DVD Burner Question

[Tbird1k]

I just got the LG GSA-4040B (flashed it with the latest firmware also) for christmas along with a pack of Memorex 4x DVD+RW's. So I burned a data disc ( large files like Americas Army Etc.). Burnt fine and was readable in the burner.

I took it to my other PC which has an older Sony DVD-ROM drive and it was not able to read it at all. I had assumed that the DVD-ROM drive should read the disc fine. I even burnt a 2nd disc and the same results occured.

So I am wondering if it is the media or just the drive its self? I'm hoping it is just the drive as being able to take a DVD+RW with my school data on it to school would be very nice.

Also one more quick question, does any one know if this drive is capable of doing the 9.4gb DVD's?

Thanks for any input 🙂

 

[Hyperfocal]

Your other drive may not be able to read +R disks..

Try some -Rs or -RWs. Older drives can be picky.

Make sure you finalized the disk and didn't use multisession.

 

[bluntman]

Not many DVD drives, standalone or PC, can read -RW or +RW discs.

 

[new2AMD]

i thought RW's (either cd, dvd, +, -) couldnt be read in a drive that didnt have the same capabilities of making that type of disc. Like a cd-rom cant read cd-rw's but a cd-rw drive can.

 

[Eug]

Originally posted by: bluntman
Not many DVD drives, standalone or PC, can read -RW or +RW discs.

The compatibility varies. RW compatibility is much lower than than R compatibility, but I'd say most recent DVD-ROM drives can read RW media, with the caveat that a LOT of them out there don't.

 

[aka1nas]

Originally posted by: new2AMD
i thought RW's (either cd, dvd, +, -) couldnt be read in a drive that didnt have the same capabilities of making that type of disc. Like a cd-rom cant read cd-rw's but a cd-rw drive can.

The reflectivity of RW discs is usually different and some drives can't read them. Usually it's older or lower quality drives.

 

[Nemmeh]

If you have Nero, you can use the Nero Toolkit > Nero Infotool to see what your drive will and will not read.