Some info regarding 16X DVD recording

[hoho]

Link:
http://www.emedialive.com/Articles/PrintArticle.aspx?ArticleID=8089

Wonder if you can burn at 16X without too much noise from the burner?

[ktnwin]

That should be secondary concern. The primary concern should be:
1) are there 16x blank DVD media to burn with
2) playability of these discs burned at 16x in stand alone DVD players.
Writing fast and not being able to play it back later is a big waste of money.
Today, we already have enough headache with various media , 4X burn and (play capability on stand alone DVD players).

[MikieV]

What he said!

Assuming, of course, he is a "he". :P

Saw this "news" item on www.camcorderinfo.com -

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in conjunction with experts at the DVD Association and the Optical Storage Technology Association, discovered that there is only 85 percent compatibility between recorded DVDs and the DVD drives they play on--if a recording is made on 10 different brands of DVDs, the odds are that at least one will not work.
The typical errors in the 15 percent margin range from DVDs that do not work at all, suddenly freeze, or have video or audio drop-frame. Currently, no drive reads all discs, and no discs are compatible with all drives. However, newer drives perform significantly better than older drives.

The first phase of testing included 14 models of DVD-ROM drives, representing about 60 percent of the installed base in America as of last year. Each drive was tested with more than 50 different brands and types of recordable DVD discs.

A second phase of testing will include new drives and media, including those drives that allow consumers to record their own DVDs. Computer scientists at NIST have developed specialized software and a comprehensive test plan, which was published in October as NIST Special Publication 500-254, DVD-ROM Drive Compatibility Test.


The NIST must "lurk" on this Forum!!

Mike

[rwm4604]

No need to worry about 16x media, it looks like Fujifilm is going to produce 16x DVD-R media as per this press release. (http://www.fujifilm.com/JSP/fuji/epartners/PRNewsDetail.jsp?DBID=NEWS_695538)

According to this, at CES, "FUJIFILM UNVEILS TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE 1X-16X DVD-R POSSIBLE; BLUE-VIOLET LASER WRITE-ONCE CAPACITY TO 23 GB."

23GB? How does that work.

[sammie]

Nice data MikieV. Knew that something was going on. It does seem a bit wierd that there are so many burn/compatibility problems with DVD R technology. Without even getting into the whole +/- argument it seems that combos that should work fine, don't even work all the time. I know that they need a technology to work for HDTV, meaning a reasonable 20 gig burn speed at this point, but I'm hoping more companies focus on getting things right before feature creep sets in too much. A real consistent 4x would make me happier than another crappy 8x or 16x

[MOVIEGEEK]

23GB? How does that work.

Blu-Ray definition: http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci810790,00.html