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is the GQ media 4x able to burn 8x with the 3500 nec

PostPosted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 2:27 am
by kingcong711
and is that media good stuff thanks

PostPosted: Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:53 am
by vinnie97
How much does it cost? That should be indicative of its quality (in GQ's case anyway ;)). Seriously, I have a few DVD+R's given to me by a friend, and the manufacturer is Infosmart (which may or may not be the manuf of your batch). They're not exactly not0rious for consistence in quality, but some have reported decent results. The longevity of these discs is entirely another story and is anybody's guess.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:15 am
by spryfly
I have no direct experince with this media, but I have read that it is junk. If you live in the US BestBuy has has 100pk fuji r+ 8x on sale for $40 starting sunday. They are usually TY....just make sure that it sais made in japan. These disks will burn at 12-16x (depending on your burner) with very high quality .....just my 2 cents.

PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:34 am
by bobmitchell
I use the GQ printable 4X DVD+R and they will only burn at 4X.


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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:OPTODISC-OR4-000]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [Not Available]
Manufacturer Name : [Optodisc Technology Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [OPTODISC]
Media Type ID : [OR4]
Product Revision : [Not Specified]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4,482.6MB = 4.38GB (4.70GB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x , 2.4x , 4x]
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This is from DVD Identifier...

Bob

PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 11:58 am
by spryfly
optodisc....do some searchs on them then go with the TY from BB :wink:

PostPosted: Sat Jan 08, 2005 12:03 pm
by spryfly
hey ....just noticed that that rhymes...ty from best buy. yeah i know i am a dork...... #-o

PostPosted: Sun Jan 09, 2005 1:18 am
by vinnie97
heh.

Here's a useful page to the OP: http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?dvdmediasearch=gq

My pair contains the "....001" media code. Results are mixed, so consistency is lacking. I've burnt one disc, but don't have a DVD burner that can check for PI/PIF errors. #-o It's just data (mp3's), and the playback is fine. DVD Speed doesn't report any errors, but I think it's more rudimentary than what the error checking capable drives out there (Pioneer, Plextor and Lite On) can provide.