Please help

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snoop

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Please help, I am totally confused with the diffrent types of dvd media there is out there, below is a detaled spec of my dvd+/-wr. Could any kind fellow please advise me of what to discs to buy.

thanks in advance

snoop

Freecom Classic DVD+/-RW 16x Double Layer
www.freecom.com
ref. MM/FG/04-08-2004
Product specifications DVD+R9: 4x
DVD+RW: 16x4x16
DVD-RW: 16x4x16
CD-RW: 48x24x48
Tray type Electrical load / eject, horizontal auto tray
Reading modes DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW, DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, Digital-Audio (Red book) and CD extra, CD-ROM
(Mode 1 -Yellow book), CD-ROM XA & CD-I (Mode 2/Form 1-Green book), CD-Bridge & Photo-CD (single
and multi-session), CD-Video
Supported media DVD+RW, DVD+R,DVD-RW, DVD-R, DVD+R9, CD-R, CD-RW, High Speed CD-RW, Mini-CD (8 cm).
(Can not record DVD-RAM media)
Writing modes: DVD RW: Random Access Write, Sequential Write
DVD R: Sequential Write
CD-R/CD-RW: Disc At Once, Session At once, Track At Once, Multi-Session, PacketWrite
Writing formats DVD R/DVD RW: DVD-ROM, DVD-Video, DVD-R9 (Double layer)
CD: CD-DA, CD-ROM, CD-ROM XA, CD Extra, MP3 CDs, Mixed-ModeCD,VideoCD, PhotoCD, CD TEXT,
Bootable CD
Interface USB 2.0
MTBF 50.000 hours (Duty 20%)
Safety standards Application Standard UL1950 CSA950 EN60950 HHS Class1 EN60825-1 Class1
Radio Interference EN55022 EN61000-3-2 EN61000-3-3 ENN50082-1
Physical specifications Height 5,3 cm x Width 18,1 cm x Length 25,4 cm - Weight 1,6 Kg
Environmental Operating temp. +5° to +50° C
specifications Gradient 20 °C /hour (max.)
Humidity 5 - 80 % (No Condensation)
Gradient 10 %/hour (max.)
 
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LTR12101B

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From what I've read, it's likely to be a rebadged NEC 3500 drive.

The format of the Media speeds as they show is a little clumsy..

To simplifY:
Read:
DVD media: 16x
CD media: 48x

Write:
DVD+R: 16x (12x, 8x, 4x and possibly 2.4x if you fed it media that slow)
DVD-R: 16x (down to 4x, maybe 2x, 1x unlikely)
DVD+RW: 4x (and 2.4x) - will not support the latest (rare) 8x +RW
DVD-RW: 4x (and 2x) - will not support the latest (rare) 6x -RW
DVD+R9: 4x (on selected 2.4x +R9 media, 2.4x on other)
No support for DVD-RAM

CD-R: 48x (maximum on best media, speeds down to 8x according to media)
CD-RW: 24x (on Ultra media, 10x on High Speed media, 4x on 1-4x media)
 
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snoop

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Once again LTR thankyou,

so next questions (if i may be so bold)

1) is it anygood

2) should i use DVD-r or DVD+r

god i feel soooooooooooooooooo stupid! :eek:
 
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LTR12101B

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If I'm right in it being the NEC3500 rebadge, then it's a very forgiving drive indeed , out of all the media tests I've seen for that drive, all are "acceptable", though one media stands out for 16x working...

Verbatim 16x DVD+R (media code MCC 004) - best for PC to PC use if you want the maximum speed.

Actually, Verbatim (MCC codes = "Mitsubishi Chemicals Corp") seems to do very well in the NEC (and other drives based on it) - I think we can guess what they did the most tuning for.

"off-brand" MCC coded media may not be quite as good, but it looks like the drive works ok with most media, and excellently with the best.

Depend what you can get hold of - and if you want to pay extra for a really premium media (a good idea, if you're after keeping quality) or cheaper drive fodder that that you maybe don't care so much about.


For DVD players, unless the drive and software supports DVD-ROM booktype or "bitsetting" on +R media, you may find that -R is more compatible.
Bitsetting is supported on some NEC rebadges, but not others - it's a firmware issue.
 
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snoop

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riiiiiiiiight,

out off all that i think i understood about 20% :eek:

i bought a pack of Logik dvd+r 8xspeed yesterday (thinking i would be on to a winner due to the fact that i got 1 dvd+r free with the dvd drive) but i've gone through 3 with out success, gets to about 11 % complete then stops wrighting to disc. so i'm gonna go back to pc world tonight and pick up some dvd-r discs and see if i have any better luck with those.. :confused:
 
VIPER_1069

VIPER_1069

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try burning them slower they maby bad quality media or dye on the medias

:)

by the way there ARE CHEAPER places than PCWORLD for media to not putting PCWORLD down or anything a lot are happy with them ....but they are stupidly expensive for media :(
 
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snoop

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try burning slower...well thats somthing else cos when i used these discs the computer auto selected the slowest speed setting.

dye on the medias ??? not got a clue what you mean buddy, sounds painfull though!
 
VIPER_1069

VIPER_1069

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dye is basically the coloring that you can see on/through the bottom of the disk that determines the reflectivity of the lazer that is reading it a poor light colored dye will reflect the lazer less so poor playback a darker dye usually makes for better playback ..also a poor dye color can make or break a good or bad burn too :)

what brand of media was it you used !?

we can look up information about them and tell you if they are good or bad media :)
 
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snoop

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i dont believe it i've been and bought dvd-r 1x4 certified and i'm having no joy with those either....any ideas?

please.
 
Duracell

Duracell

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snoop said:
... and i'm having no joy with those either....any ideas?
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What software did you use? Can you post a log file?

if you did use "Nero", then please attach the Nero log file here, so we can look for conflicting drivers; the Nero log file is called "NeroHistory.log" and is stored in the Nero program folder; when posting the file please delete out your Nero serial number;

And what did you do exactly, burning data, copying a Video DVD, copying "on the fly" or ripping to HDD first?


Greetings from
Duracell
 
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