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DVR- Media

iv'e bought 35 dvd-r's from cdrecordable... arrived the next day, and haven't had any problems with them, just need to burn at 1x.
 
The ones I have gotten form prestoshopper i have recorded in 2X with no problems (6 so far) That could be some of the difference. guess it depends on how fast you want them
 
unsped - What happens if you burn at 2x, coaster ?
Also has anyone tried their 9,4gb discs, seems like a nice option !
 
if you have a pioneer you are forced to burn at 1x unless the media you use is certified. On behalf of pioneer a03 users who don't use certified media i have no idea what will happen with cheap media and a 2x burn speed.
 
when you say "forced" is it a limitation forced on the burning software by the Pionneer firmware or do you still have the option to burn at x2 with a big red warning ;-)
 
Have you guys just used the uncertified media for storage? Or have you burned DVD discs that play video in your DVD players. I know the certified media will work with DVD players, but are there any problems encountered using cheap discs? Any problems with menus loading or fast scenes, or audio, getting videos to load? I'd love to think I could buy a Pioneer A03 and record my home movies for $3 for 90 minutes using DVD Studio Pro and an Apple G4 Tower.
 


<< burning a full 4.xxgb at 1x, how long does that take you? >>



It takes more than 50 min. to almost an hour to burn at 1X. This is using the Pioneer A03 with PrimoPrassi.
 
i used to buy from cd-recordable, but for some reason I went ahead and purchased a 25pack of dvd-r's from meritline.com --- BAD MOVE. I'm sure mine was an isolated incident (or I would presume so), but none of the discs I burn work (whereas it works if I burn on other media). I've gotta send it back and get my money back.
 
While I wouldn't advise ANYONE to stock up on DVD-R media, it will not be $0.50 by next year.

If you remember the way CD-R's went - it took quite some time for them to go from $5 each to $0.50 each. Granted - there are some different factors in play now (more people have PCs, more people know how to burn stuff). The difference here - it's still not easy (or legal or possible, to many) for most end-users to burn copies of their DVDs or home movies to DVD. When CD-R got popular, it was because any end user could pop in a CD and make a quick copy of it, with the push of a button.

Given it's first gen equipment and media - I'm hoping to see the media reach $2 or less by the end of the year. The question is - when are next gen drives going to be available, and will they be out for any cheaper than they are now? Or will next gen drives follow the CD-RW path, and be more expensive because of newer features?
 

The Pioneer A03 has "approved" manufacturer codes in the bios. It knows the mfgr code when you insert a blank. It will only burn at 2x for "approved" media (as stated above); all others burn at 1x. It is a limitation (or "governor") built into the drives firmware.

FYI, 2x on a DVD-R is equivalent to 18x in CDR terms. Pretty fast, actually.
 
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