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Hi all,
I'm glad I've found this place as it looks very detailed and full of ppl who understand this damned technology thing. Hopefully, someone can help me with this problem that's been nagging me for ages.
Ok, this may sound like a real newbie question and you may SHOUT at me, but please read it all and you'll understand why I've posted this here and not in a basic-questtion like board.
I've tried to do as much investigating into this problem as I possibly can, but usually end up banging my head agains a brick wall.
I've got a Toshiba SD-110e DVD player. When I bought it, brought it home and read the manual, I read that it won't play recordable disks. Well, fair enough; but there's no harm in trying, is there?! So I went to it with a backed up audio disk at first, and lo-and-behold it wouldn't play.
Well, searching across the internet regarding playing recordable disks on this SD110e monster, I could not find anything other than something written in this very same forum (but your posting rules say DON'T CROSS LINK - but, not that EXACT phrase - so, I won't) from someone who plays a recordable in his/her Tosh SD110e and gets a verticle line about 2 3rds across their screen - I'd love to get just that far.!
What annoys me with my Tosh SD110e player is that it will play any factory made/pressed CD/DVD, but not a recordable. Now surely, there must be a way around this problem?
1.. However, I read somewhere about the laser length/quality used to read disks, and about the incompatibilities between that and the laser used to write a recordable; - Writing/Recorder problem.
2.. But also, I read somewhere else that the material/chemical used for recordable disks is incompatible with some laser pick-ups; - CD/DVD Recordable Media problem.
3.. And, then there's all the waffle about CSS on disks and that would be why the Tosh SD110e isn't playing recordables. Although, I think that possiblility is a bit flat, as I've tried using CD-R's with backed up audio on 'em. The Tosh player still won't play recordables. Copy Protection problem - but I'm sure it's nothing to do with CSS, because those attempts were just plain audio (tests from CDs without audio protection).
So, after all that waffle and blarb, do you think this playback problem on the Toshiba SD110e is anything to do with anything I've mentioned so far, or would there be some other reason entirely (other than a very heavy hammer, and some agression)?
Thanks in advance for any help/advice.
:-)
This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 2. November 2004 @ 17:43
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