same DVD+RW disc only being recognized 50% of the time

[lmichiel]

I just bought a Philips DVDRW228 becasue my Lenco DVD02 can play +RW discs. Problem is however, that the DVD I made (mpg in tmpgenc, converted to vob in Ulead, burned with nero 5.5.9.0) only gets recognized
by my Lenco desktop player about 50% of the time. Even when it gets recognized, it takes about a minute or so.
I noticed that during that period, the DVD is spinning up several times as you get when you have a bad disc.
I've tried both HP and Philips media and I got a slighly better success rate when I updated to nero 5.5.9.0

Is this a physical problem with my player or is this a common issue?

cheers
Leo

[RAAGAAman]

It sounds like you're player is having trouble with the reflectivity of the disk. DVD+RW and -RW both have the same reflectivity as Dual layer DVD-ROM but you're player cannot adjust the optics to read it reliably.
Try copying it to +R.

RG

[yg1968]

Perhaps the bitset utility would help. See:

http://www.dvdplusrw.org/resources/bitsettings.html

[catg0124]

I am having problems with the bitset utility on my Philips DVDRW228 drive. Anyone has experience problems with utility recognizing the media on the drive ???