You should always burn at half the rated speed right??

Most in the BenQ forum are using BSLB like me, I use TYs and burn at 8x with good results.

 

I just got a shipment of shiny inkjet printable Ty-g02's. I've got the over burn protection set up for qsuite 2.0 and 8x is my max speed to burn at. I haven't burn any on this benq 1640,it is a virgin when it comes to the dash format, LOL

Those babies will go 16x on my benq 1620. I haven't burned that many to do any scans with them. I'd like to hear some other members posts as well with the ty-g02. Kivory666 and catfreak also have benq 1640s.

When you have the 1640,most of us have it set up to booktype the plus format to dvd-rom,making our backups a lot more compatable on stand alone players.

I'll have to burn a couple of those ty-g02's on my 1640 and scan them and post back. My fw is BSMB


Edit: Here's a couple scans:

The first Ty-G02 burned on my benq 1640 at 8x:



Look at the 2nd burned at 4x:




Solid burn probably hasn't kicked in yet,but the 8x speed should look better after a few more burns. That 8x still looked ugly!

 

Hi folks,

The reason I started using DVD-Rs was because they are more compatible in stand-alone players. This is before I learned about my BenQ and Booktype Setting the DVD+Rs.

Q1: Would you folks say what is the BEST ... usning DVD+R and Booksetting it or just using DVD-R?

Q2: If my DVD back-up has been shrunk at anything below 80% ... would you folks still recommend burning at 8X speed for a TYG02?

Thanks!

 

Your scan speed needs to be 8X with BenQ units. Ive had my 1640 for some time. While most BenQ owners use Nero Speed for scaning and again 8X as a std. read speed for all media, does not matter what speed you burn at.

 

gonwk:
Q1)
For both my 1620s and 1640, Booktyping the plus quality format media to dvd-rom is the way to go. Way superior than the dash format. For myself,I get 95%+ stand alone compatability with my booktyped backups. Now on my 1620s,more like 60-75% stand alone compatability. Way too low for my standards

Q2)Below 80%?

Are you going by the compression setting on dvd shrink?

If dvd shrink tells you 60,then that's a %40 compression,which is absolutely no trouble for me. Just takes a little longer,and I use the Adaptive error compensation enhancement of Max Smoothness. Harry Potter-goblet of fire was in the compression range for main movie only. Perfect backup on my 32 in TV. I've never scanned one of my high compression backups like the harry potter and lord of rings series.

 

@saugmon

for quite awhile now, i don't use my Benq 1640 for dvd-r format, from MY OWN personal experience, i get better burns using my Pioneer dvr-109 and Sony dru-710a (liteon 1633s) for my TY dvd-r~

that's just me, i'm not much of a dvd-r format person to begin with, but since i have other drives available to me when i DO burn to dvd-r, i get consistently better results using a non-benq burner for that particular format...just my 2 cents~

@gonwk

q1: there really is no "best" way...the ones in the bitsetting camp (myself included) would suggest dvd+r booktyped to dvd-rom as i feel the dvd+r media is a superior format (just MY own personal opinion); but it should go without saying that if you have no issues using dvd-r and it's fully compatible with all the standalones that you currently use, by all means, stick with it.~

q2: for ME and ME alone, i don't care how much compression i use for my backups, if it drops really low, i just use a dvd+r DL Verbatim disc, yes, i know that is NOT an option for everyone, but i ALWaYS 100% of the time burn my TYG02 @8x, never an exception for me...but, as i mentioned in this thread and other threads, i dont' use my Benq 1640 for dvd-r format burns, i utilize my other drives which i PERSONALLY feel do a "better" job with dvd-r format~

docTY~