got a question about the quality of DVD's.....

[jesse40902]

When i burn these dvd's, some of the dvd players can read it, while the others can BARELY read it...( choppy and skips) ...is it cause the quality of my dvd aint good?

the ones i got are fujifilm dvd16x and made from taiwan. If i burn slowly ,will this help me from getting choppy dvds' or the ones that skips?

[jesse40902]

also i heard its best when u burn, u dont open other programs or convert other files as it will mess up your burning..is that true?

[Denvers Dawgs]

also i heard its best when u burn, u dont open other programs or convert other files as it will mess up your burning..is that true?

I think that would all depend on your processor & RAM....

[jesse40902]

um...1.8 mhz laptop and 512 ram

[guns1inger]

Tiawanese discs are generally inferior to japanese manufactured discs, although not all japanese discs are manufactured equally either.

That said, not all players play recordable disks well, some players work better with some brands and not others, some burners burn better with some brands and not others. Do not expect to create universally playable discs using a PC burner - it aint going to happen.

To maximise your success rate there are a few things you can do

1. Buy good, reliable media. Preferably TY japanese discs, but whatever works well with your burner is best.

2. Use a good burning app. DVD Decrypter (and now imgburn) is still one of the best, however you need to have an ISO image to begin with.

3. Try burning at a slower speed - 8x or even 4x to see if it helps.

4. Test your discs after a burn - Nero Drive Speed or DVD Info Pro can both do this.

5. Expect that burns from a laptop burner will be less reliable that burns from a full unit in a desktop. Laptop components, especially optical drives, are not as robust or as good a quality as their desktop counterparts. (Unfortunately, laptop optical drives are now making thier way into desktop units because they are thin. A client of mine purchased 12 HP desktop units last year. 6 had CD burner/DVD-Rom combo drives installed in them. 4 were faulty)

[yoda313]

1. Buy good, reliable media. Preferably TY japanese discs, but whatever works well with your burner is best.

The "made in japan" discs are getting extremely hard to find in US retail stores. I would imagine online retailers are your best bet for reliable ty media. Check out the retailers affiliated with this site for "reliable" dealers.

[jesse40902]

by the way, the ones that movie makes use...like lord of the rings, toy story etc etc....do they use the best disc quality possible? those DVD's usually work on all DVD players unless the players itself dont support it.


The dvd's i make, certain DVD's support it, certain DVD gets a bit choppy but still plays....

[yoda313]

The professional discs are FACTORY PRESSED not burnt. Its a different process and they adhere to the strict dvd standards so that they will work on all players.

[guns1inger]

You can't compare the commercial discs to what we use. As Yoda says, the process for manufacture, and for storing information, is completely different.

[jesse40902]

oh, i thought they just used hundreds of dvds burning at the same time

[jesse40902]

btw how much is to get those "manufacture burners"? if its around 200...i'll still go for one of those things

[yoda313]

Its a lot more than that......

[guns1inger]

it doesn't burn.

What makes DVD superior to its CD counterpart is the manufacturing process and internal design. The basic manufacturing process for DVD is similar to the current process for CD-ROM, with some exceptions. Two injection molders are required to make one DVD, which consists of two bonded 0.6 mm discs. The second additional manufacturing step is hot-melt glue bonding (single layer) or UV bonding (dual layer). For the dual layer design, a semi-reflective layer is also added to allow both information layers to be read from one side of the disc. DVD also uses a high resolution laser beam to write a glass master in addition to incorporation a new semi-reflective layer rather than the standard aluminum layer in CD-ROM.

taken from the following page : http://www.cd-info.com/CDIC/Technology/DVD/dvd.html