Panasonic E60 and Fuji Discs

[Stoney Jackson]

I've noticed when using the Fuji discs my wife gave me with the Panasonic E60 I got for Christmas that when I record something as one program, when I play it back on my Sony Dream System it has a hard time towards the end of the disc. It starts out fine, then near the last few chapters, it stutters and the chapter skip causes the machine to lock-up.
I haven't had this problem when recording a disc with 10 or so titles.
I also bought a 5 pack of Imation discs and these so far worked great. No problem playing back on my other machines, even towards the end.
I guess I'll just use the rest of the Fujis when I make discs with a bunch of titles.
Anyone else have problems with Fuji discs?

[Shannafey]

I recently bought a Samsung R4000 and it is technically the same as a Panasonic E50. The unit kept resetting itself, so I returned it and got another, and the same thing happens. Tech support can't figure it out, and I have been using Fuji discs in it, since I have used their dvd-rs and cd-rs for a while with no issues, but I was beginning to wonder if that was the problem, and tonight I am going to pick up a different brand and try them out, before I trash the deck.

[louthewiz]

I have the panasonic e80H and used to have the e-20 I ALWAYS had trouble with those damn fuji dvds.Then I switched to comp usa 1-x dvd-rs and I never had any problems since so try those and you will see the difference. And finally you can buy them for 19.99 for 25 discs or 50 for 44.99 . Check their website they are on sale every 2 weeks..

[Stoney Jackson]

New problem. With the Imation discs, out of the 6 or 7 I've used so far, with two of them, when I started recording, after about 6 seconds, the machine shut down and said "recover". After waiting, the screen said hit enter, it shut off again, then said hit enter. When it came back on I took out the disc. It looked OK, so I put it back in. Then it recorded fine, finalized too.
What's up with that?

[FulciLives]

The FUJI DVD-R discs that come in a 10-pack package with each DVD-R disc in a full sized CD style jewel case say MADE IN JAPAN on the package and are Taiyo-Yuden brand. This is about the BEST DVD-R media you can buy.

However the other FUJI DVD-R discs that come in spindle/cake packs say MADE IN TAIWAN and are NOT Taiyo-Yuden brand. For a while they have been RITEK G03 discs.

Some say the RITEK G03 DVD-R discs are OK but you simply cannot beat Taiyo-Yuden DVD-R discs for quality and reliability etc.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Stoney Jackson]

The Fuji discs that I'm having a problem with are the ones in the 10 pack, the made in Japan discs. But I must say I have no problem with them on the E60. It's just when I play back the discs on my Sony Dav-S300 that towards the end of the discs, the player freaks out. Though my Xbox has no problem playing them back through the end of the discs. I guess everyone's different set-ups and playback units make it that much harder to find the "perfect discs".

[FulciLives]

The Fuji discs that I'm having a problem with are the ones in the 10 pack, the made in Japan discs. But I must say I have no problem with them on the E60. It's just when I play back the discs on my Sony Dav-S300 that towards the end of the discs, the player freaks out. Though my Xbox has no problem playing them back through the end of the discs. I guess everyone's different set-ups and playback units make it that much harder to find the "perfect discs".

My guess is that the problem is not the MEDIA but probably the Panasonic. I say the Panasonic is at fault and not the SONY because it is well known that many DVD players do not like DVD-R discs recorded and finalized on the Panny stand alone DVD recorders.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[Stoney Jackson]

So are you saying I have a defective machine? Or that its a problem that returning it for another e60 would not fix?

[FulciLives]

So are you saying I have a defective machine? Or that its a problem that returning it for another e60 would not fix?

I'm saying that ALL models of Panasonic stand alone DVD recorders "author" a disc (i.e., record then finalize) in a fashion that must not be 100% correct to the DVD spec because there are a number of DVD players that have issues with such discs.

So either play the DVD-R back on the DMR-E60 or buy a DVD player that won't have issues playing the discs, such as a Panasonic brand.

If you want you can record to DVD-RAM then import to the computer and use a computer authoring tool such as TMPGEnc DVD Author then burn to a DVD-R or DVD+R using a computer burner. This method will make a compliant DVD.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[handyguy]

Left Column: dvd media

I use accus in the panasonics, they are great too. about $70/100

[spiderman2k1]

I got very lucky nock on wood. My E80H can burn Khpermedia. If it's new take it back I just got really lucky the first time. I read http://www.avsforum.com/ that some one else had a Panasonic recorder that can burn any cheep media and other member's of that forum are having problem's. Just to let you know I got mine at www.6ave.com the must sell alot so they must have very new one's fro Japan. Other store's that do not sell alot of themmight sit on that same model for a while.