Text 11940, 84 rader
Skriven 2005-10-22 10:24:00 av George Vandervort (1:382/8)
  Kommentar till text 11924 av Jeff Guerdat (1:106/2000.0)
Ärende: Dvd ?
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Hello Jeff!

Saturday October 22 2005 09:50, Jeff Guerdat wrote to Jean Parrot:

 JG> On 10-21-05, JEAN PARROT said to CHARLES SCAGLIONE:
 JG>
 JP>> Since things are on a lull for now, all my systems are "go",
 JP>> evil thoughts come to mind. I will peek your mind to see what I can
 JP>> come up with in regards to DVD devices. It is the only thing that I
 JP>> have not tried so far. I have a page here, full of the different
 JP>> capabilities of 2x layers and RW- vs RW+ at infinitum.
 JG>
 JG> I'm not using dual-layer yet since, as Charles sez, it's expensive for
 JG> my usage.  Like him, I would only buy a dual-layer writer - there's
 JG> little sense in doing otherwise.  I'm currently not satisfied with RW
 JG> media although that may be due to my choice of Sony in my drive,
 JG> Plextor.  As I use up media, I'll be switching to see if there's a
 JG> relationship.

My New HP Pavillion 630, Intel Pentium 4 3.0 mhz 1.0 GB Ram, 200 GB HD
came with an HP 640b 8X DVD Writer that supports everything,
CD (Plus & Minus) RW,
DVD (Plus & Minus) R, RW & DL
Plus LightScribe CD/DVD Lasor SilkScreening
Graphic Lables on the lable side of the Disk.

I Also have a second Samsung 16x DVD-Rom
I prefer using Verbatim brand 4.7GB DVD+R

But I have had very few problems with Generic
CD/DVD brands on my HP Writer..



 JG>
 JG> A couple of thoughts:
 JG>
 JG> 1) I've found DVD-R to be much more problematic than DVD+R.  Again,
 JG> I'm not sure why since it could just be what my drive like but I'm not
 JG> trying to use el-cheapo discs.  I find that DVD+R writes on-the-fly
 JG> where DVD-R seems to want to buffer the whole thing and then write.
 JG> Software/firmware limitation? Don't know.

I agree, I have fewer problems with the
DVD+R & DVD+RW and DVD+R DL Disks

 JG>
 JG> 2) I specifically went with a SATA drive to try to improve
 JG> performance.  It turns out that I could have saved a few bucks by
 JG> using ATA drives since I observe all the old ATA problems (system
 JG> "freezing" when putting in a new disc to be read while the OS reads
 JG> the table of contents, etc.).  I was hoping for a more SCSI-like
 JG> experience and that's not what I got.  VERY disappointing. The one
 JG> thing that is useful is that the SATA cables are much thinner.
 JG> I've already broken one SATA hard drive connector when the casae
 JG> caught the cable as I was closing the case (sliding panel) but I was
 JG> able to get the pieces back together, saving me from having to buy a
 JG> new drive.  The connectors are much smaller and are more easily
 JG> broken.
 JG>
 JG> Just some more info for you to use when pondering the world whilst
 JG> sitting on your throne...
 JG>
 JG>
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George Vandervort
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