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Hi and Welcome vastrand,
Memorex is a good example, has posted figures as high as 50% coasters (One member bought a stack of 50 and got 23 good burns.), not what I would call an impressive record.
Remember, it?s a gamble, some people win, most lose, varying amounts but they still lose :-(
Let?s get your media straightened out -
1.* Cheap media skips, freezes, fuzzes, pixelats, refuses to be recognized, partially jams and of course, our good old standby, happening far too often, either doesn?t burn or doesn?t play at all:-(
Cheap media is great for text, Data, Spreadsheets, .Jpg and .Gif pictures and is good even for MP3 music BUT for DVD backups - BLAaaaaaT! It SUCKTH in an extremely Big-th way !
2. A top grade media is needed for DVD reproduction !
Ritek G04's or Verbatim are what we?re looking for OR any media boasting ?Advanced AZO Metal Dye?, this indicates a superior dye application, while they are a bit ?pricey? they are acceptable.
Prices online from Meritline.com have gotten Ritek G04 to down below a dollar a disc -
Using top grade media can guarantee one thing to an absolute certainty, it surely cannot hurt.
Question - If you make coasters out of 3 cheap discs and good copies from 3 Verbatim discs or 3 Ritek G04 discs - which ones then are too expensive ?
Remember, Memorex, Fuji, TDK, Orange Pack and others are good for your MP3 music, picture archives, Spread sheets, Data and your text backups and archives, they just don?t work well for DVD backups.
(*A sometimes fix is to compress your DVD to somewhere around 4.3 Gig even. By reducing the amount to be burned you can stay away from the edges where the dye tends to be uneven and the discs may be brittle.)
Hope this helps,
Pete
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This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 2. April 2004 @ 18:47
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