Princo DVDr 1xspeed not good

[Dr_Vitez]

i buy princo DVDr 1x speed
all movies burned on this DVDr are working and are good till 75% of movie
then all movies pixelising and DVD player stop after about 15 secounds
Princo 2x speed are great
no dud DVDr at 2 speed

this is only info

i burning with PIONEER 105

[MrSnake]

Princo 1x is manufactured by Ritek.
Princo 2x is manufactured by TDK.

I'm not sure about Ritek, but Princo 1x is made by another manufacturer and not by TDK.

TDK always made great media.

MrSnake

[JasonK]

TDKs are not necessarilly TDKs. Some Princo and SuperX are known to be fakes. See the TDK Press Release:
http://www.tdk-europe.presscentre.com/corp/Releases/release.asp?ReleaseID=1215&NID=Press%20Releases

[MrSnake]

Well, all the TDK discs that I have were manufactured by TDK.

[graysky]

Well, all the TDK discs that I have were manufactured by TDK.

I suspect a batch I bought a while back were fakes. How can you be so sure yours are authentic?

[MrSnake]

Because it says so in the disc's specs.
All CD's and DVD's, even the blank ones, have a physical tag with info such as a serial number, ID, Manufacturer, etc...

MrSnake

[P@iNKilleR]

I find all princo media very iffy especially in the pioneer 104... shame as most disks look quite quality..

traxdata or eperformance for me like

[JasonK]

mrsnake,

Well, all the TDK discs that I have were manufactured by TDK
Because it says so in the disc's specs.
All CD's and DVD's, even the blank ones, have a physical tag with info such as a serial number, ID, Manufacturer, etc...

That's exact what the FAKES are using to misrepresent themselves. Apparenlty you didn't read the press release I linked to. So here it is:

TDK Recording Media Europe has recently received reports of the production and sale of DVD-R discs that are not authorised or manufactured by TDK, but have TDK's manufacturer identification code. Confirmed products violating the TDK DVD manufacturer identification code include SuperX and Princo DVD media. TDK believes these discs will cause confusion and inconvenience to both consumers and recording drive manufacturers in terms of poor quality issues, and would like to take this opportunity to explain its position.

The manufacturer identification code is a piece of information engraved into the stamper, the core component of the optical disc manufacturing system. This unique code identifies the manufacturer of the disc and is read by the recording drive in order to adjust to the optimal recording settings dictated by the disc type. The manufacturer identification code is one of the underlying mechanisms for ensuring reliability. TDK co-operates with leading DVD drive manufacturers to ensure their DVD writers automatically detect the speed of the DVD media being used, in order to optimise performance. As a result, TDK DVD discs provide the highest compatibility and quality with all drives.

TDK discovered that DVD–R discs are circulating in the European market in violation of its manufacturer identification codes. TDK is not the manufacturer of these particular discs and takes no responsibility for them.

[MrSnake]

I didn't read the article, but I really had more positive results with the Princo 2x (TDK labeled) then with the Princo (Ritek labeled).

So, basically you never now WHAT discs you buy.
For instance, my SONY DVD+RW disc is actually manufactured by Ricoh.

MrSnake

[@rne]

I've also buyed Princo DVDr 1x speed and my opinion is that these DVD-r's sucks.

I've always buyed MMORE or Verbatim media but I would give the Princo media one try. My standalone DVD player (Pioneer DVD343) had never any problem reading Verbatim or MMORE but when it tried reading princo media.... Well.... The results weren't any good.

I do not recomend Princo at all!!

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Sorry my bad english. Norwegian + I've been drinking

[herbapou]

I got no brand (no labels whatsoever) white DVDR:

00 42 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 50 00 02 98 0C 13 .B...@....P.....
76 78 80 00 03 50 52 49 4E 43 4F 00 04 00 01 00 VX...PRINCO.....
00 00 00 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................

I burn 25 of those 1X all white no brand disk and never got a single coaster. I have completly watch 10 of those movies in 3 different dvd players. I test the others by going to all chapters and watch about 30 sec of video for each.

I have a Pioneer A05 with 1.21 firmware.