Does anyone have any experience with them, I was looking at getting some of them for christmas but didn't know if I had to worry about compatibility or not.
Trust me, when your media starts to go to shit on you down the road, and you really need that data, you'll be so glad you saved a few bucks when you bought them.
Just tell yourself "oh man that Playboy magazine and paper towels I bought with my savings were SO worth it!"
I have burned videos onto Apple, Maxell, Imation, and TDK DVDs. They all seem to work fine. I had thought all DVDs would perform the same, and for the most part, I believe they do. However, I alays run scrolling credits at the end of my videos using narrow white script letters on a black background. On all brands I have used (except for the Apple ones) there seems to be a slight "wiggling" back and forth of the letters as they scroll up the screen. Clients usually never notice this. But I am pretty anal so I have noticed it. Not a big deal, but just my two cents....
How often should there be a "bad block" when I'm burning a DVD? 'Cause it's happening 100% of the time.
At first I thought it was the cheap brand-less see-through discs that I got for about a buck a pop. Understandable... I've had this kind of trouble with el-cheepo CDs before, so tonight I went out and bought a 25 pack of TDK 2x rated DVD-Rs for $49.
I've burned three DVDs so far, and every one of them has had a bad block. It's in a different place each time, so it's not the source, and I thought it might have had something to do with a buffer underrun, so I quit every single other program running, and let my computer do it's thing unhindered for the half hour it took. Again, a bad block.
Now, it's not a problem when I'm doing things with many small files... since the blocks are at different places, I can pretty much guarantee that on two discs all my files will be okay. (For example, my 4GB iPhoto Library.)
But, when I'm trying to burn a video DVD or a DVD with two or three movie files on it, then it is a problem.... the file becomes completely unreadable to DVD players, VLC, and all other programs.
I'm using Toast 5.1 under OS 10.2.8 on an iMac 800 with the 2x Superdrive DVR-104 (MMC3)... but I don't think it's the software. I mean, it burns CDs just fine. And I've burned a DVD from iDVD without a hitch before. That was an Apple branded one - the one that came with the computer.
Perhaps this should be a topic of it's own... it's kinda off topic. Oh well. It kinda fits here. And, all them DVD gurus are already looking at this thread
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only way to go
Originally posted by alcimedes
verbatim.
only way to go
Well the problem is they are expensive. Does anyone know a cheap place to buy like a 50 pack?
Just tell yourself "oh man that Playboy magazine and paper towels I bought with my savings were SO worth it!"
Originally posted by alcimedes
dunno how much you're all paying for 4x DVD-R's, but you can pick up Verbatims for around $2.85 per.
I found Verbatim 4x DVD-Rs for $1.92 each (50 pack) and they're inkjet printable.
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Originally posted by Akumulator
I found Verbatim 4x DVD-Rs for $1.92 each (50 pack) and they're inkjet printable.
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thanks!
I'm looking to buy an Epson that prints on disks...... how are the results? Bunge?
How often should there be a "bad block" when I'm burning a DVD? 'Cause it's happening 100% of the time.
At first I thought it was the cheap brand-less see-through discs that I got for about a buck a pop. Understandable... I've had this kind of trouble with el-cheepo CDs before, so tonight I went out and bought a 25 pack of TDK 2x rated DVD-Rs for $49.
I've burned three DVDs so far, and every one of them has had a bad block. It's in a different place each time, so it's not the source, and I thought it might have had something to do with a buffer underrun, so I quit every single other program running, and let my computer do it's thing unhindered for the half hour it took. Again, a bad block.
Now, it's not a problem when I'm doing things with many small files... since the blocks are at different places, I can pretty much guarantee that on two discs all my files will be okay. (For example, my 4GB iPhoto Library.)
But, when I'm trying to burn a video DVD or a DVD with two or three movie files on it, then it is a problem.... the file becomes completely unreadable to DVD players, VLC, and all other programs.
I'm using Toast 5.1 under OS 10.2.8 on an iMac 800 with the 2x Superdrive DVR-104 (MMC3)... but I don't think it's the software. I mean, it burns CDs just fine. And I've burned a DVD from iDVD without a hitch before. That was an Apple branded one - the one that came with the computer.
Perhaps this should be a topic of it's own... it's kinda off topic. Oh well. It kinda fits here. And, all them DVD gurus are already looking at this thread
Any suggestions guys? I hate $2 coasters
Originally posted by Akumulator
I'm looking to buy an Epson that prints on disks...... how are the results? Bunge?
I don't know...yet. I have seen the results on other discs and they're admirable. Not as good as silk screening, but nice.