DVDs and LG-4160B

[Calin]

I bought several months ago a LG 4160B DVD writer (dual layer, DVD RAM and all the nice things) and I observed a very strange thing:
The writer likes best some Princo 4x DVD-R media - it burns it perfectly as long as the written data is at some 4.6GB (very close to the rated 4.7GB of the discs). This media costs somewhere around .4 USD a piece. However, on several other media I tried, the error rate was up to one of three - TDK media almost twice as expensive, the original Samsung media I bought with it, not to mention other examples I tried. TraxData 8x DVD-R was ok also.
Do you have other experiences with your DVD burners? Media preference, media incompatibility, things like that?
Also, there are dual layer media for sale anywhere? I haven't seen yet, nor did I ever seen DVD-RAM media

Thanks

 

[Dave332]

I had a crappy Magic Writer 4x CD burner that did weird stuff like that. It really likes cd-r's with blue die. I can't get it to burn other stuff with any integrity, although a firmware update on it did fix it so it will write UDF semi-reliably

 

[imported_fatal]

Have you checked if there is an updated firmware available? that might help your media compatibility problem

 

[Calin]

Well... I am very happy that my DVD writer is very happy with cheap media . I would be much less happier if it would be happy only with expensive media

 

[Calin]

One more very interesting thing - the drive really hates to write at every speed except 4x