I've been writing to DVD+/-Rs - mostly Ridata, TDK, Verbatim, Fuji, Memorex - and I have never seen the problems of choppy video or frozen frames (okay, may once or twice). Recently, I've been using DVD+RWs for testing before writing to DVD+Rs. After about 5 or 6 burns to the DVD+RWs, I start getting the frozen frames and choppy video near the end of the disc. Some are even impossible to erase/reformat! I can understand the shitty HP DVD+RWs, but even the Ridata DVD+RWs now. I guess I could burn them at the slower 2.4X speed which would help, but I'm really surprised that these rewritables don't last nearly the 1,000 rewrites they claim. I've gone through about 20 so far, and the most burns I've been able to get until the choppy video comes up is about 10 burns.
2.4 Celeron;512k ram; 80gig HD; 60gig HD; Windows XP(SP1).
Sony DRU-710A (BYX4)
DVD Shrink/DVD Decrypter.
TYG02;YUDEN002;MCC blanks.
Favorite Media: Sony 8x+R(MADE IN JAPAN)
Laptop: 1.4 Ghz;256k ram; 40 gig HD;Windows XP
NEC ND-6650A Burner
i really dont understand what the point of a DVD+RW is, like you guys said, 1. they dont last long 2. who erases something 4-5 gigs in size,3. erasing them takes FOREVER like 1 or 2,3 hours for a FULL erase and 1 hour for a so called Quick erase with Nero ultra.
ya, my cd took 30 minutes for a quick erase with Nero. i havent tried a dvd but it should take at least 4x more than a cd due to the reason its about 4x bigger, 30 minutes for a QUICK erase.
Bomb, I been using DVD+RW for months now. and i been write and rewrite over the old files many times. nothing happens yet.
Game, i have 4x speed on my dvd write and take about 1 1/2 minutes to do a quick erasing the whole disc with Nero. maybe u should check with your setting. even reformatting the hard drive with quick erasing wont last up to 5 minutes.
