Panasonic HS2 Record Problems

[eyekandy]

I have been having many problems with my burned discs coming from my HS2. Just about all my discs (memerox dvdr) at some point or another during the play back get very blocky and shuts off. Could it be the discs i am using? or is there somethng wrong with my HS2? The thing what makes no sense is that it will play fine in maybe 30% of the dvd players i have tried the discs in. And when i try to play it back in the HS2 it flashes U11 and the shuts down. I have cleaned the discs many times and still does it, plus there are no scratches.

I have looked through all the posts and found a few other ppl with the same problem but no one has seemed to answer it.

Could it be the discs?what are best to use in the HS2? I have also heard that alot of the mpeg encoders are bad.. Let me Thanks!

[SergeantD]

Yes it is the discs. Memorex DVD-Rs are known to cause trouble for the Panasonic recorders. I use Accu brand from Meritline.com for .85 each with my HS2 and they work great!

[eyekandy]

Thanks for the reply!

So does that mean my HS2 is fine, its just the dvd media i am using? Anyone use TDK, Fuji, or STI?

[mazinz]

i used to use memorex religiously, They used to work great until a short time ago when i too would get the gltich/block. this happend in both my pc burner and my dmr-hs2 panasonic recorder.

Actually in another forum on this site we had an on going thread about this issue a long time ago. It seems i wasnt the only one.

In a nutshell what fixed this and now works great are the maxell dvd-rs and i have used the fuji dvd-rs with no problems either. Supossedly the tdk dvd-rs also now suffer form the same problems as the memorex discs did

It is not your machine it is the disc.

[gtrman]

Wow,

Has anyone been using Memorex DVD-Rs with success? I have been using nothing but Memorex and haven't had a problem. Am I just setting myself up for a fall later on?

Lenny

[rw2516]

I have the DMR-E30. When I first got it I went through 40 Memorex dvd-rs with no problems. The recorder accepted, recorded,finalized, and played back every one with no problems. I played them back in my Sony player , no problems. When friends I had made discs for all had problems playing them, I researched and found out the the widespread problems with Memorex. I switched to Fuji and rerecorded all the stuff I did on Memorex just to safe. I've used over 100 Fujis without a single problem.

[mazinz]

Has anyone been using Memorex DVD-Rs with success? I have been using nothing but Memorex and haven't had a problem. Am I just setting myself up for a fall later on?


if you have no problems with them, then continure on. i had made like close to 100 dvds with no problems until a short time ago. In the post about this, it was suumed up that either

a: their was a huge amount of defects that go out of the factory

b: memeorex changed plants or soemthing was changed in the ink used for the blank disc causing the problem.

Either way even if the problem is now fixed i will no longer use them, asi have thrown away too much money on them


rw2516,
if you do have apc dvd burner as well, you can rip/copy your memeorex made dvds with it as the glitch does not transfer when copying. This way you do not have to techincally recpature everything over again

[nle1]

Sorry to hear that new problem with the TDKs Altho I usually use generic cheapo's for TV movies, old VHS tapes, etc., I'd just recommended that as a possible "good" brand for wedding DVDs to a friend. Guess I'll go tell her to bring me Maxells.

NLE

[mazinz]

well if this helps, i never had a problem with TDK disc. it's just when that post was started in addition to memorex, others were saying that tdk's started doing the samething. So give them a try if you want, but maxells have worked great for me

Also stay away from verbatim as well. their dvds are too light (very easy to see through) and they have caused the same problems as well (although fixable by applying a cd sticker to the disc, makes it heavier and darker)

[nle1]

ROTFL With all the discussions pro/con of labelling DVD's, I think this is the first report of a label actually FIXing a problem I've seen, LOL!!

Glad all the bases are covered now 8)

NLE

[gtrman]

Is there a possibility that the problems with the Memorex discs were a slightly older version of disc?

I ask because the ones I'm using that I haven't seen a problem with are clearly marked "Version 2" on the outside of the spindle.

Could the problem discs have been "Version 1" and the problem is the reason for the "Version 2" discs?

Lenny

[mazinz]

i dont think so, ver 2 disc means it can be burned at 2x the speed. ver 1 disc were not able to

[Captain Satellite]

Try the Samsung Bealls. I have burned almost 50 and have not had one dud. In addition to this, they have played back without a glitch in the following players: :P


Panasonic DMR-T3040
Panasonic DMR-HS2
General Electric GE-5803PB
Toshiba SD-C2402 DVD ROM for LAPTOP
Panasonic RV30
Panasonic LF-D521U DVD Burner II
Hitachi DV-P315
JVC-XVSA75
Pioneer DV-343
Samsung DVD-ROM SD-616T
Sony-DVP-NS315/B
Playstation 2
Apex AD-660
Toshiba SD1200
JVC XV-900bk
Sony Dreamsystem
HP Laptop
Panasonic DVD-CP67
Sony DVP-S560D
Lasonic 8090
Panasonic DVD-CV51
Toshiba SD-6200
X-Box

[gtrman]

I just wanted to update my previous post. I had said that the Memorex discs I've been using worked just fine.

I took one of the first discs that I had burned and put it in the HS2 and tried to play the 17th menu item out of 18 menu item. It would not play. It brought alot of strange pictures up. Digital garbage.

Then, I ejected the disc and put it back in. This time the 17th item played fine. So I tried some others. This time the 10th item had lots of digital distortion.

I ejected again and put it back in. This time I could find no problems.

I will not be using Memorex any more, but I don't know what to switch to.


Lenny

[Captain Satellite]

Lenny,
I'm almost through my first spindle of 50 Samsung Bealls with no coasters. They can be purchased at Meritline.com. Here is a list of compatible players:



A growing list of compatible players and manufacturers:

Panasonic DMR-T3040
Panasonic DMR-HS2
General Electric GE-5803PB
Toshiba SD-C2402 DVD ROM for LAPTOP
Panasonic RV30
Panasonic LF-D521U DVD Burner II
Hitachi DV-P315
JVC-XVSA75
Pioneer DV-343
Samsung DVD-ROM SD-616T
Sony-DVP-NS315/B
Playstation 2
Apex AD-660
Toshiba SD1200
JVC XV-900bk
Sony Dreamsystem DAV-S300
HP Laptop ZE 4230
Panasonic DVD-CP67
Sony DVP-S560D
Lasonic 8090
Panasonic DVD-CV51
Panasonic DVD-RV20U
Toshiba SD-6200
X-Box

[Captain Satellite]

Also, Memorex are notorious for bad media for the HS-2. Hey, come on over to the ultimate HS-2 site! http://www.thewholewideweb.com/forum/default.asp

[brownstem]

With all due respect , why would anyone use Memorex media? They've got an extremely well-known track record for being utter crap (goes for their cdr media as well), not to mention that they're not nearly as cheap as the bulk media available at ever-so-many online retailers. DON'T USE MEMOREX MEDIA!

That said, Accu brand (and its alternative name, Lead Data, depending on where you buy it) works great in both the DMR-HS2 and E30. The only issue with these cheap discs is that when you play them on other equipment it can sometimes be hit or miss. For example, it took me three tries at Circuit City / Good Guys / Best Buy to finally find a dvd player which would play these burned Accu discs without a hitch. After all, who wants to be tied to only using the Panasonic authoring recorder to play back these discs? Each time I tried a player which specifically said that it could play dvd-r media, but so far only the Sony DVP-NC655P changer has done the job. I also tried the Toshiba SD-2815 and Panasonic DVD-CV52, with mixed results (i.e., they worked great with name brand dvd-rs burned in the HS2, but not with Accu or Lead Data discs).

Another advantage of the Accu discs is that they work perfectly in my Sony DVD-DWU12A internal burner. So, the moral of our story? Burn cheaply and buy a separate stand-alone player which can handle generic media. At least that's my theory...and I'm stickin' to it.

[arealgijoe]

[b] :P
JD on DVD disks,

The vendor from the Chicago area I get most of my CD and DVD blanks from informed me quite a while back about storage/shipping problems that can affect these disks. IF a batch of disk are subject to too environmental conditions not so favorable for these disk they can be affected, ie whole batches of shipments having problems burning properly. Temp and humidity(?) extreemes sound like a possable valid issue. Another thing is that disks tolerances/variations from one batch to another could be a factor.

Recording CDs when CD-Rs were new on the market had similar problems, oh how I remember that well. DVDs IMO due to smaller pits/beams much higher desnity logicaly could be even more vulnerable to shipping, storage and batch run issues.



JD's 2pence 4 2day

[handyguy]

Youcan try changing the record mode from AUTO to Fixed.