Prodisc 8x dvd-r is out

[hydrogen]

Prodisc 8x dvd-r is out

http://www.rima.com/Merchant2/merchant. ... Code=DMR8X
http://www.supermediastore.com/prodisc-dvd-r-media.html
http://www.accaproducts.com/accaproducts/dvdr.html

[jase]

ProdiscS04 media is out in the UK under the "Bulkpaq" label at a very cheap price (£6/25 inc sales tax).

However the distributors are pointing to an incompatibility with most writers that means that all but a very few will write them at 4x only.

I smell a rat -- why would a distro come out all benevolent all of a sudden?

[hydrogen]

I'm not sure what to think to be honest.

The only thing I can see happening is if most drives firmware don't have the ProdiscS04 media id in it.

Does any drive have the ProdiscS04 media id already in it?

To burn at 8x, a drive has to have a media id for it, right? If not, hopefully somone can correct me and let me know what it really depends on.

I remember when the Pioneer firmware wouldn't burn Cmc 8x dvd-r media at 8x until 1.18. It was suppose to be in 1.16, but people could burn only at 4x.

I thought manuafacturers would have added this media to the firmware already, but maybe they wait until when it comes out to add it. I don't why they would wait that long. They should add it before the media comes out. I'm sure the media companies give them samples.

[rdgrimes]

It appears that Prodisc has been making the FujiFilm03, it'll be interesting to see how similar these 2 types are.

As to speed, LiteOn uses the media ID code speed to set speed, if there is no strat present, so it'll still burn at 8x, but will use a generic strat and results will be poor.

S04 is included in the latest FW from Liteon, but seems to be limited to 6x by the strat. Considering that S03 burns very nicely at 8x with swapped strats, I'm not sure what use we have for S04.

[rdgrimes]

It appears that Prodisc has been making the FujiFilm03, it'll be interesting to see how similar these 2 types are.

As to speed, LiteOn uses the media ID code speed to set speed, if there is no strat present, so it'll still burn at 8x, but will use a generic strat and results will be poor.

S04 is included in the latest FW from Liteon, but seems to be limited to 6x by the strat. Considering that S03 burns very nicely at 8x with swapped strats, I'm not sure what use we have for S04.

[dolphinius_rex]

It appears that Prodisc has been making the FujiFilm03, it'll be interesting to see how similar these 2 types are.

As to speed, LiteOn uses the media ID code speed to set speed, if there is no strat present, so it'll still burn at 8x, but will use a generic strat and results will be poor.

S04 is included in the latest FW from Liteon, but seems to be limited to 6x by the strat. Considering that S03 burns very nicely at 8x with swapped strats, I'm not sure what use we have for S04.

Interesting, if Prodisc is making Fuji's Fuji03 discs, this would explain several other things...

As for why we would need S04 at all.... 4x discs are starting to go out of production now... I think most manufacturers are just running on a massive overstock, although I could be wrong on that. Ritek claims they have stopped production of 4x according to Digitimes.

[jase]

Yes, it is true that Prodisc are manufacturing the Fujifilm03 discs.

I'm guessing that the reason why we're getting the Prodiscs now is that the only reason the Fujis were appearing under other brandnames in the first place was that they were B-grade, and Prodisc have only just started moving production.

As I said to hydrogen in a PM I will be buying a few spindles of this stuff to see how it performs.