.try and keep to 8x

 

Hi Hopefully gettin Blank Verbatim DVD-R tomorrow thats if theres any left . I used maxell's and i thought they were quite good until they stopped working for my ps2 and i tried a verbatim dvd and they work ^^. So really Maxells turn you down after a few months

 

I always thought Verbatim was very bad because they are always the cheapest at Wal-Mart so I stayed away from them.

I dont know why alot of you say Memorex sucks, those are the only types of DVD-R's that I buy and have never had one bad disk. Only time I had problems with a disk was when I didnt build the ISO correctly. I've only used them for Xbox games though and havent tried on the PS2 yet but im planning on starting soon, I dont see why there should be a difference.

I've also heard that memorex disks stop working after a while, not true either. I got some disks that are at least a year old and still work flawlessly.

Memorex is the brand that I've used for the longest time and I've had no problems with them at all. I always figured the brand was one of the best quality brands but I guess thats not the case with most of you.

 

Like I said no problems in over a year of DVD usage and well over three for CD's. It might be the burners ya use.

 

Jokerface, the problem with Memorex is its dye. The dye is junk(CMC Magnetics). It will harden a lot faster than normal(also cheaply manufactured), and whatever you have burnt on it will no longer work. Not only that, if you're using Memorex DVD-Rs with CMC Magnetics dye on your PlayStation 2, you will burn out your laser because of the crappy dye that's on those discs(the laser will have to work overtime to be able to read the data).

 

Seriously man just get some Taiyo Yuden's (media id: tyg02), for your ps2 they are the best disc's out there. I really need to get some more soon..

 

all right, i'm having problems. i just bought Verbatim DVD-R's... but i think my burner, which is a LiteOn 1693S, can only burn at the lowest speeds of 4x. someone told me they have the same exact discs as i do, and they are able to burn at 2x speed with their burner. is there a way i can tamper with the burner's settings so that i may burn as low as 1x or 2x? if not, what are some good burners that can burn at that low of a speed?

also, could someone explain to me what "booktyping" is about?

 

ok i have a question...what color dye does the yuden or verbatiums have?
do all blanks have the blue/purplish dye or are these disks that you all speak of have the silver golden type dye...i stated earlier that im in iraq at the moment and the games i buy from the market are on the silver dyed discs but i just cant seem to find these anywhere....alli can get right now is jvc, princo, and sonys which im not sure are from japan or not....so if you all could answer this for me i would appreciate it

 

Taiyo Yuden uses purple dye. I have some Sony DVD+Rs with Taiyo dye and the base is purple. I presume that the Verbatims have blue dyes(those made by Mitsubishi Chemicals). I have only seen a CD-R, not a DVD-R/DVD+R, so maybe it's different on a DVD.

 

RiZZy46 - you don't have to burn at such a low speed - depends on your burner and media though. I have a Pioneer 109 burner and use good discs - Ritek - and burn all of my back ups at 8x and have never made any coasters.

 

This is very misleading, especially the % rate because I used hundreds of those cheap and even the good media and they all work well with mine. I never had a ps2 that couldnt read any media I threw at it.

 

That's good, but keep in mind that the crappy media will start to work bad after a certain number of months. Not only that, you're also killing your PlayStation 2's laser. I can't stay this enough, if this thread says what media is crap and which will become bad and that will kill your PlayStation 2's laser, don't even bother getting it.

 

actually those arent true because Ive used one of the cheap medias on my ps2 for over 2 years and the lazer never had any problems even with the playstation being bought used, however, I do find that one of the reasons why its cheap is because once you scratch it, it will go bad, unlikes the better ones that still play, but that isnt mentioned anywhere on the thread

 

Maybe, but the main reason crap media goes bad is because the dye will harden. This will cause some problems with whatever you burnt, which may then skip, act weird, or crash. I haven't really experienced that, since all media that's junk stays far away from my PlayStation 2. But wait and see, one day, constant use of crappy media will make you get the "disc read error" message because your laser is burnt out. You must also be careful with the PlayStation 2 model. Certain models(Versions 9, 10, and 12) have serious problems with the laser. Crap media might instantly(not exactly) kill a Version 12's laser unless it has a laser fix. It will also burn a chip that controls the laser's focus coils on a Version 9/10 that can burn out or destroy your laser's ribbon cable. Make sure you don't have any of those versions, because the laser will probably be on its way out soon.

 

I have version 10 and no lazer problems whatsoever