On Feb 4, 2010, at 1:34 AM, Brian Christmas wrote: > > On 04/02/2010, at 5:58 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > >> Hi All >> I'm having trouble getting consistent DL DVD burns. It seems that I get a >> good disk and when played on a set top they sometimes break up and it's >> annoying. I have good equipment but I think maybe the media is crap. Like 1 >> out of three is junk, this gets costly and embarrassing when you give a >> friend a disk and they tell you it screwed up some where during play. I even >> let the disk verify but that means nothing. CDs are not a problem and most >> single layers are usually ok. I have some that play right one or three times >> and then crap out. I have three different rippers >> I use Toast 8 and all my drives are Pioneer 118L. Does anyone else have this >> problem? >> >> John Carmonne >> Yorba Linda USA > > G'day John. > > Personally I use ink jet printable Verbatim disks, (CD-R, DVD-R, DL-DVD), and > very, very rarely get a burn that doesn't verify correctly, and the last one > I had that didn't verify was because it had a fingerprint (mine) on it. > > Stick on labels should be avoided as well, especially in iMacs where the > drives run hot, and labels might come unstuck. > > I've tried TDK and they're junk. > > What brand are you using? > > Regards > > Santa
I get good "verify" action but the disk still breaks up during set top play. And I do have some Verbatim out of desperation (due to cost) and I find no difference in quality. I have a lot of burners and 4 different machine that produce the same results. John Carmonne Yorba Linda USA -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
