DVD's bad near the end

[jeryray]

I have been using the nero scandisk and have founf 1/2 my dvd's have bad sectors toward the last 1/2 hour or so.

I am using G4 ritek printable. Tried a Sony DRU-510 and a LG 4160B drive.

Anyone have any clue or have had a similar experience?

Thanks

[Shocker Milwaukee]

Media integrity failing at the end of a disc is a classic sign of poor media.

[handyguy]

yes it is, try some other media, some real nice stuff, like say TY.

[bazooka]

Buy better blanks.

[jeryray]

OK, please tell me what 4x and 8x printable would be a better choice?

Thanks

[Shocker Milwaukee]

Buy TYG02 printables if you're willing to pay a little extra for quality.
My friend burned this one with a Pioneer 105:

[jeryray]

OK, thanks, what is that graph? What does it represent. Should I use that to check for quality?

Best place to purchase the tyg02's

Thanks

[FulciLives]

Taiyo Yuden brand is what you want.

Cheapest place to buy them is RIMA.COM

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[handyguy]

Office depot has 15 Ty's for just $4.99 today, they are 8x & Maxells. Look near upc tag, it should say made in japan if they are Tys. Great deal too.

[Gen-An]

Maxell 8x DVD-R will not be TY, they will be MXLRG03.

[cyflyer]

jeryray, apart from the scandisk results, how do the discs actually play in your player ? Do they play through ok, or do they pixelate at the end ?

[jeryray]

When scandisk shows sectors as non readable, the end of the movie usually sticks and may or may not play through.

I have tried memorex 4x and 8x disks and they are fine, but not printable.

The riteks I have are 4x and 8x, the LG 4120 and 4160 don't like that media.
I have a lg4163 that works much better although I still see some errors.

I have ordered 100 of those ty disks from Rima.

Hope they burn properly.

Thanks

[FulciLives]

Maxell 8x DVD-R will not be TY, they will be MXLRG03.

Well either way be it Taiyo Yuden or Maxell you can't go wrong.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[mats.hogberg]

...and if they still fail at the end, just don't fill the DVD to the brim! leave 1-200 MB empty, and your troubles will be gone. (we're talking about like 3% of the total capacity here that gets "wasted" - It won't make much (if any) visible difference in the overall quality, and beats the hell out of losing the last part of the movie...)

/Mats

[lordsmurf]

Bad media.
See www.nomorecoasters.com