Friday, April 16, 2004
Optical Disc Formatting Woes
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 12:30 PM
"Recently, we received an airlift's worth of 8x-recordable DVD drives. Now, it's certainly true that dual-layer drives are just around the corner, but single-layer drives will likely be the price/performance leaders for some time to come. After all, dual-layer recordable media is tricky to manufacture and may be high cost for some time.
As we tested some of these recordable drives, we discovered that some 8x media only works at 4x speeds in some drives. More interestingly, some 8x media will run at 8x speeds in some drives, while only writing at 4x in others. In some cases, generic media will only write a 2x speeds, and often generate errors. When we talked to different manufacturers, various finger-pointing abounded. "It's Taiwanese media," one company spokesperson declared..."
I have to admit that I haven't been bitten by this all that often - only a few bad DVD-Rs and CD-Rs here and there, but with some brands it can be a real problem. What's your experience with this?
As we tested some of these recordable drives, we discovered that some 8x media only works at 4x speeds in some drives. More interestingly, some 8x media will run at 8x speeds in some drives, while only writing at 4x in others. In some cases, generic media will only write a 2x speeds, and often generate errors. When we talked to different manufacturers, various finger-pointing abounded. "It's Taiwanese media," one company spokesperson declared..."
I have to admit that I haven't been bitten by this all that often - only a few bad DVD-Rs and CD-Rs here and there, but with some brands it can be a real problem. What's your experience with this?
