It is possible, though I too would suspect media quality as the root cause.
However, write quality is the output of a very tight equation based on both
the drive (and firmware revision, for that matter) and the media. It is
quite possible that a different burner would perform better with that media,
and just as possible that your drive would do better on different media. The
thing to remember, though, is that the best results are usually obtained by
using (NEC, Pioneer, Plextor) + (Verbatim DataLifePlus, TaiyoYuden).
Greg
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mesdaq, Ali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 6:16 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Best DVD disc with Drive
I am using a sony drive to burn images. So do you think that might be
the cause of the skipping on peoples dvd players? But they said it
played fine first time and then started skipping on the 2nd and 3rd time
they played the disc. That makes me feel like it's a disc issue more
than a burner issue.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Greg Sevart
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:54 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Best DVD disc with Drive
I myself purchase nothing but Plextor. Got my 16X when they were
offering
a
$30 rebate - and it only took less than 4 weeks to get it - which is
some
kind of record, for me at least.
Not only do they perform extremely well, I find them durable having
burned
at least 200 DVD's so far on it.
Plextor, Pioneer, and NEC all make solid, good DVDRW drives. IMO,
Plextor
doesn't warrant the price premium, but whatever. Nobody makes an
'excellent'
DVDRW drive anymore, back like when Plextor made the absolute, bar-none
best
CD-RW drives <16X.
Not really discussed here is another plus with Plextor's. That is -->
you
can actually find upgrades without wading through 15 pages and 3
sites.
Sony
has their stuff buried who knows where.
But third party/community support is nil compared to both Pioneer and
NEC.
I have stopped using Lite-on all together as their support and
durability
are close to zero.
Agreed, Lite-On DVDRW drives are crap. Sony simply sells rebadged
Lite-On
units, so they are also crap.
