Dual Layer Media

[rca29]

Hi there.

It's been a while since i've last been here (a few years), although doom9 is my home page.

I guess i almost forgot the DVD Maestro/CCE/etc way of doing things.

But my question is that i'm starting to burn Dual Layer DVD+R and i'm getting coasters.

My burner is a NEC 3540A (latest firmware) and i've been using Ridisc Media - Manufacturer ID: CMC MAG D02 (000).

Since i've been burning DVD-R for years with 99,99% success, but i'm only trying Dual Layer Media recently, could you point me the good media ? By "good" i'm only meaning "more reliable".

I've been reading about Verbatim, but this is in very old threads.

Thanks for your kind help.

[Video Dude]

Verbatim DVD+R DL are still the only reliable DL media.

Try to get Made in Singapore discs.

Some feel the Made in India discs give less quality burns and have poorer scans.

[rca29]

Thanks for your help.

Here is a scan of the only Ridisc that i can re-rip without errors:

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/1488/scan.png

It is still a bad burn. but it's the only one that plays without errors.


Today i bought the Verbatim media.

Here's the scans:

At 2.4x

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6420/verbatimrecordedat2poin.png


At 4x

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4613/verbatimrecordedat4time.png


Now some strange facts:

- I can rip without any error any of these burns, but my Plextor 708A drive can't recognize these discs. It's stange because it did recognized the Ridisc's which were a lot worse burn.

- I can play these Verbatim burns in any of my old standalones, such as Panasonic DVD S35, Pioneer DV 444 and Sony RDR-HX510, so i guess i will stick with the Verbatim media.

[GrofLuigi]

Plextor 708A drive can't recognize these discs
Plextor 708A can't recognize most of today's media. :(

I just revamped my 708A (cleaning and oiling it) and it was as good as new regarding reading - it could read everything, but couldn't write anything... It gave up on startup. Its Autostrategy couldn't help. So I said to myself to dedicate it to reading (although it still protests being slave to LG). :p

Then I came across some Taiyo Yudens and it wrote them just as good as in its best days. :D

So the moral of the story is: use same-generation burners and media. :cool:

GL