News of Recordable Media Discussion

At the request of the author, we've set up a KProbe mirror here at CDRLabs. You'll be able to get the latest versions of KProbe2 here.

http://www.cdrlabs.com/kprobe/index.php

4/29,2004 KProbe2 v2.1.0
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1. initial start error for external drives
2. Support chart combination
3. Added "Thanks" form
4. fix bug : average and total count won't change when delete highest value

This info is spread all over the place. I figured it was worth putting a sticky up here, to help everyone find media that will work at 8x.

Here's the list of Plextor's recommended media:

Mitsubishi Chemical: DTR47U1, DTR47U5
Ricoh 8X: DRD-4XPC, DRV-4XPC, DRD-4XCW10, DRD-4XCW5, DRD-4XPC5, DRV-4XCW5, DRV-4XPC5
Taiyo Yuden: DVDR+D47TY, DVDR+D47TY5P

Please share your experiences and tell everyone what media you've found to work at 8x. Keep your replies short and simple. If you ...

I found a new tool which is like CD Doctor and WSES
But it is under development
If you are interesting about it ,
click the following link to download it
http://home.kimo.com.tw/tellove2000/kpsetup.zip

and rename kpsetup.zip to kpsetup.exe

try it !

As promised, below is the list of my own findings and the findings of many other regulars on this forum; thank you for all your contributions! The table is pretty self-explanatory, but if you have any questions, please check the original thread or ask me directly. I will try to keep this list updated, so be sure to check it often. As always, if any of you have additions to make to the list, please ...