I've been happily burning DVD+R's for a while now and recently bought some blank DVD+RW's so I can copy over etc. Both have been Philips branded.
Unfortunately it seems my laptop doesn't like these new type of discs. Everything is fine with DVD Shrink then move on to Decrypter to burn, but after sliding the disc back into verify I keep getting an I/O error. The I/O errors vary, the latest one says:
"Intepretation: check condition" and "Intepretation: Unrecovered Read Error"
It has a habit of doing it on 11% even on different films and different blank dvd's.
Decrypter's burning engine has been updated to a very nice piece of software called ImgBurn which does much better with today's newer drives and media.
Also check your burner's firmware.
Also some better quality discs should be used such as Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden.
Quote:Thought Philips discs were decent but will perhaps buy Verbatim next time
Philips, like many others these days use several disc manufacturers to produce their discs. Then Philips just stamps their name on them and sends them down the road. Sometimes you'll get a decent spindle, otherwise you end up with CMC MAG which are garbage as far as blank media goes.
You're better off sticking with Verbs or buying Taiyo Yuden online. Don't get the Verbs that are made in India though, haven't heard much good about those at this point.
Try http://www.svp.co.uk, only downside with them is that it's a £5 or so shipping charge, but taken into consideration the savings you make as opposed to local walk-in stores i think the shipping charge is cheap (as long as you buy enough stuff, i think the charge gets you up to 10kg of stuff for the same shipping charge)
