DVD-R Media Quality and Compatibility

[snapy]

GARFIELD DVD +R

Nero CD-DVD Speed: Disc Info
Basic Information
 Disc Type:       : DVD+R
 Book Type        : DVD+R
 Manufacturer:    :  unknown
 MID              : SONY D21 (000)
 Write speeds:    : 4 X - 8 X - 8.0 X - 12 X - 12.0 X - 16 X - 16.0 X
 Blank Capacity   : 4.38 GB
                  : 4482 MB
                  : 4700375040 bytes
Extended Information
 Layers           : 1
 Write strategies : 4 X - 8 X - 16 X
 Disc Status      : Empty
Raw Data
Physical Format Information (00h)
0000 - A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F 00 00 00 00 - .........&.?....
0010 - 00 00 07 53 4F 4E 59 00 00 00 00 44 32 31 00 38 - ...SONY....D21.8
0020 - 23 54 37 14 00 28 6E 00 80 69 17 19 0C 0C 0A 0B - #T7..(n..i......
0030 - 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - ................
0040 - 01 00 38 38 00 20 61 24 0B 2E 23 10 04 1E 1D 01 - ..88..a$..#.....
0050 - 00 00 00 20 61 24 0B 2E 23 10 04 1E 1D 01 00 00 - ....a$..#.......
0060 - 02 00 54 70 00 25 66 6A 20 13 0C 0A 01 18 00 00 - ..Tp.%fj........
0070 - 00 00 00 36 61 6A 20 13 0C 0A 01 18 00 00 00 3A - ...6aj.........:
0080 - 03 00 54 DF 00 25 66 6A 20 13 0C 0A 01 18 00 00 - ..T..%fj........
0090 - 00 00 00 60 5F 85 20 12 0A 0A 01 20 00 00 00 5A - ...`_..........Z


any comments?

[SPaCeMaN SPiFF]

interesting... sony din siya.

how's the write quality? okay ba?

[snapy]

un nga di ko nga alam since i havent used them yet..
pero 11 sya.. quite expensive.. than the generic whites..

actually konti na lang dvd talaga nila..
is there any shops can provide more dvds?

sawang sawa na ako sa ugali nilang nagpapalit ng dvd everytime pag naubusan ng stocks..

ang available nilang dvd
garfiled 11
generic white 9
mickey 10
imation 14
richo 20
verbatim.. 20

actually un na lang at parang wla na silang ridata pa..

[Stoned Wall]

GARFIELD DVD +R

Nero CD-DVD Speed: Disc Info
Basic Information
 Disc Type:       : DVD+R
 Book Type        : DVD+R
 Manufacturer:    :  unknown
 MID              : SONY D21 (000)
 Write speeds:    : 4 X - 8 X - 8.0 X - 12 X - 12.0 X - 16 X - 16.0 X
 Blank Capacity   : 4.38 GB
                  : 4482 MB
                  : 4700375040 bytes
Extended Information
 Layers           : 1
 Write strategies : 4 X - 8 X - 16 X
 Disc Status      : Empty
Raw Data
Physical Format Information (00h)
0000 - A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F 00 00 00 00 - .........&.?....
0010 - 00 00 07 53 4F 4E 59 00 00 00 00 44 32 31 00 38 - ...SONY....D21.8
0020 - 23 54 37 14 00 28 6E 00 80 69 17 19 0C 0C 0A 0B - #T7..(n..i......
0030 - 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - ................
0040 - 01 00 38 38 00 20 61 24 0B 2E 23 10 04 1E 1D 01 - ..88..a$..#.....
0050 - 00 00 00 20 61 24 0B 2E 23 10 04 1E 1D 01 00 00 - ....a$..#.......
0060 - 02 00 54 70 00 25 66 6A 20 13 0C 0A 01 18 00 00 - ..Tp.%fj........
0070 - 00 00 00 36 61 6A 20 13 0C 0A 01 18 00 00 00 3A - ...6aj.........:
0080 - 03 00 54 DF 00 25 66 6A 20 13 0C 0A 01 18 00 00 - ..T..%fj........
0090 - 00 00 00 60 5F 85 20 12 0A 0A 01 20 00 00 00 5A - ...`_..........Z


any comments?

I think this should be in the DVD+R thread.  Hehehe....

I tried the DVD-R variant, yup, Sony rin siya and my BenQ 1640 likes them. No coasters and good quality burn. BTW, they are rated as 16x against the plain white DVD-R's which are rated 8x. Thus, I guess justifies the Php2 premium.

[skylynx888]

un nga di ko nga alam since i havent used them yet..
pero 11 sya.. quite expensive.. than the generic whites..

actually konti na lang dvd talaga nila..
is there any shops can provide more dvds?

sawang sawa na ako sa ugali nilang nagpapalit ng dvd everytime pag naubusan ng stocks..

ang available nilang dvd
garfiled 11
generic white 9
mickey 10
imation 14
richo 20
verbatim.. 20

actually un na lang at parang wla na silang ridata pa..

Meron n ulit dvdr ridata at cdrking greenhills, it was out of stock for quite a time.......

[SPaCeMaN SPiFF]

yay! hopefully kakalat na rin sa other branches!

[snapy]

Meron n ulit dvdr ridata at cdrking greenhills, it was out of stock for quite a time.......

ah eh.. kahit meron naman.. mahal din e.. 16 each?

[SPaCeMaN SPiFF]

didn't the price go down na?... parang 11 each na lang before.

i dunno why... but i so TRUST this brand. LOL.

[Quitacet]

didn't the price go down na?... parang 11 each na lang before.

i dunno why... but i so TRUST this brand. LOL.

I bought some (Ridata) about a month ago at CDRKing SM Pampanga @ P16 each. Pagbalik ko after a week, wala na.

I also tried using Garfield (white) DVD(+)R 16X for a friend, burned at 16X okay naman. Sa lima, walang pumalpak kahit isa.

[hubes]

saw IOMEGA dvd-r in sm mega. 14 each

[snapy]

saw IOMEGA dvd-r in sm mega. 14 each

yes iomega bumaba na ung price 14 each..
could somebody check its MID?
tingnan natin kung sino gumawa. baka prodisc nanaman yan.

and also our budget on dvd is 10 below... hay 11 na nga nabili ko e.

[strangebrew]

guys, what do you think of maxell, ricoh and tdk mini scratchproof (gold) (manufacturer: tdk, mid: tdk G02000000)?

[strangebrew]

is there any 'reading scans for dummies' thread here? im a lil clueless in reading disc scans...hanggang disc info lang ang kaya kong basahin lol

[snapy]

DVD pang video.. may recomendation ba kayo? help naman...
as of now garfield gamit ko..
pero baka mawala nanaman stocks nyan e..

[ross_diadame]

vio.... may peke ata kasi after burning (video) ok pero my episodes na error then sira na 4x pa nga gamit ko. cylindrical error sumthing. halos lahat pag tumagal sira na. 15 bili ko hir baguio... ala cdrking e pero dun din galing...

ngaun gamit ko C3 E&CH. bili ko P9.50, mga 30 na nagamit ko and wala pa nmang nasisira...

aku man di k rin alam and difference bet -R and +R....

[luranski]

guys ok ba hp at verbatim? salamat!

[luranski]

may problema ba verbatim at hp dvds sa standalone players? salamat po

[barrister]

HP - May problema sa standalone.  Sometimes unreadable on an old Pioneer player.

Verbatim - No problems whatsoever.  It's the best I've tried.   

[luranski]

salamat bro!

[p.dividdy2]

also be wary of the gd025 white discs...medyo iffy ang quality.. kahit walang noticable physical damage nag-eerror ito while burning siguro success rate ko dito about 65%-70% lang..  ok kaya yung mga bagong disney?

[ralfy]

I don't know if this link was posted or if it might help:

http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

[rafgar]

I don't know if this link was posted or if it might help:

http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

Thanks for the link!  Very informative and useful.  I've checked my DVD-R and DVD+R discs and I've found out that my generic CDR-King discs are of good quality and relatively reliable.  Tapos, I've also discovered that buying branded discs is not an assurance that these are reliable.  I found out that the Iomega discs which I recently bought are among the list of 3rd Class Media discs.

[Quitacet]

Thanks for the link!  Very informative and useful.  I've checked my DVD-R and DVD+R discs and I've found out that my generic CDR-King discs are of good quality and relatively reliable.  Tapos, I've also discovered that buying branded discs are an assurance that these are reliable.  I found out that the Iomega discs which I recently bought are among the list of 3rd Class Media discs.

Can you post the manufacturer code of your Iomega discs? Thanks.

[rafgar]

Thanks for the link!  Very informative and useful.  I've checked my DVD-R and DVD+R discs and I've found out that my generic CDR-King discs are of good quality and relatively reliable.  Tapos, I've also discovered that buying branded discs is not an assurance that these are reliable.  I found out that the Iomega discs which I recently bought are among the list of 3rd Class Media discs.

Can you post the manufacturer code of your Iomega discs? Thanks.

It's CMC MAG AE1.  Actually, when I checked the list again, it's among the 4th Class Media list, while my Philips DVD+R (with manufacturer code CMC MAG.E01) is among the 3rd Class Media list.  I initially thought that the branded DVDs are better than the CDR King generic discs -- turned out to be the other way around.

[firewired]

Depends actually. As the article states, except for a few exceptions, none of the major brands actually manufacture their own discs anymore preferring to outsource them to bulk manufacturers like CMC and Ritek.

The way it was explained to me by a rep of one of the smaller Taiwanese manufacturers, there are quality grades across media lines. So if your disc's media code is CMC MAG for example, there is a difference between the AE1 sold by IOMEGA and the bulk quantity white top AE1. The branded version is probably a Grade A disc while the generic stuff could very well be Grade B or Grade C products so performance will definitely vary. I can't verify what he said though because he was trying to get me to order bulk from him. 

For me, the CDR-King generics are a mixed bunch with some of them failing within 8 to 12 months.

[Archie]

yun verbatim +r nagamit ko, okay naman sa movies.
pero yun -r, sa pang apat na movie nag skip skip na.

[yygoob]

wala bang affordable na dvd-R dual layer?

[skylynx888]

wala bang affordable na dvd-R dual layer?

meron sa cdr king p50.00 , forgot the brand though

[rafgar]

wala bang affordable na dvd-R dual layer?

meron sa cdr king p50.00 , forgot the brand though

Yes, I was able to buy some last March although madalang ang pagbenta nila nito.  These are generic dual layer discs with the name of CDR-King on it.  Just like any other generic DVD, these discs are not that reliable.  Two of the four discs I bought later ended up in the trash can.

[yygoob]

yup!! hindi nga ganung reliable ang dual layer ng cdr-king madalas magloko!!