Play Back is scrambled why?

[itchyfishnv]

Playback on my backup DVD's come out scrambled, this is my 2nd DVD player in 2 months now in ordinace to try to play my backup DVD's, the recent one i have now is the pioneer DV-563AS it says it supports all kinds of DVD-/+R/RW. my media is a memorex 4x DVD+R and DVD-R. whenever i play them for the 2nd time, they will come up scrambled after a certain point in the movie and not play, by scrambled i mean little boxes, kind of like a mosaic pattern. my burner is the NEC 1300a. PLEASE HELP! also what is the best kind of media to get?

[defense]

that's called "pixelation" and is probably caused by using inferior media. Use some high quality media....and your problem should be solved. Part of it can be your player too...but if you use higher quality media...chances are your problem will be solved.

[itchyfishnv]

what would you recomend for media?

thanx, my player says it supports all types of dvd-/+r/rw media.

thanx again

[Gees]

Look up your player in the DVD Player section on the left. There may be comments from owners about what works best on your model.

Search your model name/number from this page and look for comments in any existing threads as well.

Even if it supports all "types" it may not like certain brands. Huge databases on this site full of that kind of info.

Good luck.

[Gurm]

Although you REALLY can't go wrong with Ritek.

- Gurm

[ddlooping]

Although you REALLY can't go wrong with Ritek.

- Gurm

Unless you buy the Traxdata DVD-Rs (Ritek's own brand) that come in slimline boxes.
One out of two will come out (of the box) with scratches.
This, in turn, will almost guarantee coasters.
I talk from experience.
I'm now using the cute boxes for Verbatim discs.

[Gurm]

Except that Verbatim's quality has gone down too, since they've stopped using Ricoh media exclusively.

- Gurm

[ddlooping]

Except that Verbatim's quality has gone down too, since they've stopped using Ricoh media exclusively.

- Gurm

Bummer.
So far so good though.

Gurm, do you have any info about what the "metal AZ" used by Verbatim is?
Are "DataLife" and "DataLifePlus" only gimmicks or based on something tangible?

P.S: is there anyway to identify which Verbatims are using Ricoh?

[defense]

Verbatim never exclusively used Ricoh disks. At least not from what i've read and found from my own experience as well as experience with others. Verbatim disks do use Metal Azo dye which is basically the highest quality dye you can currently use.

The problem is that there is much more that goes into the production process of disks and unfortunately, the QC is medicore at best for most Verbatim manufactured disks. Verbatim uses at least 7 different manufacturers of their media..two of them are extremely reputable... "MCC" Mistubishi Chemical Corp and "TAIYO YUDEN." Unfortunately, you won't know what you've got until you get it and check it with DVDINFO. It's like a box of unbranded assorted chocolate....you just don't know what you've got until you bite it.

Instead of playing games with Verbatim...and trying to hope you get high quality disks....why not just get known high quality disks? If you grab any Memorex or TDK +R 4x disks...they'll be Ricoh and you won't have to guess. At least at this point, that is.

[ddlooping]

Thanks for the info, defense.

Would you mind explaining what "QC" is or telling me where I can read about it?

Maybe the poster was misinformed, but I recently read Memorex were changing manufacturer fairly often too.

[BJ_M]

QC = quality control

[ddlooping]

Thanks, BJ_M.