Princo - Optodisc - DupEZ - Prodisc

[mob]

Princo - Optodisc - DupEZ - Prodisc

Has anyone had any experience with any of these 4X dvd-r media brands?

If so, can you please post your results and the burner you used?

[disturbed1]

https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia

[The village idiot]

I use DupEZ now, they seem to be OK. But check back in six months and I'll let you know if the data is still on the disk.

[lordsmurf]

Optodisc -R decent
Optodisc +R trash
DupEZ trash
Prodisc +RW excellent
Prodisc -R unknown
Princo -R some trash, some decent
Princo -RW trash

Spend more money, but something better.

[assemblage]

I used some CompUSA branded Optodisc DVD+R's. They were on sale for $20 for $25. I couldn't beleive that 75% were coasters. I felt CompUSA knew this and unloaded bad discs on their customers. Doesn't make much sense since I will never buy CompUSA brand discs and probably not any other CompUSA rebranded items. I won't buy Optodisc either unless I start hearing they are good. It's hard to resist since most cheap DVD+R's and especially inkjet DVD+R's are Optodiscs.

[The village idiot]

Optodisc -R decent
Optodisc +R trash
DupEZ trash
Prodisc +RW excellent
Prodisc -R unknown
Princo -R some trash, some decent
Princo -RW trash

Spend more money, but something better.

The DupEZ you had problems with, were they the old Leaddata 1x or the newer Leaddata01 4x disks? I've only use a few, but so far no bad burns, even all the way out to 4.3GB. And the players I've tried them in seem to like the Leaddata01 4x disks. I have only used -R disk too, personal choice mostly.

[lordsmurf]

The DUP's I had were 2x LD ... pretty much all LD falls into the "Princo" category for me. Unreliable, but may work.

CMC is below that ... won't work.

[assemblage]

I've had complete opposite results with CMC DVD+R's.

50 out of 50 Khypermedia CMC's I got last Thanksgiving 2003 from OfficeMax.

100 out of 100 Memorex CMC MAG-F01 I got in January 2004 from BestBuy.

49 out of 50 Imation CMC MAG-R01 I got in middle February 2004. I think these were from BestBuy too.

Maybe CMC's quality has improved, or maybe the DVD+R's are better than the DVD-R's. Or maybe I'm just lucky with the discs (knock on wood).

[jbelder]

I use only Prodiscs 4x S03 500+ burned and 8x R03 100+ burned 100% no coasters and very excellent test results Iam using a Nec 2500A with modified Hp 520n firmware Rpc1, Dual Layer capable and does bitsetting

[888888]

Optodisc -R decent
Optodisc +R trash
DupEZ trash
Prodisc +RW excellent
Prodisc -R unknown
Princo -R some trash, some decent
Princo -RW trash

Spend more money, but something better.

Lordsmurf, I think you should revise your "decent" grade for Optodisc gold top DVD-R. I have used a bunch of them from different spindles and they are awful. All sorts of issues. Crud on the discs, spots on the burnt dye, bad burns but still verified with Nero, last part of movie unwatchable etc. I think trash is more fitting since about half the discs I used had issues.

[dvdx_925]

maybe this will help.
http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=76

[assemblage]

Shortly after I posted CMC's were ok, I got some Philips branded CMC discs that were bad. Most of them burned, but started having problems at the end of the disc.

I'm only using Ritek DVD+R's from Newegg these days. They have come down in price nicely. Last 50 I got were $33.

[lordsmurf]

Lordsmurf, I think you should revise your "decent" grade for Optodisc gold top DVD-R. I have used a bunch of them from different spindles and they are awful. All sorts of issues. Crud on the discs, spots on the burnt dye, bad burns but still verified with Nero, last part of movie unwatchable etc. I think trash is more fitting since about half the discs I used had issues.

This is a burn speed issue. The media cannot handle 4x (even rated 4x). Going 2x or 1x will yield excellent results, as their 1x discs for so long. I mention this on nomorecoasters in the error area.

[888888]

Lordsmurf, I think you should revise your "decent" grade for Optodisc gold top DVD-R. I have used a bunch of them from different spindles and they are awful. All sorts of issues. Crud on the discs, spots on the burnt dye, bad burns but still verified with Nero, last part of movie unwatchable etc. I think trash is more fitting since about half the discs I used had issues.

This is a burn speed issue. The media cannot handle 4x (even rated 4x). Going 2x or 1x will yield excellent results, as their 1x discs for so long. I mention this on nomorecoasters in the error area.

I sometimes have issues with my gold top discs even at 2x. As for 1x, that is just too slow for me and I don't bother.

[hech54]

I use these all of the time for my personal backups:
Media Information
Disc Regions are 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Media code/Manufacturer ID PRINCO
Format Type UDF 1.02
Volume Name BRAVEHEART
Application id
Implementation id BHA UDF File System
Recording Date/Time (mm/dd/yyyy) 6/23/2004 8:49:29
Format Capacity 4.30GB(4.61GB)
Book Type DVD-R
Media Type DVD-R
Media Id Code Speed 1.0x 1385KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.0x 2770KBps
Write Strategy Speed 4.0x 5540KBps
2x Speed OPC beta 0B
2x Speed OPC power 0F
2x Write Strategy field 1 12 87 77 80
2x Write Strategy field 2 88 80 00 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta 01
4x Speed OPC power 1B
4x Write Strategy field 1 0D 10 0D 08
4x Write Strategy field 2 99 0A 11 0D
4x Write Strategy field 3 00 00 00 00
4x Speed OPC beta multi-pulse 05
4x Speed OPC power multi-pulse 1D
4x Write Strategy field 4 1D 86 66 85
4x Write Strategy field 5 99 BD 88 80 00 00
4x Write Strategy field 6 00 00 D0 00 00
Data area starting sector 30000h
Data area end sector 22611Bh
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

They only burn @2x on my LG4040B(with original A300 firmware) but haven't had coasters or bad data on old discs yet.