8x dvd burners ,crappy?

[dante the dutchman]

I have a pioneer ao7 and a sony dru-530a since 2 weeks,i bought 8x certified media form traxdata(mediacode is ritek r03)the pioneer will not burn them at 8x and the sony burns them a 8x but when i play them in my standalone they hang after 20 minutes or so. I had the same with my plextor burned 4x discs at 8x. i thought it was because i burned the 4x at 8x. So no 8x burning for me. The other problem i have with the sony is when i burn -r form princo( i know crappy discs) and ritekg04 form traxdata and arita but wehn i play them in my standalone they give artifacts,with the ao7 no probs with 4x media,the plextor has the same probs. Anybody can tell me how this is possible? i tired all the firmwares but the discs burned fine on my sony dru-500ul wich i sold,i think 8x burners aren't that good yet. I als otried nero 6 and 5,recordnow max and all but all probles discs.

[lighty]

Maybe your standalone simply isn't willing to read recordable media. I burn all my DVDs at 8x (Verbatim, Ritek) and it is always readable on number of standalones.

Why don't you try your DVDs on some other player?

[dante the dutchman]

The discs that were burned at 4x work perfect on my pioneer dvd-717 standalone,the dics i burned with the sony give artifacts at 4x burned -r,plus r works pefect and teh 8x media works fine untill teh burning begins at 8x then my standalone hangs? What burner do u have? And does anybody know if the verbatim 8x work on the pioneer at 8x burning? The riteks won't go at 8x. The 4x discs i burned with the sony work on some players without artifacts.

[lighty]

I use Plextor PX-708 and I haven't had a single coaster or unreadable disc since I started using Verbatim 4x medias written at 8x. As for Sony media- my Plextor wouldn't even recognize it so I am very unhappy with their brand. I also have good experiences with Ritek 4x burnt at 8x. Same thing goes for Traxdata although Plextor refuses to set burning speed over it's declared 4x.