dbminter

It's been almost 10 years since the introduction of Blu-Ray media. Where are the 4x BD-RE? Why are we still stuck at 2x? I've been using them for the past 3 years so the technology is definitely older than that.

Found a 2nd CMC MAG DVD+R DL in my collection. It, too, read without errors to an image file. I never would have guessed a CMC MAG DVD+R DL would be better than a Ritek one made by Office Depot. Ritek used to make Office Depot DVD-R's years ago that were still readable 8 or 9 years after burning. Yet, the Office Depot DVD+R DL's were half failures.

And all 15 of my TDK Ritek DVD+R DL fully ready to image files without error!

Discovered I had a CMC MAG DVD+R DL that somehow managed to slip past my eagle eyes into my collection. I burned this disc over 7 years ago and when I came across it today and discovered it was a CMC MAG, I started reading it to an image to try and salvage it to a Verbatim DVD+R DL. Not expecting any results, I was rather surprised when the disc read to an image file without errors! And, yet, Office Depot Ritek DVD+R DL were 50% hit or miss in being able to be readable after 7 years. All of my TDK Ritek DVD+R DL were still readable.

But, that won't copy over the bootable section, will it? Just dragging and dropping the contents?

But, you want to know the weird thing? Shortly after I got the Office Depot Ritek DVD+R DL's, I got some TDK Ritek DVD+R DL's before I realized Verbatims were the only way to go. I've been copying those TDK's made shortly after the Office Depot discs to BD-R's to save what I could and all 8 of the TDK's I've copied so far read to image files!

If anyone needed proof to avoid Ritek DVD+R DL's and use only Verbatim, I have empirical evidence. Before I knew that Verbatim DVD+R DL's were the only way to go, I got some Office Depot Ritek DVD+R DL's in 2008. I went back to read 3 of them today. Of the 3, only 1 was readable to an image file. One of the others was recognized as a disc in File Explorer, but couldn't read all of the contents off of it. The other one was complete unrecognizable as a disc in File Explorer. The drive light kept flashing for 5 minutes before the drive timed out trying to read it. File Explorer simply returned that it was a DVD and did not recognize any contents. So, stop using those Memorex CMC and other companies' Ritek DVD+R DL's! They may complete a burn and verify, but 7 years later, they will most likely not be readable!

Yeah, if this is your first time using CMC Memorex media on this particular DVD player, it's down to the player. Either it doesn't like the discs or the player is dying. If you've tried these discs on other players and they skip on them, too, it's either the media itself or your DVD burner is the problem.

A new firmware came out for my Pioneer BDR-209M. 1.30 - ID60 So, I tried another inkjet DVD+R DL MKM-003-00 burn. The firmware update apparently did the trick. The burn and verify completed.

I didn't say that. I just said that in the past, fake MID's have appeared. But not in recent years. I'm just trying to say nothing is as certain as you want it to be. Most likely, those MCC's are Mitsubishi.

Well, the caveat you have to know is that a manufacturer can put anything in the MID that they want to. So, CMC could always put MCC in the field just to sell their junk. It's rare but it has happened before. Fakers put SONY in their MID for their cheaper media to make people think they were quality Sony media, back when Sony made its own media and back when Sony offered SOME quality products. Plus, I've read reports of some people having problems with MCC discs. However, I pin them down to having cheaper manufacturer's drives. Because some drives return no quality issues with CMC yet quality drives can have problems with burning CMC media. However, it's relatively rare to encounter anyone faking MID's anymore. I'd buy something that says MCC. It's all I buy now actually in the realm of DVD-R.

If the MID is MCC that means Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation. That's the good stuff. If fact, I believe that whole MID you posted is the same as the DVD-R's I used for my LightScribe DVD-R and my inkjet DVD-R. I've been using those for 3 or 4 years now. I've not had a single failed burn that I can remember. The only discs I had to throw away were discs I accidentally burned with incorrect data or discs I thought were wrongly burned for whatever reason. Even if the packaging doesn't say Mitsubishi, it's the MID that matters. The packaging can say anything on it. Mitsubishi puts their MKM label on their BD-RE's, making you think they're the old kind Mitsubishi used to make. CMC, however, actually makes them, from the MID. Verbatim puts their name of the label of the Life series DVD-R's, but they're made by CMC. So, if I were in your position, I'd feel confident in buying those.

I don't know how long they last and you can't trust how long the manufacturer says they will last. The technology hasn't been around long enough to reach the X years they say they last so you won't know for sure if their estimated lifespans will last that long until that amount of time has actually passed.

I don't remember where I saw that. Some post about Verbatim DVD-R's is all I remember. Plus, I believe LTH BD-R use AZO and LTH uses organic dyes. LTH recycles DVD production lines to make the BD-R so they're using dyes, which are organic. So, AZO, to me, is organic and not inorganic. Often times what you find in forum posts has to be taken with a grain of salt.

I saw it from a forum poster once on a different site. So, I doubt it's validity. As I said, as far as the science goes, I don't think the way DVD's are burned can be used with inorganic dyes.

I just know that it's a better brand of dye. I've also read that it's an inorganic dye, but I don't know about the validity of that statement. I thought CD and DVD dyes were all organic. That the basic science of the burning process used on CD and DVD recordable media meant that the dyes had to be organic.

For my opinion, reread my last reply. It contains my entire opinion. As for the package, it has the AZO label on the insert. So, that would seem to mean it uses AZO, but I don't know if CMC made media also uses AZO or not. I don't recall if the store bought ones I had that were CMC had AZO. I don't think they did. If I had to go with my gut, I'd say that since it says AZO, it wouldn't be CMC. But, you won't know for sure until you buy some a sample and check.

It's hard to say. The insert for those discs is similar to the brick and mortar stuff you find in stores, which means it's CMC. However, that insert says AZO on it. AZO is generally Verbatim's higher quality brand of dye, but that's not to say that CMC still didn't make them. But, those inserts are also found on the quality Verbatim non CMC stuff you find online. Since they're only 10 to a pack, you can get one and test to see. And you won't be out a whole lot of money to run a test on a good 50/50 shot.

You know how the signs next to elevator doors say "In case of fire, elevators are out of service?" So, my question is, what if you're IN the elevator when the fire alarm goes off? Does the elevator let you off at your floor or the nearest floor so you can use the stairs? And what about people in wheelchairs who are on a floor above the first when the fire alarm goes off? They can't leave the floor because they can't use the stairs and must use the elevators. I guess such a person would have to use a cell phone and call for help. But, not everyone has a cell phone, believe it or not.

In this day and age of cell phones, does England still have any of those iconic red telephone booths on the street? In the United States, telephone booths disappeared from the streets years ago. In fact, public telephone in stores also disappeared. So, in the States, Clark Kent no longer has a place to change into Superman on the street!

When you first start Windows 8, a lock screen appears. You have to press a key or a mouse button for the Windows logon prompt to appear. Is there any way to change this behavior? It's an absolute waste of damn time. You HAVE to logon to Windows so making the user press a key to make the logon prompt appear is damn idiotic! Thanks!

Because I didn't know WinAmp could do that. That's available in the free version, right?

Thanks! Looks like I could also load the MP3 in 4Dots I have installed and edit the fields in that before converting them back to an MP3.

I've answered this before. I think (But I could be wrong.) TDK might be Ritek, which is the same as Ridata. Ridata is Ritek and I've had good luck with Ritek. Sony is Ritek. I don't think I've ever heard of SmartBuy, so that's new for me to answer, I think. If I had to go with a choice, I'd probably take Sony. I know for sure what Sony is. Sony DVD-R is Ritek. In the United States, anyway. Sony Ritek is decent 2nd tier media. The only problems I've had with Ritek is my LG burner sometimes won't read Ritek DVD-R that was burned 9 years ago. My Pioneer and LiteOn will read them, though.

When you rip a CD to an MP3 with something like say Windows Media Player, the software populates the fields of Artist, Title, etc. If you have a CD with no available track information, you get things like Track 01 for a Title. So, I was wondering if there was software available to load an MP3 so you can edit these fields. Freeware, of course. Thanks!