i need suggestion bout dvd writer

[seekenneth]

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@patrix - unsa dvdrw nimo?

[idlewild]

a DVD writer has its own list of supported media codes in its firmware. it's not advisable to buy in bulk if you don't know the MID code of the blank media yet. get a sample first and test it for compatibility with your drive. para sad dili ka magmahay na dili mo-burn sa imong writer.

AFAIK, DVD writers don't usually refuse to burn unknown blanks. they only allow you to burn those at the lowest speed possible for the drive.

[patrix]

@patrix - unsa dvdrw nimo?

wala ko dvd-rw bossing, sa experience ra ni nako sa sige ug gamit ug cd-rw drive nako. bisag unsa man siguro na brand sa drive ok ra man basta ang imong media ang importante. but sa ako ra na experience. reliable media brands nga nagamit nako BenQ, Ridata, Sony, Philips, Acer.

[fatsu]

@idlewild: bro naa sad problem ako i buy imation disc(+R) to play safe. recently ni change ang manufacturer sa imation na disc from RICOH to CMC-MAG AE1. 8/13 disc were unusable.

[idlewild]

you mean sa imong writer? or sa media ang problem? what's your drive btw?

[EarlZ]

i love my LG dvd writer =) 16x writespeed 4x dual layer..

wala pa gyud koy coaster sofar.. burned 70 DVD's na

[koto]

samsung SUKS!!!! dali ma guba
go for LG or Pioneer
if u got the $ and the spot to buy go for the no.1 optical device --> "Plextor"!!!! right now the latest 16x burner in their product is a SATA DVD burner w/ 8mb transfer

[fatsu]

@idlewild: i am using a sony 710A, dunno where the problem is. kung ang disc kay CMC mao jud na ma swerti swerit ang ako pag write. sometimes successful pero dili ma verify. with ridata ok. ra man sad.

[idlewild]

your drive is a rebadged Lite-on SOHW-1633S. AFAIK, CMC media are quite variable in quality. if you burn a new batch of these media, resetting the learnt media calibration of your drive using the EEPROM Utility for Lite-on/Sony CD/DVD writers might help.

also, do a transfer rate scan of your media with Nero CDSpeed. go to Nero -> Nero Toolkit and select Nero CD-DVD Speed. load your media and press F2 to run the transfer rate test. this will tell you how readable your disc is. no errors means the disc is fine. if you're burning data, create a checksum of all files. you can use either CRC32 or MD5 for this. use this to verify the data after burn instead of Nero's verify.

[idlewild]

samsung SUKS!!!! dali ma guba
if u got the $ and the spot to buy go for the no.1 optical device --> "Plextor"!!!! right now the latest 16x burner in their product is a SATA DVD burner w/ 8mb transfer

8MB/s transfer is not really that fast. this is as good as burning 6X in DVD only. note that to burn @16X speed, you need at least 21MB/s transfer rate. the 8MB you're mentioning here must have been for the buffer underrun. btw, the LG is considered the fastest in 16X recording with its P-CAV write strategy.

the Plextor has its glory on the CD age. if i have the $$, i'd rather go for a mix 2 drives from NEC, BenQ or LG.