Just an advice for a new DVD burner...

[MoonWalker]

Hi,

I have a Plextor PX-708A model but I am not at all happy. Most of DVD-Rs I buy when I burn them they are unreadable. So I decided to buy a new one. I was thinking of the Pioneer DVR-A07XLA(8/10 at CDRlabs).I have also saw the Plextor PX-712A(10/10 at CDRlabs) but I don't want to have the same problems.What do you think? Do you have a suggestion?

Thanks,
MoonWalker

P.S If this is the wrong forum feel free to move it where it belongs..

[chipvideo]

I have that same model and I have zero problems with it. What is the media your using? What software do you use to burn with? Don't waste your money on another drive. It is a beautiful recorder.

[MoonWalker]

Originally posted by chipvideo
I have that same model and I have zero problems with it. What is the media your using? What software do you use to burn with? Don't waste your money on another drive. It is a beautiful recorder.


I have tried Princo, MIGA and Maxell(recomended (http://www.plextor.be/technicalservices/technology/recmedia.asp?choice=Supported%20mediaa) from Plextor). I have bought 10 princos and only 2 were written correctly.They failed the verify step.All were DVD-R. What brands do you use? The software I use is Alcohol, Nero 5.5 and DVD-Decrypter for burning..

MoonWalker

[LIGHTNING UK!]

I've use Ritek G03 and G04 on my plextor without problems.

[alexnoe]

Killing Princo discs is correct behavior. It protects you from losing data later.
As to Maxell, I had a problem with exactly one 5-pack of Taiyo Yuden discs in a Maxell package. Those worked on a Pioneer A06, but only at 2x speed, so I guess that this 5-pack was b0rked.

BTW, I have just offered my plextor 708 on ebay. I'll replace it by an LG 4120 :)

[chipvideo]

Use these. ALso a $10 rebate as well.

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-132-344&depa=0

[MoonWalker]

Thanks all for you answers...

I talked to Plextor and they are willing to change my DVD-R for free....So :)

Thanks,
MoonWalker

[atreides93]

Its quite comical how bad Princo remains to be...

[MoonWalker]

Originally posted by atreides93
Its quite comical how bad Princo remains to be...

Yes. I have got a 10pack Princo DVD-R's and only 2 were written corectly. The write proccess is always ok, but I always verify my DVD-R and they fail there. And a friend of mine got a 10pack and wrote them with a Emprex DVD-R and only one of the was readeable. I can't believe that there are such bad products in the market.

MoonWalker

[alexnoe]

There are, believe us...and princo dvd-rw are worse than princo dvd-r !

[[_chéf_]]

Even worse, they are horrible!!

[alexnoe]

This (http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/English.html) explains some words which can be used to describe princo discs

[MoonWalker]

Originally posted by alexnoe
This (http://www.notam02.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/English.html) explains some words which can be used to describe princo discs

LOL :D

[alexnoe]

After over a week, I'm liking the drive more and more. 8x writing is pretty fast (http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~noe/CDF/DVDSpeeds/lg_8x_brennen.gif), and when using Verbatim 8x DVD-R media, the read curve is nice as well (http://www-user.tu-chemnitz.de/~noe/CDF/DVDSpeeds/Toshi1712Rd/Mitsubishi_8x_-R/read_LG_w8.gif).

Using DVD-RAM with LG's drivers in udf, and knowing the xcopy /m /y /r switches, makes incremental backups really easy. If I just could find a 5x speed dvd-ram disc :o