I have no trouble getting an image, but a crisp and dark one takes two burn
cycles; there is a registration problem sometimes, cycle to cycle. Plus,
optimum image cycle ("best") is 21 minutes; 42 minutes to make a good label is
a lot of time. The memorex CD has an ok one-cycle burn; memorex DVD, with its
different surface, burns very light for one cycle. And a two-cycle burn of DVD
label sometimes smears. My burner is laCie, although I believe it actually is
a Panasonic. I guess the bottom line is that I like a nice, dark and crisp
image; it's a matter of what is acceptable to each of us. Perhaps I should try
another brand of disc.
--- On Sat, 3/27/10, Robert Carroll <carrollcompu...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Robert Carroll <carrollcompu...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CGUYS] what DVD-R to buy
To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
Date: Saturday, March 27, 2010, 5:46 PM
I'm not sure that I can help you. I have never had any trouble labeling
lightscribe disks for any brand of DVD.
I assume that you have a lightscribe-capable DVD burner. I turn the DVD over
in the burner tray, use Nero to make a lightscribe label (in the special
lightscribe label section of Nero), click on the lightscribe print button,
select best quality, and it begins. It is possible to get a slightly darker
label if the disk is burned twice without removing the disk after the first
burn, but doing this probably is not needed.
You must have the lightscribe label software such as comes with Nero, or
whatever software that came with your burner. Trying to make a lightscribe
label using regular label software that is intended to print on paper will not
work.
You could try a different brand of DVD. If the same problem occurs, I would
suspect either that your burner is at fault or that you are not using
lightscribe software to make the labels. Can't think of anything else.
chad evans wyatt wrote:
> Robert, may I tag along here? I have had some real problems labeling Memorex
> lightscribe DVD's. Any thoughts?
>
>
> --- On Fri, 3/26/10, Robert Carroll <carrollcompu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Robert Carroll <carrollcompu...@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CGUYS] what DVD-R to buy
> To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
> Date: Friday, March 26, 2010, 5:57 PM
>
> There are differences in quality with DVDs. Some brands will not play on
> older DVD players as well as other brands. What this means is that if you
> are making a lot of DVDs, some brands will have more "duds" in a box than
> will other brands.
>
> For single-layer DVDs, I recommend the Taiyo Yuden brand.
> For dual-layer DVDs, Verbatim has done well for me.
>
> I usually buy from http://www.meritline.com/ but there are a lot of listings
> on eBay.
>
>
> rleesimon wrote:
>
>> I will need to make DVDs from AVI to watch on a typical TV DVD player both
>> in the US Region I and in Belgium Region II where I have a built in DVD
>> Region II player and a stand alone DVD player region free. What disks
>> should I purchase to have the greatest ease of both recording the DVDs and
>> playing them .what I am looking for is DVD-R or DVD+R or DVD-RW or DVD+RW .I
>> will NOT archive with them for the most part, but will watch and re-record,
>> but I may make a few to give to family members who do NOT have a DVD
>> recorder so I will want some record once types for that. Advice? I have
>> IBM DVD recorder and WinDVD creator etc. that came with it.tia!
>>
>>
>>
>>
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