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  1. Does the quality of the CD-R affect the quality of the VCD burned? Right now I am just using some no name brand I got at Compusa.

    Would it better if I got some name brand CD-R's to burn my VCD's and SVCD's with?

    If so, what kind should I got with?

    Thanks for the help.
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  2. some would say yes...but to be honest I have tried almost every type out there and see very little difference.
    Now,I should say that I am not using an expensive DVD player (which seem to play just about everything anyway).
    I have read that there are only 4 major companies out there that actually manufacture the CD's then the distributer/seller put their own label/sticker on it(kinda like cassette tapes).
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    I think the quality of the CD-R only matters over time. From information I have read the gold CD-R's hold up the best over time. If you are going to archive something to be viewed years in the future, I would use the gold.
    After searching for gold CD-R's, the only place I have found that has them is Kodak at their online store. Hope this helps.
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  4. I used the cheapest CD-R's I could find. With only one brand (lenco) I had problems because the CD-R contained too many errors at the end - the edge of the CD. Using an even cheaper brand solved that, together with not trying to put 80 minutes on a cd...
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  5. Yes!

    My player Apex AD1500, was not reading 80 minute SVCD's on generic "Staples" brand. the last 1/3 of the disk would start to have digital noise.

    I switched to "Japan" made Sony disks and now the player will read the full 80 minutes without any noise.
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  6. I've occasionally had trouble with the cheapest of the cheap (various brands, but usually manufactured by Ritek or is it Rit-ecchhh).
    As Churchill famously predicted when Chamberlain returned from Munich proclaiming peace in his time: "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, and you will have war."
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  7. The ones I am using are silver ad blue on the writable side. They don't even say what country they are made in!
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  8. If you have a Sony DVD, it DOES matter! I have found only one brand that works flawless with my Sony NS-300 DVD and that's Vivastar (Swiss made). Most other CD-R's, barnd or no-name, just won't work!

    I have also heard that there are problems with some PIONEER DVD-players.

    (Of course I'm referring to set-top DVD players, not computer-ones)

    HTH

    /Wintermute
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  9. I have to scratch my head when i read things like that!
    Would'nt it make sense that if you were to pay more for a high end DVD you might expect it to play any and all media?
    Now I know and realize that this is in fact the exact opposite...go figure!
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  10. Originally Posted by wee haggis
    I have to scratch my head when i read things like that!
    Would'nt it make sense that if you were to pay more for a high end DVD you might expect it to play any and all media?
    Now I know and realize that this is in fact the exact opposite...go figure!
    Indeed! I was as stunned as you are, and I had bought the darn thing before I read the guides here at VCD-Help. But the motto seems to be, the cheaper, the better at playing rips! And ALWAYS recomend 'The DVD Players CDR,CDRW,VCD,SVCD,DVD-RW,DVD+RW Compatibility list' (http://www.vcdhelp.com/dvdplayers.php) to everyone! [/url]
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  11. I gues that is the case. I bought my APEX AD800 @walmart.com and it plays my cheap-o CD-R's. I just need to get my image quality better. I started with using smaertripper,dvd2avi and tmpg and the images were not that great.
    So I now I switched to dvd2svcd with the cce, and I am now waiting on it to finish. I set it @4 pass, so its taking about 13hours so far.
    Is this alot of time for it to complete? I have a AMD 800mhz Duron w/128mb of ram.
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