News of Recordable Media Discussion

JVC has delayed the release of its DVD-RW DL media again. The discs were originally supposed to come out in August 2007 and were pushed back until Jan or Feb of 2008. From what I can tell, they are now on hold until compatible drives are available. Translation:

http://www.jvc-victor.co.jp/media/info_dvd-rw_dl.html
http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2008/0310/victor.htm

Now, we have the next-generation optical disc is expected to be the fastest ...

I'm still using Verbatim MKM made in Singapore, dual layer media in my Benq DW1640. I looked recently at Micro Center and in 10, 15 or 20 packs I could only find Verbatim, made in India, DL media. How's the quality and performance of this stuff? What are some good alternatives? I'm guessing that if I find any more of the MKM made in Singapore, it will be remaining older stock, which would be fine ...

I came across this at PC Watch. Here's a rough translation:

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/ ... maxell.htm

Hitachi Maxell, Ltd. announced that they ended its own production about the optical disk businesses such as CD-R/W, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and HD DVD at the end of March on the third. The media business of the Maxell brand continues. It takes charge of the business as the number of men in which it is ...

I just got this program. It seems nice. I also use it in combination with Taiyo Yuden, ImgBurn, and a lite-On.

I heard that the best part of the program to check the quality of the burns is to use the IBG part of the program or the speed test instead of the PI Po section.


(1) What's the best way to check disk quality?
(2) How do you read and interpret the IBG section? ...

hi gang

i want to record the soundtrack from a video tape into my computer and
then burn the soundtrack onto a cd.whats the hook up 4 this again?do i use my reciever or connect the vcr right into the line in on the back of my com-
puter?thanks.

coonsanders

I picked up a spindle of Plextor (TY) silver inkjet printable CDs a while ago. These look really cool after printing and have been good quality.

However, one of them scanned with 3x as many C2s as C1s in KProbe. :o I had a closer look and saw what looks like an "unburned" patch on the dye side. I'm attaching part of a scan (with my flatbed ...

Hi all,

I have problems with this combination; it is not possible to format and write on this media with Samsung S202J (SB01)? Actually, I formatted this media (FAT32 in WinXP SP2) for once but after that (when i tried to write on this) my system locked up and after restarting the system I got an error - "Medium Format Corrupted" (but for just one side of it - other side of the media can't ...

North Coast Interactive, Inc. Introduces UltraPrint-M™ Metal Everest Printable Media.

North Coast Interactive is proud to announce the immediate availability of UltraPrint-M™ Metal Everest Printable Media. UltraPrint-M™ media is the latest addition to NCI's industry leading line of Everest Printable Media products. The “M” series of CD-R media features a unique uniform fully metalized surface that eliminates color shifts across the surface of the media. With UltraPrint-M™ there is no gray or bright silver/white ring ...

North Coast Interactive, Inc. Introduces UltraPrint-D™ Diamond Everest Printable Media.

North Coast Interactive is proud to announce the immediate availability of UltraPrint-D™ Diamond Everest Printable Media. UltraPrint-D™ media is the latest addition to NCI's industry leading line of Everest Printable Media products. The unique feature of the “D” series of CD-R media is the Diamond or “TrueSilver” data side. This is achieved through a specially processed dye layer which removes the greenish tint found in ...

hi gang

i just want to know how memorex cd-r cds measure up.can you just stop
in and give me your opinion of memorex cd-r media.is it a good product
or not.thanks.

coonsanders