real v fake

[longway2]

Hi people, Ok, I"me a mid fifties male and I only turned my first computer on about seven years ago.Feeling pretty proud of myself since I"ve learned to use a second finger while typing.
I have taught myself to back up my dvd collection from reading all the imfo available on this site. [ A Big Thank You All] Now I know that I read here that the difference between mass produced and burnt is that the mass produced are stamped ? and that burnt will show some sign of the ink or dye.My question is , is it possible to buy a supposedlly proffesional dvd that has the dye , ink burnt look,As in a limited run etc.
Ian

[CWR03]

No mass-produced DVD will as you say "appear burnt." Burnable media uses dye and will be a color other than plain silver or in some cases gold. You also cannot see the area that comprises the data on a pressed disk, whereas a burned disk will show a distinctive band where the recorded data begins and ends. Lastly, a mass-produced disk will have a bar code on the inner ring, a burned disk will only have numbers and/or letters.

[longway2]

Ok thanks for that CWR03. Next on my detective quest is, can someone help me to find out if the number printed on the inside ring of the disk pertains to any brand of disk. I have tried google but I quess that it is not my friend. I quess I dont know what question to ask it.
Ian

[longway2]

Sorry forgot to add the number eE801144856B03

[setarip_old]

Use either DVDPro or DVD Identifier to determine details about blank DVD media...

[CWR03]

I didn't even think of using a program to ID the disk - I loaded a burned copy into a drive and launched DVD Decrypter in ISO > Read mode, which reported the disk is a SONY-D11-00 DVD+R. Loading a pressed disk returned "DVD-ROM."

[longway2]

thanks very much for your help guy's if you need any imfo or help with your parquetry floor , just yell out.
Ian

[markrb]

I know that the History Channel store will sell some programs that they actually burn.
This is because they are very low volume items and it's cheaper for them to burn as ordered.
I personally shy away from these titles, but they are clearly marked as made to order with a link
to an explanation.

Mark

[cdanddvdpublisher]

I know that the History Channel store will sell some programs that they actually burn.
This is because they are very low volume items and it's cheaper for them to burn as ordered.
I personally shy away from these titles, but they are clearly marked as made to order with a link
to an explanation.

Mark

Is there a particular reason why you avoid them? Just out of curiosity

[Shinigami-Sama]

Is there a particular reason why you avoid them? Just out of curiosity

burned discs are less reliable than pressed discss

[cdanddvdpublisher]

burned discs are less reliable than pressed discss

fair enough - and can see the point overall. thanks for the answer!

[PhAtfiSh]

I have rented DVD's that are on writable media from the UK rental site lovefilm.com. They were all from one particular production company which seemed to specialize in crappy old westerns. The DVD its self was very poorly mastered too. I guess as markrb says, maybe so few people will buy these movies, that the only way is cost effective is to burn them to order.

That or lovefilm.com is illegally renting out backups :)

[cdanddvdpublisher]

I have rented DVD's that are on writable media from the UK rental site lovefilm.com. They were all from one particular production company which seemed to specialize in crappy old westerns. The DVD its self was very poorly mastered too. I guess as markrb says, maybe so few people will buy these movies, that the only way is cost effective is to burn them to order.

That or lovefilm.com is illegally renting out backups :)

Could definitely go either way ;)