ISSUES with Pioneer A05/105 & Bulkpaq media

[jmbuis]

I have 2 problems with my pioneer 105 and bulkpaq media

PROBLEM #1 : bulkpaq 1x gen3 (r2) DVD-R (purple top)

I have burnt a couple of those purple top media before without any major issue but the new batch I received from digital promo in the uk just won't burn properly at all.

I am using nero 5.5.9.14 under XP. Most times the burn would finish but the data verify would fail. A couple of times, even the burning would fail around 100%. So far I have tried to burn 6 DVDs from 2 different spindles of this new batch but none worked.

I also tried with Recordnow : same story, the verify just locked at around 60%, the writer stopped spinning.

One noticeable thing is that unlike the ones I used previously (which worked), these have a transparent center ring, not white. However the media ID still shows Princo.

PROBLEM #2 : bulkpaq 2x gen4 DVD-R (green top)

Those burn without any problem however it happened a couple of times that after viewing the dvd for a while (approx 1 hour) on my standalone Pioneer DV535, the picture would get blocky and the dvd would end locking up. The weirdest thing being that if I try again, say the day after, to skip directly to that part which failed the previous day, it will read without a glitch ! But then after one hour or something, blocks again...

So I'm thinking maybe the heat has something to do with it. Even so it is really weird.

[miketree]

Par for the course!

I bet if you put it in your computer dvd, it'll play fine.

I fell into the same trap. Damn cheep media.

Pay a little bit more for your disks & you SHOULD!! be ok. Have a look at the

<----- DVDR Media

section here.

[davidgp]

I bougth a pack of 25 of the bulkpaq gen3(r2 ) and I have 50% of results... I only use it to burn data... I use Nero 5.9.9.17 and I burn about 4 of these, 2 ok! and 2 give me errors in some files in the verification check of Nero.

If you want to use cheap media without problem in this dvdr writer I will tell you to buy the Whitelabel gen3... I burned about 15 of these without problem... or any kind of error... I will never buy another pack of bulkpaq...

Btw: my firmware is 1.00

Davidgp

[herbapou]

I am using no name "white" 1x DVD-R. The store told me they where princo. Burn 5 and no coaster so far.

They play fine in my standalone dvd player (JVC)

BTW how can I get info on a blank disk? What software should I used?

[jmbuis]

you can use a tool named nero cdspeed

you can find it here :

http://www.afterdawn.com/software/cdr_software/cdr_tools/nero_cd_speed.cfm#download

the thing you look for is in menu "Extra" then "Disc Info"

Jim