Does the Pioneer 108 work OK with Verbatim 16x DVD-R discs?

[FulciLives]

I've noticed a lot of sales for the (somewhat new) Verbatim 16x DVD-R discs but I have a Pioneer 108 DVD burner which is a "slightly older" model now.

Anyone try these discs on that burner and if so are you getting A-OK burns with them?

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[crazy14muzic]

I have a pioneer 108. I use verbatim white injet printable dvd-r 16x 100 pack discs with no problem. media code mcc 03rg20 UPC CODE 023942951537 made in taiwan. I get these at sams club. so far so good I haven't had any problems.

[strummy53]

I also have the Pioneer 108 with latest firmware and have burned the Verbatim 16x dvd-r media with the same media code as crazy14muzic, but not printable, with no problems at all.

[FulciLives]

I might just try a pack ... OfficeMax has a 50 pack on sale this week for $17.99 but I have to admit I am a total Taiyo Yuden whore so it makes me jittery to try anything else LOL

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[lordsmurf]

My 109 does.

I bought a pair of the 50-packs this week, and then used a $10 OFF $20 coupon that I got in the mail. So 100 discs was $26 and tax.

[e404pnf]

I've only burned a couple of these with my 108 (came in a tester pack), but one only burnt at 12x and the second failed to verify. This was using the latest (1.20) official firmware.

I'm assuming this is something I did wrong as they receive such good reviews from everyone else - just thought I'd stick my two peneth in.

(To be honest though I'm normally to tight to pay for 16x media, decent 8x is fine for me.)

[lordsmurf]

Burn them at 8x or 12x. See how your burner reacts. I can do 16x just fine, but some older burners just don't handle new media well.

[e404pnf]

Burn them at 8x or 12x. See how your burner reacts. I can do 16x just fine, but some older burners just don't handle new media well.

Yeah, always an option, but I get great results from Ritek G05s to pay more to burn at the same speed. Even at 12x for me it just not worth it. I save about 90 sec (2 mins max) by burning at 12x compared to 8x, but the verification is obviously identical so as a percentage of the total burn time its quite small.

Didn't mean to go too off topic, but as I said, just thought I'd add my two peneth to show there's not a 100% success rate (as with everything :P )

[deck]

I have a 108 with 1.20 firmware and have just bought taiyo yuden 16x DVD-R TYG03 but can't burn at 16x. Anyone else try these discs with a 108?

[e404pnf]

^^^ Ditto.
Once again only had a couple from a tester pack. As Lordsmurf said though the "older" burners sometimes don't handle the newest media particulally well. Also when pionear have a new model they seem to stop releasing firmware upgrades

[Gen-An]

I have a 108 with 1.20 firmware and have just bought taiyo yuden 16x DVD-R TYG03 but can't burn at 16x. Anyone else try these discs with a 108?

For some strange reason Pioneer never released 16x support for TYG03 on the 108. Given the 108's rather conservative Z-CLV 16x writing strategy, it's no real benefit over 12x Z-CLV.

[FulciLives]

Sounds as though buying a Pioneer 110 might be the thing to do right now but truth be told I burn 8x stuff at 6x on my 108 because at 8x the buffers on DVD Decrypter go "crazy" so I would be happy if 16x media burns on the 108 at 6x ... just so I am getting a quality burn.

I did just read over at cdfreaks that the Pioneer "buffer going crazy" is normal when burning at 8x or beyond but I know I had a couple I did burn at 8x (Taiyo Yuden 8x DVD-R) that just were not as readable so I been sticking to 6x ... get a steady buffer that way and a better quality burn.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman