Crap discs

hi, Some people say Verbatim are the bestmedia. I can imagine how frustrating it is to see the session crash when it's about to be finished. Sounds like some other problem than media. Of course you can write to another burner with all you've authored: the authoring process has nothing to do with the burning (correct me if i'm wrong, i just don't see a problem there). I use Philips dvd+rw 228k and burn only Philips and Nashua discs (dvd+r/rw) w/o problems. I had to upgrade nero 5.5.8.1 to 5.5.9.9 though, because it wouldn't burn dvd+r at first. I haven't found a software/dvd-rom/standalone player that won't play the discs (except a toshiba-dvd-rom that won't play the Philips dvd+rw) Why don't you try some -rw until you find the actual problem?

Why don't you try some -rw until you find the actual problem? The actual problem is the DVD-R discs not the DVD-RW discs, they play fine. There is no problem at all with the writer its the bloody crap discs, i will now be trying Vebatim and if they are the same the new Phillips 890 will be making an appearance at my house very shortly. :devil: :devil: :devil:

I found the Apple media to be perfect... I'm using them on a G4 Mac with a Pioneer DVR-103, but I'd imagine they'd be just as happy in a PC. So far I've burnt about 40 discs without a single failed write.

Could you list the different types of discs you've tried? I also had nothing but problems with the Datasafe Classics. But the Datasafe Ritek's worked perfectly.

From various posts, since a while, results are : Apple and pioneer branded are the most reliable brand. Cheap DVD-R reported as quality are Ritek G3. TDK,Verbatim,princo and whatever other brands gives good result for some people, bad for others. remember, the result is a mix of DVD burning Tool/Media/Burner&Firmware/Standalone player. If you add rip,encoding and authoring errors, you can see it's quite a nighmare. We don't have even a way to really test a media; See the sticky post and you will understand that a Zero I/O error DVD-R in a PC does not necesseraly means it will work in standalone or console...