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Very nice.

Good luck, and congrats on the Eskimos winning the Grey Cup!

Your using RW's yes? Have you tried a +r or -r write once disc? It's very possible your PS2 doesn't like your rw's.

Here's a link to a good store (it is in Calgary, haven't been in Edmonton's), they carry Taiyo Yudens at a decent price, Memory Express. They also carry poor media, but if you stick to Taiyo or Verbatim you'll be off to a great start. How Windows shows your disc as data/video shouldn't affect it's playability.

Are you in East or Western Canada? Have you burned a lot of DVD's? If you haven't done a lot, I would recommend burning DVD5's(SL discs) first, as they are considerably cheaper. As far as brands go, IMO Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim for DVD5's, and Verbatim or Ricohjpn(Fuji etc) made discs for DL's. If you have some Mem's left(& unopened), try returning them. *edit* When using +r or +r dl media, setting the booktype to dvd-rom will help the compatability.

Welcome fellow Canuck! Got a little bad news for you, Memorex DL's are very very poor, and PS2's are some of the pickier players out there. Your best bet would definately be to get different blank media, as trying to get those Mem's to work will only result in frustration.

It's being released later today. Read more about it here. My favorite browser hopefully getting better.

My local Costco had 200 printable TDK's (which is I believe what we're talking about) for $45CAD, but they were MIT. Seems like a lot of companies are switching to Taiwan made discs now, possibly due to volume demands, or just as likely profit margins.

OK, maybe I'm using a little poetic license, read a bit more about it here & here.

I 20:53:08 Destination Device: [0:0:0] PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716A 1.09 (D:) (ATA) I 20:53:08 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: RICOHJPN-D00-01) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x) I 21:20:33 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:27:24 I 21:20:33 Average Write Rate: 5,409 KB/s (3.9x) - Maximum Write Rate: 5,854 KB/s (4.2x) I 21:21:15 Verifying Sectors... I 21:39:18 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:17:56 I 21:39:18 Average Verify Rate: 7,712 KB/s (5.6x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 11,143 KB/s (8.0x) Not as nice as the Verb 6X scan, but I like it. Decent verify rate.

Nec, Plextor & BenQ all make good burners IMO.

I wonder how they explain the slivers?

Hey Kevdriver, how's the Honda? You'll like the Epson, but it looks like we should be ordering our ink from th UK, it's about an 1/8 our price there. Even with shipping it will be way cheaper. Heard about your contract woes on the news, hopefully you get a new one soon, no one likes a strike, except the media.

I personally just get Shrink to create an ISO, and burn it later at my convenience with ImgBurn.

No, I don't mind

I remember that thread, but it's hazy As a yout I saw one of these, I believe it was one of these, on the telly. They never aired in a theatre did they?

Fuck me that's a good price. Thanks LFC!

Whew, I'm glad cooler heads prevailed. I don't think Geeks in Guantanamo would have gone over well.

If I can save 36 minutes and get a good burn like that, no more 2.4X for me.

Might have to start growing mushrooms...

I'll second that

Tried zapping a Verb DL a little faster with the following outcome. I 21:52:58 Source File: C: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I 21:52:58 Source File Sectors: 3,765,147 (MODE1/2048) I 21:52:58 Source File Size: 7,711,021,056 bytes I 21:52:58 Source File Implementation Identifier: UDF Toshiba DVD Video I 21:52:58 Destination Device: [0:0:0] PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716A 1.09 (D:) (ATA) I 21:52:58 Destination Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x) I 21:52:58 Destination Media Sectors: 4,173,824 I 21:52:58 Write Mode: DVD I 21:52:58 Write Type: DAO I 21:52:58 Write Speed: MAX I 21:52:58 Link Size: Auto I 21:52:58 Test Mode: No I 21:52:58 BURN-Proof: Enabled I 21:52:58 Optimal L0 Data Zone Capacity: 2,051,232 I 21:52:58 Optimal L0 Data Zone Method: Copied From Original Disc I 21:52:58 Filling Buffer... I 21:53:19 Writing LeadIn... I 21:54:04 Writing Image... I 22:09:36 Synchronising Cache... I 22:09:41 Closing Track... I 22:09:43 Finalising Disc... I 22:11:36 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:18:37 I 22:11:36 Average Write Rate: 8,088 KB/s (5.8x) - Maximum Write Rate: 8,367 KB/s (6.0x) I 22:11:36 Cycling Tray before Verify... I 22:12:14 Operation Started! I 22:12:14 Source Device: [0:0:0] PLEXTOR DVDR PX-716A 1.09 (D:) (ATA) I 22:12:14 Source Media Type: DVD+R DL (Disc ID: MKM-001-00) (Speeds: 2.4x, 4x, 6x) I 22:12:14 Verifying Sectors... I 22:58:39 Operation Successfully Completed! - Duration: 00:46:20 I 22:58:39 Average Verify Rate: 2,708 KB/s (2.0x) - Maximum Verify Rate: 2,782 KB/s (2.0x)

We are big supporters of ImgBurn for the quality of the burns, among many other things, and it burns ISO's, hence why we use them. I have no idea at all what they mean by "date". What most people mean by "data" when talking burning is a disc with material on it only read by another computer, not for standalone dvd players, cd players, mp3's etc. Examples would be HDD backups, Excel files, etc.

Verbatim +DL scan.

A Maxell CMCMAGAE1. They obviously have very low standards.