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A
quick update on the info I posted a while ago below....
After
all my testing, finding a compatable DVD-R and buying 50 disks, Datasafe
changed
the dye formulation on their branded whitetop disks and didn't tell anyone.
Bottom line is the 50 that arrived are now incompatable with my player.
Damm and
I've got 40 unopened left! I only found out after burning a
couple.
They
have realised they've dropped a clanger and re-released the original dye
formulation as Datasafe Classic Generation 3 DVD-R. I'll order a couple of
these
to see if they are OK and post back my findings.
Cheers
Don
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No problems burning with the Ulead
Movie
Factory Software onto those cheap bulkpaq disks
(£38
for 90).
Playback
is fine on the burner but I seemed to
be
having a few funnies on my standalone player (Pioneer 525) and on the multitainers (Hitachi GD-7000). It was as if the end of the disk was getting screwed if filled to capacity. After doing some
reading up
on the net the favourite seemed to be a
compatability problem with the cheap media
and
the older kit I wasplaying it
back
on. I ordered a selection of
media to
do some further testing and
a fter a day
spent
mainly burning disks this is the outcome:
I
created an iso image of a really full disk and used this to burn each disk.
All
disks burnt sucessfully but I had varying success on
playback.
All
4.7GB (General Purpose) DVD-R priced singlely plus VAT
Datasafe branded white top (£0.74) - 1x speed -
Excellent! All my problems both on the 525 and the Multitainer went away.
All
chapters accessible and Fast forward \play worked to the end of the disk.
I'll
be putting an order in for 50 of these on Monday!
White
Label (£0.74) - 1x speed - Wouldn't play back properly on the
525
"ICE"
WhiteTop (£0.75) - Seems to be OK on both 525 and
Multitainer
Datasafe Media (£0.97) - 2x speed - Problems with
chapters and fast forward at the end of the disk
Choice
Branded (£0.93) - 2x speed - Real problems on playback on both 525 and
multitainers
So it
looks like the Datasafe branded white
top for me and I'll forget about 2x speed disks for now ! That
leaves me the problem of the 80 bulkpaq disks I've got left :-( I'll
probably
keep them and use them for data backup as they burn fine and playback on
the DVD
burner OK.
Hope people find this
useful
Cheers
Don
-----Original
Message-----
From:
Mark McCall [mailto:mark@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 05 August 2002
14:23
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxxSubject: Re: [ukha_d] OT:
dvd-r -rw blanks..
> Mark, you were going
after
the bulkpaq’s or something weren’t
you? Any opinion?
My writer turned up
damaged from Scan and I'm awaiting a replacement. I bought the pack
of
90 blank DVD-Rs from BigPockets last Monday, and these haven't turned up
either :(
I have been talking
to
Don McAllister who confirms the 90 pack disk will only write at 1x
speed.
Don has done some
great
test over the weekend with his Pioneer 104 writer and Pioneer 525 DVD
Player
(both models same as mine!).
Hopefully Don will
post
his findings here too.
Thanks
M.
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