Originally posted by omegaman7:

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No. I don't trust the India made verbs. Never bought them either. Every +R verb I've ever bought was a Taiwan, or United Arab Emir. Never anything else. And they've always been MCC004 as well ;) Sure wish I got some Yuden T02's though :D But I still have ~75 of those, so not hurting ;)
I guess we'll see what I get friday when they arrive ;) Assuming Newegg got them out today. They're usually pretty good about getting stuff out, provided I buy before 1 pm.

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Originally posted by dr_ml422:

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Burner. DRW-22B2S
Yes, I'm aware that it's IDE. That's what I need :p

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That's great. I have IDEs in my 1st build and will have to get those 2 burners back from my daughter. The Sammy and Pioneer. Does ASUS make good burners? I already know their mobos rock!

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Originally posted by dr_ml422:

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Hi jrs You mean if I have ImgBurn set to bitset the DVD+R Blanks to DVD-R this Asus can't do it? I love my bitsetting as it almost 100% assures compatibility w/players.

The scanning I can do w/out. My Pioneer in my Sig I miss. I was hasty wrapping that dell and shipping it. That Pioneer went straight to the desired burn rate and stood there until finished. The sammys gradually build up to the rate one wants. That's why even at 16x w/TYS and Verbs they burn well as they just about reach 16x at the end.

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Originally posted by theonejrs:

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dr_m1422,
As far as I'm concerned, this model is the best! I have two of them and have nothing but praise for both of them. They can't be bitset, and they won't show jitter unless you downgrade the firmware to 101, but they are quiet, vibration free and burn real well!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827135204

5 eggs with 500 reviews, say's it all! Comes with Nero, E-Hammer (Wipes the disk to where recovery is impossible), and E-Power energy saver.

Best Regards,
Russ

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Originally posted by dr_ml422:

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I like my DVD+Rs. They load faster for the burn than DVD-R. Even if it's a moot point I'd be po if anyone came back and told me it wouldn't fly on their standalone. Reminds me when I bought my Pioneer in my Sig and it had issues burning CDs. I paid for it to burn w/e it said it burned so I kept at it until the Firmware fixed it. Just a individual preference.

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Originally posted by Ripper:

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Originally posted by lwalker:

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Originally posted by Ripper:

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By the way, as all the burning regulars seem to pass by this thread, I noticed rpc1's fimrware database is back up (may have been for ages, I don't know). Yay :-)

http://files.rpc1.org/

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as a newbie trying to learn what I can-- what is this database used for?
thanks

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It's a database of firmwares for different DVD burners. Firmware is what controls the write strategies that your burner uses to burn DVDs. It's always recommend that one keeps their firmware up-to-date because it ensures maximum compatibility with newer media and can also improve the quality of the write strategies already in use. However, I would suggest that 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' ;)

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Originally posted by Ripper:

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Originally posted by lwalker:

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Originally posted by Ripper:

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By the way, as all the burning regulars seem to pass by this thread, I noticed rpc1's fimrware database is back up (may have been for ages, I don't know). Yay :-)

http://files.rpc1.org/

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as a newbie trying to learn what I can-- what is this database used for?
thanks

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It's a database of firmwares for different DVD burners. Firmware is what controls the write strategies that your burner uses to burn DVDs. It's always recommend that one keeps their firmware up-to-date because it ensures maximum compatibility with newer media and can also improve the quality of the write strategies already in use. However, I would suggest that 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' ;)

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Originally posted by TreePro:

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Originally posted by lwalker:

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Originally posted by TreePro:

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Originally posted by dr_ml422:

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@ greensman Yes they are pure cr@p! I just received the RMA UPS Label a earlier today. I'll be sending them off and getting a total refund. That's it. No more off branded media. There's enough sales to get very good stuff w/the more known and tried brands we all experienced.

I had no idea Imation got in on these too.

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You know Imation is the parent company of TDK and Memorex. I read somewhere today that TDK quit making all CD and DVD discs and outsource them since 2006. I started researching them when the TDK's I bought at CompUSA had the Imation name on label. They was CMC MAG M01. So far the few I tried did ok but, I'll not buy them again. Verbatim or Taiyo Yuden, even if I give them away.

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So I have a bunch of DVD's that never worked and I thought it was me, till I started reading this great thread. To be sure and not waste money - are you saying I am better off buying Verbatim? I have some Kodak DVD R are they bad too?
Thanks
lwalker

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Never used Kodak But, they are listed as being made by MAM-America. Third class media, cheap and unreliable, read that sometime 50% of spindle is unusable. Yes, Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden are two of best. Taiyo Yuden is parent company of Verbatim and they do outsource But, seems they maintain better quality control. Taiyo Yuden also just changed their name to JVC. The value line Verbatim I have bought was made by CMC Magnetics and Ritek (CMC Mag AM3 and Ritek F1) But, out of at least 500 in past 2 months I burned only 1 failed in middle of burn and all have played. How long storage life? only time will tell. Use DVD Identifier to see who makes your discs, you will be surprised that the name on box is probably not who manufactured it. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cd_dvd..._identifier.cfm

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Originally posted by BIGTOXY69:

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Good Luck & Happy Bargain hunting

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Originally posted by JoeRyan:

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Corrections to previous posts:
Imation--a spin-off company from 3M that bought Memorex in 2007 and handles optical media distribution for HP, TDK, and Staples. Used to manufacture their own Blu-ray and CD-RW media until it became less expensive to buy elsewhere.

JVC -- the distribution arm for Taiyo Yuden production. JVC may have invested heavily in Taiyo Yuden or may have bought them. TY manufactures the JVC brand as well as its own.

Kodak-- once the largest producer of CD-Rs but got in too early with too high cost structure. Sources from MAM-A and from others.

MAM-A-- a producer of excellent quality CD-Rs, particularly the those with gold reflective surfaces, and decent quality DVD+/-R media. The DVD media have two problems: 1) lack of support from drive manufacturers and 2) MAM-As attempt to market an "archive" DVD with a gold layer that has high initial errors because of compatibility issues.

Mitsubishi Kagaku -- owner of the Verbatim brand. The company outsources production of ALL of its products but requires the use of its own dyes and stampers. CMC is the largest producer of Verbatim/Mitsubishi media. MBI (India), Singapore (DL discs only), and a factory in the United Arab Emirates also produce Verbatim-branded Mitsubishi products.

Taiyo Yuden -- a manufacturer of Taiyo Yuden, That's, and JVC branded media and OEM manufacturer for a number of other companies. JVC distributes their production and may actually have bought the company last year. TY is the last significant disc manufacturer in Japan since Sony, TDK, Maxell, and Fuji now outsource all of their products (except Blu-ray in the case of the first three).

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@ Iwalker Like mentioned in the previous posts the DVD+Rs for the most part load faster when you're ready to burn them. If you're using ImgBurn to burn then ImgBurn by default I think will bitset the DVD+r Blanks to DVD-R so that there's less chance of incompatibility on playback w/a given player/standalone.

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Originally posted by garmoon:

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@ Iwalker Like mentioned in the previous posts the DVD+Rs for the most part load faster when you're ready to burn them. If you're using ImgBurn to burn then ImgBurn by default I think will bitset the DVD+r Blanks to DVD-R so that there's less chance of incompatibility on playback w/a given player/standalone.

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@dr_ml422

The above statement is not all true. When a +R disc is bitset, it's to DVD-Rom and NOT DVD-R. The bit setting is done by the dvd burner,if capable, and not by ImgBurn. ImgBurn tells the burner to bit set the +R disc or the burner knows it's supposed to book type all +Rs to DVD_ROMs regardless of burning program used. Some burner are not out of the box capable of bit setting and must be upgraded with bit setting fw. :)

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