BTC 1008 and SONY 500A and PIONEER 535

[jopereira]

I've searched thsi forum for an answer to my question to no avail.

I had a SONY 500A burner which burned many DVD-R that were played just fine in my PIONEER 535 desktop player. So far so good.

The bad think is SONY died, and I bought a BTC 1008 which has burned several DVD+RW and a few DVD-R so far. The worst thing is that I cannot play those DVD-R in my PIONEER but I can play my DVR+RW with the same recorded material.

If my PIONEER does play DVD-R (still read my SONY burned ones) why shouldn't it play a BTC burned one?

TIA,

[code65536]

BTC == Burn That Coaster

Your problem most likely is the result of BTC's poor burn quality. Perhaps upgrading to the latest firmware (758, I think??) could help...

Also try using better/different media. Perhaps +R at 4x with bitsetting?

[jopereira]

It could be, but (and I forgot to mention) those DVD-R play just fine in other (most recent) player. My player has 4-5 years old, which means pre-historical .

Is there anything I can try to do?

BTW, I've seen that new firmware just a few minutes ago - I'll upgrade

[jopereira]

Upgrade done. Nothing changed.

Ideas?

[wesociety]

Exactly which DVD-R discs are you using?

Try using RecordNow to burn.
This may produce a more compatible disc.

Also, your drive has has the capability to do a booktype trick on DVD-R media, which will can cause the booktype to be recognized as DVD-ROM.
Use DVDInfoPro before burning for this function.

[jopereira]

I've used both SKY and EMTEC DVD-R disks.

This weekend I've tried 1x-4x PRINCO and everything seems to be alright.
My bad luck both types I had at home didn't work very well with this burner.
PRINCO disks ARE NOT in compatability list from BTC, but I guess it doesn't mean they are not OK, just they were not tested.
Both +RW disk I have ARE in compatability list and worked like a charm.

PS - wesociety, it shouldn't be software related as I burned +RW disks that worked just fine. Thanks anyway.

[lordsmurf]

BTC pukes up something fierce on PRINCO media. I have two 1004 drives, love them, but I feed them a steady diet of MCC, RITEK, OPTODISC, PRODISC, TYG01, MXL and others of known good quality. Few issues with DVD+R RICOHJPN media too.

[jopereira]

Sometimes is impossible to know what media are we buying... I bought these Princo disk at my own risc, since the shop was unable to tell me the media descriptor . These have are real "PRINCO".

I really would like be sure what are the best media on the marked, because I wouldn't mind spending 20-30% more for them.

[pete2828]

lordsmurf,

BTC pukes up something fierce on PRINCO media. I have two 1004 drives, love them, but I feed them a steady diet of MCC, RITEK, OPTODISC, PRODISC, TYG01, MXL and others of known good quality. Few issues with DVD+R RICOHJPN media too.

does BTC 1004 like prodisc media? Do you get decent results? How does it compare to MCC? Is the difference in price worth the risk?