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Is Princo any good?
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THFS
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4. June 2004 @ 18:35 |
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Before I get my burner I want to get some DVD-Rs off eBay, and the majority of them are Princo. Is Princo reliable, or will I be left with a bunch of coasters?
Just bought a DVD±RW Drive, go easy on me please.
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cozza1987
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4. June 2004 @ 18:44 |
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Every1 here will say No, but i have used about 500 of them and havnt had a problem with them so far.
They will recommend Riteks G04's, which are good aswell.
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THFS
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4. June 2004 @ 19:06 |
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Thanks for the fast reply! I might try Princo, and if that doesn't work I'll try Ritek.
Just bought a DVD±RW Drive, go easy on me please.
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4. June 2004 @ 19:28 |
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Verbatim Metal AZO and Taiyo Yuden are very good too, although Ritek G04 can't be beat for price :)
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4. June 2004 @ 20:10 |
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I have had no problems at all with the princo 4x. More than 50 backups
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Praetor
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4. June 2004 @ 20:27 |
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I havnt had many problems with Princo however when i use them i have a tendency to have to doublecheck everything. Most of the time things check out but there's the occasional problem :)
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THFS
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4. June 2004 @ 21:52 |
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Any problems big enough to damage a PS2? That's the main reason I bought a burner, to backup PS2 games.
Just bought a DVD±RW Drive, go easy on me please.
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Kamran
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4. June 2004 @ 22:46 |
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nope they wont damage the ps2 but my ps2 has a hard time reading princos. 4x princos only read on my ps2 if written at 1x while riteks g04 4x work perfectly even when i burn them at 8x!
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THFS
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4. June 2004 @ 23:49 |
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Thanks Kamran, I'll keep that advice in mind.
Just bought a DVD±RW Drive, go easy on me please.
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alamanos
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5. June 2004 @ 05:01 |
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I started of with maxell.. 25 pack.. all burnt at 4x.. not one coaster.. then i went to princo becuase of the price differnce.. I've had nothing but problems with them...will only burn at 4x... even then the dics have errors..i have a current dvd burner lg4082b with latest firmware..
i now use ridta (ritek).. very happy and they where they same pice as the pricno.
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brian100
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5. June 2004 @ 11:46 |
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I have had nothing but problem's with these disks. I wouldnt piss on a Princo if it was on fire.
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THFS
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5. June 2004 @ 18:10 |
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Thanks guys, I'll avoid them.
Just bought a DVD±RW Drive, go easy on me please.
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6. June 2004 @ 01:53 |
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When I first started to burn DVD I used Princo blank disks. I did put labels on them all. I run a read test on all my burned disks before putting them away.
About a month ago I starting to watch some of the movies I copied with Princo six months ago. All had many, many read errors and would not play in any DVD player. Now remember I placed labels on them. With Ritex G04 blank disks I have burned over 100 disks with labels. I have not had one disk show any read errors as yet.
I would not take a chance on Princo. Just my own input
on Princo blank disks. roberson
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6. June 2004 @ 11:01 |
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I used to use princo when I first started out. I used the Datawrite yellow 4X. To be honest I didn't have many problems but did notice a bit of extra pixelation. I heard that the datawrite princos are now a different kind and not as good as they used to be.Now I use RiData Ritek G04's which incidentally I get cheaper than Princo's. If I were You I'd stick to Ritek.
check this out.
http://www.dvdrhelp.com
this site should answer all of your media questions.
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6. June 2004 @ 11:08 |
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mrman
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6. June 2004 @ 19:21 |
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If you are mainly backing up ps2 games DO NOT get princo...the ps2 has a hard time reading them and you laser will wear down very fast. So when you asked if they damage the ps2 yes they do. When backing up ps2 games you should use the highest quality media possible and princo is definantly not high quality.
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7. June 2004 @ 16:44 |
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Yea I made the MISTAKE of using Princos on PS2 and my laser got DRE's really fast and sony put in a new laser. But it is weak as hell and has trouble reading backups most don't work or are very slow. I am def. never using Princos for PS2 again. Would they weaken a laser on a regular dvd player tho?? I know Princos are bad because they use the CMC dye and it has too much reflection. I heard riteks are very good and shouldn't damage ps2 laser, but I already have a bunch of sony dvd-r ver. 1. Does anyone know what kind of dye sony uses it how i can find out??
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teefyum
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18. June 2004 @ 05:44 |
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I used Princo 1x media in the past and they worked great. Have a Pioneer 106 DVDR, which I also love Ritek and now only use Sonic.
I think DVD-R Compatibility is the issue. <--
Been about 8months and my backup PS2 & Movies still work fine. My PS2 laser read these DVD much better then any CDR media.
Got to be careful, they will not work/skip etc if you get finger prints on the bottom or any hairline scratches. So if you have kids like my friends your funked!
Now im using the awesome SONICS, can't beat that price for quality generics.
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21. June 2004 @ 12:24 |
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Stay well clear of Princo. I`ve used about 100 of them at 4x speed and they all have reading errors. There`s no guarantee that in time your data or movie back ups will be readable either. These are the worst qualtiy disks you can get. If you still want to give them a try burn them at spees no higher than 2x.
I now use only Ritek GO4 and have great results every time.
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barcs2002
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23. June 2004 @ 00:08 |
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When i first started DVD burning i bought a pack of the orange Bulkpaq 4x DVD-R's. Out of the 25 pack 8 of them had coasters. Scince then i bought a 50 pack of Ridata 4x DVD-R and not a single one has failed on me. I would never choose crappy Princo media again if i was you i would only buy DVD media using the Ritck dye.
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26. June 2004 @ 12:31 |
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Quote:I would never choose crappy Princo media again if i was you i would only buy DVD media using the Ritck dye.
that may be fine for you but i've burnt over 1000 disc's now using those so called crappy discs and only had about half a dozen not work.
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