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The OFFICIAL best media thread (noobs MUST look in 1st page, 1st post before posting redundant posts!!)
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28. September 2007 @ 05:38 |
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After reading through all 37 pages of this thread, all I can say is... -.-;
There certainly is a lot of valuable information in here, much of which has helped me immensely just reading through it. That having been said, I am astounded by the amount of posts made all asking the same stupid questions. The fighting, arguing, conflicting speculation... at times the thread seemed like it'd never recover.
And in the end, it's reduced to people asking the same foolish questions that could be answered with a simple search, a quick check with Nero InfoTool, or a check of the first post in this thread. It seems a lot of the most helpful regulars have been chased away by this constant flow of questions that are asked so frequently, that not even a Taiyo Yuden could stand up to the wear and tear... :D
I feel I must thank the many regulars who dedicated so much time to testing different discs, gathering so much information relating to this thread, and answering so many questions... so many times. I want you guys to know, that despite all the stupid questions from the people who are apparently too lazy to do anything on their own (and I don't mean *all* the questions asked... not trying to target everybody, so I'm sure you understand the people I'm talking about...), you have definitely helped me to make quite a few better decisions regarding my back-ups and the health of my PS2 in general.
I have no questions, no desire to flame anybody, and no crappy statements like "MEMOREX IZ DA BEST!!! OMG LOL". I just wanted to stop by and show my appreciation for all the hard work. Thank you again. :)
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16. October 2007 @ 03:34 |
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Everyone was a Quote:
n00b
at some stage;
Why do so many people hang it on someone when they are just trying to learn something??
Everyone was a Quote:
n00b
once.
So please be nice :-)
ADSL2/25000/1023/DSLAM>700mtrs
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16. October 2007 @ 22:11 |
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You have to remember though... while everybody has been new at some point, only stupid people ask questions that are clearly answered over a hundred times in twenty different places.
A person who knows nothing, but makes no effort to take even a few seconds to find out something on their own... a person who feels the need to ask a question that has almost become cliché, instead of reading the answer to that question given every single time it was asked... These people are the n00bs that others hate so much.
I can guarantee you that, in addition to myself, many of the more respected regulars here and on other forums have never resorted to asking dumb questions that already has a solid answer. Being new does not excuse a person for being so lazy.
Deal with hundreds of these people, and patience for answering their redundant questions starts to wear thin. I'm not saying they should be flamed, banned, etc... I'm just saying that it gets hard to be cheerful (or very kind at times) when you deal with enough of these people.
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17. October 2007 @ 03:05 |
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we call it Spoonfeeding lol
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yigael
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11. November 2007 @ 11:35 |
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My problem is related to Imation DVD+R SOHOT 8x. I own a ps2 modded with a Modbo 4.0 firmware Matrix Infinity 1.93.
During the first months everything has been working wonderful with the media. I was able to finish my backups for .Hack 1-4, Shadow of the Colossus, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater among others.
Now I wanted to go back and replay one of my imation backups and the ps2 wont read them. I have other backups that use RIDATA dvd media and they work fine. Also an IMATION CDR works fine. Backed movies in IMATION media wont work also.
PS2 will read normal movies
Any idea??
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11. November 2007 @ 14:06 |
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Imation is garbage, plain and simple. This is why people like myself always preach the use of quality media. People not in the know flame and argue that their memorex are awesome and there games work...but take a look at your situation. Yes, they worked initially, but now all you have is a miniature frisbee.
Only solution to your situation is to steer clear from Imation in the future. You will not encounter these types of things if you stick to the tried and true winners, Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim.
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11. November 2007 @ 14:46 |
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Dude if u want ur games to work just use sony dvd+r cuz i wat i do, i have yet to get a failed copy.
Dax here!
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yigael
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11. November 2007 @ 15:24 |
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Originally posted by svtstang:
Imation is garbage, plain and simple. This is why people like myself always preach the use of quality media. People not in the know flame and argue that their memorex are awesome and there games work...but take a look at your situation. Yes, they worked initially, but now all you have is a miniature frisbee.
Only solution to your situation is to steer clear from Imation in the future. You will not encounter these types of things if you stick to the tried and true winners, Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim.
10-4!!
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yigael
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11. November 2007 @ 15:33 |
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any opinion on ridata's? if you had the chance of using them?
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11. November 2007 @ 15:52 |
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I am not a ritek fan at all. Ridata's are very middle of the road dvd's, for the same price you can get Taiyo Yuden's...so why not?
Do you live in the US? If so, check out http://supermediastore.com , VERY reliable and VERY good deals.
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yigael
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11. November 2007 @ 15:59 |
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Originally posted by svtstang:
I am not a ritek fan at all. Ridata's are very middle of the road dvd's, for the same price you can get Taiyo Yuden's...so why not?
Do you live in the US? If so, check out http://supermediastore.com , VERY reliable and VERY good deals.
unfortunately, i live outside the US, Panama City, and the cds that we get here look like they were taken out of a cracker jack's box. Ill see if those famous taiyou yuden, for verbatims, I do know they are available in the market down here
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oczylisa
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13. November 2007 @ 11:52 |
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yigael
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13. November 2007 @ 12:27 |
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just tweaked the lsaer a little bit and everything is working fine so far, also i got my hands on a 50pack of verbatims for us$18 locally so if it happens again, ill migrate everything to verbatim
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oczylisa
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13. November 2007 @ 14:20 |
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What programmes will you use to migrate the games to new DVDs?
Originally posted by yigael:
just tweaked the lsaer a little bit and everything is working fine so far, also i got my hands on a 50pack of verbatims for us$18 locally so if it happens again, ill migrate everything to verbatim
oczylisa
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yigael
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13. November 2007 @ 14:27 |
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Originally posted by oczylisa:
What programmes will you use to migrate the games to new DVDs?
Originally posted by yigael:
just tweaked the lsaer a little bit and everything is working fine so far, also i got my hands on a 50pack of verbatims for us$18 locally so if it happens again, ill migrate everything to verbatim
alcohol 120%
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Seiryoku
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25. November 2007 @ 21:14 |
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Hey there, the guide is great but I have a question...
I've been trying to burn an ISO to these Zykon brand DVDs I have and ended up with 2 coasters, which led me to believe they were just crappy. I got DVD identifier, though, and I'm surprised to find that they say...
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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:MCC-003-000]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [DVD+R]
Manufacturer Name : [Mitsubishi Chemical Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [MCC]
Media Type ID : [003]
So, apparently they are these uberl33t DVDs? I have a Sony DRU 800-A (brand new) and an ASUS DRW 1814-BL, and both fail to copy. Is the disc really not the problem here?
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yigael
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29. November 2007 @ 20:16 |
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A couple weeks ago i got my hands on a 50 pack of verbatims and heres the info from dvd identifier. Destructive/constructive comments on them?
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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:RITEK-R05-001]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [Not Available]
Manufacturer Name : [Ritek Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [RITEK]
Media Type ID : [R05]
Product Revision : [001]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GiB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x-2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x , 6x-16x]
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[ DVD Identifier V5.0.1 - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]
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lanceter
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10. December 2007 @ 14:45 |
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edit: I think this thread serves more as an info database than an active discussion, so I moved my question to a seperate thread.
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NuLT
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30. December 2007 @ 20:26 |
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sorry i'm new to this. i have read through and am still having problems. i am using good yuden media and i have a tsst samsung burner. i'm not sure but i think the problem might be the burner? it does support +/-R but not does not support book type changing. My media is dvd -R panasonic DVD Ident gives the reading TYG02 Taiyo Yuden. i have one of the old fat front eject ps2 and am trying to burn a swap magic 3 disk. Sorry to ask but I have looked and have already ruined alot of good disks.
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JOWhite
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1. January 2008 @ 20:27 |
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i dont think you can burn swap magic disks, since the unique shiny side of the disk looks like a old fashioned vinyl record.
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bvzxa
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2. January 2008 @ 02:37 |
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Originally posted by NuLT:
sorry i'm new to this. i have read through and am still having problems. i am using good yuden media and i have a tsst samsung burner. i'm not sure but i think the problem might be the burner? it does support +/-R but not does not support book type changing. My media is dvd -R panasonic DVD Ident gives the reading TYG02 Taiyo Yuden. i have one of the old fat front eject ps2 and am trying to burn a swap magic 3 disk. Sorry to ask but I have looked and have already ruined alot of good disks.
Can't burn Swap Magic discs, for they are pressed not burned.
Burning them would be useless...for they won't be raed like original discs. If you have a fat PS2, then a memeory card exploit would be easy to do...just make sure you have a way to swap out.
good to go!!
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jcgamer60
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4. January 2008 @ 23:52 |
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Any advice for using a crappy laptop burner? I tried burning using 8x verbatims using my laptop burner and I got audio skipping with the bgm in Sonic mega collection plus. Unless this has something to do with the region patcher I used?
The media ID of the discs are MCC 02RG20 and they work great with my PC burner. I burned at 4x speed. I don't want to waste too many dvdr-s so any advice would be helpful.
The burner is an Optiarc AD-7530A. The laptop I have is an Acer aspire 9300. I'm using windows XP.
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inagasake
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5. March 2008 @ 01:45 |
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I need some advice on what DVD media I should buy to burn and play PS2 backups on a slimline 79001 PS2. Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim are the status quo for quality media so I've been looking into both brands and looking at the Media IDs.
http://www.blankmedia.ca/proddetail3.asp?id=421
These 100 Taiyo Yuden 8x DVD-R discs (Tape Wrap, no Spindle) with retail price, shipping and tax included total to $35.80 CDN. The Media ID is TYG03/TYG02 so according to the guide, this is the quality I want.
I was also looking at these 25 pack Verbatim 8x DVD-R discs (Spindle) at Futureshop.
http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/proddet...881&catid=25888
The Media ID: MCC 02RG20. The problem though is that I thought these were on sale until March 31st but just noticed right now they are back to normal price, which sucks ass. Getting two 25-packs cost about $17.21 with shipping and tax included (this deal is web only so you can't go to the store to buy it or pick it up). But they put the retail price back to normal so now it's $2+ more expensive per 25-pack. They'll probably put the sale back up soon. It's a shame they removed the sale because I would have preferred to purchase DVDs in smaller quantity (like 50) since I think 100 DVD-R would be overkill. The 50-pack TY's that I've seen are a rip-off.
But I'm thinking that maybe I should just bite the bullet and pay $35.80 for 100 TY's + an extra $6 or so bucks to get 100 sleeves (since I'm running out of space in my 200 CD/DVD case). Taiyo Yuden is of better quality than Verbatim anyway from what I've been reading on here.
Also I've heard that DVD+R is superior to DVD-R because DVD+R offers book-typing to DVD-ROM. But the DVD+R 100 pc spindel is like $40 + shipping + tax. That's going to cost me over $50. Is it really WORTH paying that much more for DVD+R? Wouldn't these TY DVD-R work well enough with a PS2? So as long as it doesn't screw up my laser. Thanks.
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5. March 2008 @ 19:17 |
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get sony dvd+r's they work fine and are ez to find ive been using them for like 2 yrs now
Dax here!
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inagasake
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6. March 2008 @ 13:19 |
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Is DVD+R really that necessary for making PS2 backups though? (Since I know it's more expensive than DVD-R).
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