[access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

From: "roger south" <roger.south@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 21:19:29 +0100

Hi George

I agree with the minefield comment. I've had several burners to varying degrees of success but now I've got an LG and it's great. It may not be the fastest in the world but it's still a lot faster than I feel confident with as I think too fast and quality can, and often does, fall off. It will read and burn anything I've thrown at it. A dual layer not that I've been down that street yet but that means adventures still await me. After getting this conversion problem sorted of course.

Roger

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 3:23 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

Hi Roger,

The DVD market is a veritable minefield.

If you look at the DELL specs for Ali's drive, it states
that you can only record DVD+R and DVD +RW, yet it will read
and play what appears to be just about everything else.

http://support.ap.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/p46434/en/s
pecs.htm

On the other hand, the Philips LiteScribe SPD6001BD/00
claims to write to -R and -RW as well.

That said, 3 out of 5 of Philips own brand DVD-RW failed to
write on my Litescribe, which is a real pain when you need
to write a 3 GIG Vista image.

George.

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of roger south
Sent: 13 October 2006 18:03
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

Hi George

But isn't the R- and R+ divided between Phillips and Sony
which means the
Phillips machine will only play one of the 2 types just as
Ali's NEC burner
does now?

Roger

Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once.

----- Original Message ----- From: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 1:46 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

Hi Ali,

There is certainly plenty of choice of external USB DVD
read-write drives, but I'm at a loss myself to recommend

any

specific ones.  That said, I'm sure others will chip in
here.

Were I to buy one, personally I'd go for a Philips
LiteScribe, purely and simply because I like the way you

can

burn a label direct onto the surface of the special
LiteScribe CDs and DVDs which looks really cool.
Of course they do also read and write normal media as

well.


George.

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ali
Sent: 13 October 2006 12:27
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

Thanks George. It looks to me I need a new burner. Can

you

suggest me a
good one please?  I would also like to get one of those

usb

external one, is
it possible to get one?


Thank you.

--------------------

Ali
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 13 October 2006 11:47
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

Hi Ali,

I can only find an "ND" 1100A listed and looking at the
following, it
suggests that it will only write to +R and +RW DVDs.

http://support.ap.dell.com/support/edocs/storage/p46434/en/s
pecs.htm


George.

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ali
Sent: 11 October 2006 18:14
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

Yes, it is NEC DVD+RW N1100A

Thank you.

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Ali
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 11 October 2006 12:14
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

Do you know the actual make and model of each drive?

We can then hopefully look up the manufactuer's web site

and

determine what
media suits which.

George.

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ali
Sent: 11 October 2006 11:01
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

Any suggestion?


Thank you.

--------------------

Ali
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: 11 October 2006 10:58
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

Hi Ali,

It's still just possible that the two machines require
slightly different
media, as I have discovered to my own cost here at the
office.  I need +R at
home and -R on a system at the office.  It's a real pain,
especially when I
have to get 2-3 Gigs on Vista on to an installable DVD.

George.

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ali
Sent: 11 October 2006 10:50
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

No,
We can use them on a different machine.


Thank you.

--------------------

Ali
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: 11 October 2006 10:14
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Burning DVD disks

Hi Ali,

Is it possible that the DVD media is at fault?  I have a
Philips LiteScribe,
and it rejects most DVD-R DVDs, even Philips own brand,

yet

is fine with
DVD+R disks.

George.

-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ali
Sent: 11 October 2006 05:49
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Burning DVD disks

Hi,
I have NEC DVD+RW installed on  my system.  For some

reason,

I am not able
to burn large files on DVD disks as data files.  It does

not

recognise DVDs
at all.  I have tried using Nero 5.5, and, Windows xp

burner

as well without
any luck.
I am using windows xp second ed with Jaws 7.1, Nero 5.5.

I

have checked the
DVD+RW from systems and devise manager and it says it

works

fine.  Does
anyone know where I can go from here?

Thank you.

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Ali


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