Dual Layer Discs

[tgpo]

I'm just curious how people like their Dual Layer Burners at this point. Has everything gone smoothly for you? How often do you actually burn DL discs. Do you order your media online? Just basic everyday use questions.

[tekkieman]

I've had mine for over a month. I've only burned one DVD. Haven't bought any DL yet. I'm not worthy of my membership here.

[sumibas]

i have my writer for about two months now. so for i just backed harry potter prisoner of azkaban. Works great and do not have any Layer switching problem plays on three diffrent pany dvd palyer, and two sony player no problem. writer NEC 3500, used verbatim Dual layer's. go 3 for 14 $ after rebate from newegg.

[bazooka]

I'm not worthy of my membership here.

Sure you are.

[bazooka]

I have burned probably 20 dvd's using my new burner.

I have yet to buy dual layer blanks yet.

[tgpo]

How about (standalone) DVD Player compatability. And brands that just won't play the DL discs?

[handyguy]

My Nec 3500a was doing it slow.....turned out after much reading & wondering, that my bios set it to NONE when I changed to AUTO, it got fast.

[maldb]

You're not going to find too many people who have burned alot of DL discs for 2 reasons:

1. they're still expensive - prices have dropped a little, but not much
2. they're currently available only in the +R format (cuts down on alot of sales)

[bazooka]

You're not going to find too many people who have burned alot of DL discs for 2 reasons:

1. they're still expensive - prices have dropped a little, but not much
2. they're currently available only in the +R format (cuts down on alot of sales)

There is a third reason that Lordsmurf pointed out

30% compatibility in stand-alone players.

[aanaravs]

I have 3 DL burners, but have never purchased a DL disc (tooo expensive compared to compatibility)

[budz]

i have 2 dl burners but haven't purchased any dl media cuz it's too expensive yet & after reading what lordsmurf wrote about compatibility i'll wait.

[koolaidwa]

i have 4 burners, 2 8x's and 2 16x DL ones

i wouldnt mind trying out a dl disc or 2 but they are prtty pricy

not worth the price right now

[jimmalenko]

I'm just curious how people like their Dual Layer Burners at this point. Has everything gone smoothly for you? How often do you actually burn DL discs. Do you order your media online? Just basic everyday use questions.

Did you do a forum search ?

[deck]

I've had my pioneer 108 for 4 months and have burnt 250 dvds and DL just to try it out and it worked fine in my centrex dvd player.

[tgpo]

I'm just curious how people like their Dual Layer Burners at this point. Has everything gone smoothly for you? How often do you actually burn DL discs. Do you order your media online? Just basic everyday use questions.

Did you do a forum search ?

Yeah, but when searching for "Real Life DVD+R DL results" it didn't turn up a whole lot of results.

[tim6661234]

Bought 10, burn't 7. Using DVD Decrypter ISO read, ISO Write. Bitset to DVD-ROM. Work fine on my player but not on my mates. I think the Bitsetting increases compatibility alot but its still not that good.

Won't buy any more til the price drops alot!

[HatchetMan]

i have my writer for about two months now. so for i just backed harry potter prisoner of azkaban. Works great and do not have any Layer switching problem plays on three diffrent pany dvd palyer, and two sony player no problem. writer NEC 3500, used verbatim Dual layer's. go 3 for 14 $ after rebate from newegg.

If I could find that kinda deal, I would tell you what I thought of them tgpo.

[DTSL06]

Have a NEC2500@2510 and a NEC 3500. Only burned one DL (Ridata) on the NEC2500 as a test. It works fine on all my DVD rom devices on the PC's but had probm at the layer break on my Denon 2910 DVD Player. DL media is still too much $$$. Dont really burn much DL since I rip my DVD's to HD's and view from there on my HTPC now.

[Mawdryn]

I've had my Pioneer 108 since September and I've burned about 20 double layer disks so far. I've used Verbatim and Ritek and burned with both Nero and DVD Decrypter. They all work flawlessly on all 3 of my players. I've read bad things about the Riteks, but I have had no problems with them. I prefer the Verbatims for the simple fact that they burn at 4x instead of 2.4x. (About 25 minutes instead of 40.)

I was very skeptical about double layer recordable DVDs. A year ago, I would have bet anything that they would never actually come to be. Now, I am completely blown away by how well these things work - at least for me. I read lots of bad things about compatibility, but I haven't experienced any of those problems.

The only drawback - and it's a big one - is the price. They have already come down to about half what they were in September, but they're still quite pricey.

I thought that my backups using Nero Recode looked good, but now that I've made a few double layer ones, those compressed ones are really starting to look bad. I can harly wait for these things to get more affordable so I can use them more.