Pioneer 111D and Nero CDSpeed Results

[Vizcaya]

Been a while since I asked a question. Hope some guru can help.

I just got my new 111D installed last night. I burned a few Home movies(4gigs), using TYG02 media. Burned fine, and played back fine. I burned at 8x.

I decided to run the DVD under some tests in CDSpeed, and the disc quality read as follows:

PI Errors Max = 500
PI Failures Max = 40

I believe these readings are high. I did reburn the same files at 4X and the results did not improve.

Should I worry about the burns on these DVD's. Will a firmware upgrade yeild better results, or different media? What are the owners of the 111D using for media, and what firmware is best.

Thanks in advance.

[budz]

The PIONEER 111D is not good at doing quailty scans. If you want to do quality scans you need to use LITEON & BENQ dvd burners. Check out the scanning section at CdFreaks.com.

[blinky88]

If your backups play fine what's the problem .... why analyse when everything is operating as it should, I don't think you have a problem at all. I have never bothered to anaylise a single disc, they all play as good as the original and that is enough for me. I see a lot of people going thought the analyising exerise which I believe prove nothing. If it's not broken don't look for problems.

[hech54]

I have never bothered to anaylise a single disc, they all play as good as the original and that is enough for me. I see a lot of people going thought the analyising exerise which I believe prove nothing. If it's not broken don't look for problems.

Same here....scanning is a waste of time IMO.

[oldandinthe way]

Fundamentally I agree with Blinky but if you don't, a firmware upgrade might change the results, as may other media.

Based on reading this forum, the standard answer is to use TY media. But lately some posters are TY-bashing claiming that they get poor results with it.

[smitbret]

Budz is right. For whatever reason, Pioneers do not give good scans. I have scanned the same disc on a Pionner and gotten horrible results and then scanned it with a Lite-On DVD-Rom and gotten wonderful results. To that end, Everyone else here is correct (IMHO), scanning is a waste of time. I put that Lite-On in a box on the shelf after realizing a couple of weeks later that most DVD-RW drives with good media will give you good scans. My Pioneers (DVR-110D and DVR-109D) love DVD-R from Verbatim, TY and MIJ Maxell. I've even had great luck with Ridata G05.
-Brett