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Mark_T
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_ 		17. October 2007 @ 19:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I'm a little bit confuzzled here... I'm new to DL media and haven't loked at it previously until I started burning xbox360 backups. I've been using verbatim DL media at 2x as everyone recommends it to be the best and most reliable. I ordered online in 10 disc spindles from SVP who seem to be very reputable from what I can see.

Anyway, I have a bit of a strange problem... I burn the backups and they play fine however, if I write the title on the disc they no longer read in my xbox 360, what's that all about?! It seems so stupid but I've tried and tried again burning copies, testing them as working fine, writing on the labels and then they no longer read.

Do they hav a pourous surface or something that is causing issues? It's a bit of a ballache not being able to label my discs to say the least LMAO!! I'm using a Pilot extra fine (so it says lol) CD marker that says it's non xylene whatever that is but it's a felt nib so not like it's abrasive in any way, shape or form. What's the crack here then?! It's not like it's a poverty spec media that you see through when you hold it up to the light lol I'm quite shocked to be having such a weird and wonderful issue with them!! Do you think it's a shite batch of media?
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res2cue
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_ 		17. October 2007 @ 20:01 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I use Verb DL's and have personally never had any issues.
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300bowler
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_ 		17. October 2007 @ 20:48 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i don't see how that can affect the xbox from reading the discs, that have previously read fine before writing on them.(if i understood your post correctly)
my only advice would be try to use a sharpie marker instead.

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res2cue
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_ 		17. October 2007 @ 20:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
not to be a smart a$$... but I must ask. You are writing on the correct side right?
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Hiram 319
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Mark_T
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_ 		18. October 2007 @ 18:43 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
LMAO I am writing on the right side but to be fair if i was in your position reading what sounds like such a stupid and ridiculous post I would ask the same question!! But I am 100% writing on the correct part of the disc lol and 300bowler you are correct about my post and this is what I cant get my head around... They read perfectly fine and I have tried booting the discs up on numerous occassions to check the quality of the copy and all is fine. Boots up first time, every time without fail but the instant I label the discs... nada, they don't want to play out anymore! It's such a bizarre and random problem it really had me scratching my head how a simple pen can cause such an issue lol
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JoeRyan
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_ 		18. October 2007 @ 23:28 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
The polycarbonate used as plastic for optical discs is porous. However, it is so thick that I doubt any chemical used in marking pens would be able to eat through the plastic. (This is not true of CD-R lacquers, however.)

What does make a difference is the pressure put on a disc when writing onto it. I assume you are writing directly onto the silk-screened label on the disc and not onto a paper label applied to the disc. Paper labels damage DVDs. If the discs to be written are not placed on a smooth, even surface that will not scratch them or add debris to the bottom, those scratches and transient debris can damage the disc. And great pressure applied to one half of the surface can physically distort a disc enough to cause tilt problems later on. (The labels distort a disc by absorbing water vapor and expanding and contracting. That's how little distortion is needed to ruin a disc.) Other than those causes, I can't think of anything inherent in writing to a DVD disc that can damage it.
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dilligaf9
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_ 		19. October 2007 @ 11:20 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You can check how porous the disc is by splitting a dl-dvd with a razor blade and writing on it or take one that is recorded & written on and split in two.
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