Jump to content

Good burn?!?!


HypnoToad

Recommended Posts

In my last post I described a problem I was having problems burning with Verbatim DVD+R DL 8x across multiple drives, multiple computers and multiple burning software.

 

Anyway, to cut a long story short a third tub of Verbatim DVD+R DL 8x and a tub of TDK DVD+R DL 8x seems to have solved the problem and I can now verify the discs. Interestingly the TDK DVDs are outperforming the Verbatim DVDs.

 

Then however, I checked the discs with Nero's DiscSpeed quality check and got a rating of 0/100! I then tried DVDInfoPro's quality check test and got quality ratings in the range of 40-50/100.

 

Verbatim DVD+R DL 8x:

post-12777-1251132506_thumb.png

 

TDK DVD+R DL 8x:

post-12777-1251132532_thumb.png

 

Compare and contrast to Taiyo Yuden CD:

post-12777-1251132601_thumb.png

 

So my question is: What qualifies as a acceptable burn and what qualifies as a good burn in terms of DVDInfoPro's quality check?

 

 

Thanks,

 

David

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The discs were all burnt at the maximum supported for the LiteOn drive (DH20A4H QP5B), which for the verbatim media was <= 8x, but for the TDK media was <= 10x (TDK media listed as 8x). The drive burned both with a CLV-Z strategy.

 

Same TDK disc scanned at 4x:

post-12777-1251192396_thumb.png

 

Same Verbatim scanned at 4x:

post-12777-1251192404_thumb.png

 

Old Verbatim (that had the burning issues) at 4x:

post-12777-1251192409_thumb.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Ok well they're still both awful!

 

You can see what a Verb scan should look like by glancing at this thread - http://forum.imgburn.com/index.php?showtopic=9541

 

Hmmm... that's what I thought!

 

 

Things I've tried so far:

  • Different burning speeds (2.4x, 4x, 8x)
  • Different drives (LiteOn LH-20A1P (KL0P), DH-20A4H (QP5B), SHW-1635S (YS0Z) and Pioneer DVR-110D (1.41))
  • Different burning applications (Ashampoo Burning Studio 6 Free v6.1, Nero Express 6 SE v6.6.0.14, Gear Pro Mastering Edition v7.03 and ImgBurn v2.5.0.0)
  • 4 different computers (to help rule out any machine related issues)
  • Different operating systems (XP SP3 32 bit, Vista Business SP2 32 bit)
  • Different physical location (to rule out any localised power problems)
  • Different media (3 packs of Verbatim DVD+R DL 8x and 1 pack of TDK DVD+R DL 8x)

 

 

I'm trying a burn with a Samsung USB drive connected to a Mac now to see if removing Windows from the equation helps!

 

If you have any other ideas I'd be glad to hear them.

 

 

Thanks,

 

David

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Samsung (TSSTcorp) SE-S084B (FW: TS01) testing results:

 

Old Verbatim DVD+R DL 8x media (that had the burning issues), burnt @ 6x on a Mac, verified @ 4x on a PC:

post-12777-1251218376_thumb.png

 

New Verbatim DVD+R DL 8x media , burnt @ 6x on a Mac, verified @ 4x on a PC:

post-12777-1251218383_thumb.png

 

New Verbatim DVD+R DL 8x media , burnt @ 6x on a PC, verified @ 4x on a PC:

 

I 15:49:39 ImgBurn Version 2.5.0.0 started!

I 15:49:39 Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600 : Service Pack 3)

I 15:49:39 Total Physical Memory: 1,048,048 KB - Available: 361,352 KB

I 15:49:40 Initialising SPTI...

I 15:49:40 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 15:49:44 Found 1 DVD-ROM, 2 DVD

post-12777-1251218392_thumb.png

TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SE_S084B_TS01_25_AUGUST_2009_15_50_MKM_003_00_MAX.ibg

TSSTcorp_CDDVDW_SE_S084B_TS01_25_AUGUST_2009_15_50_MKM_003_00_MAX.log

post-12777-1251218430_thumb.png

Link to comment
Share on other sites

:D You're not wrong about that:

 

Original scan in the LiteOn drive:

post-12777-1251284118_thumb.png

 

Scan in the Samsung USB drive:

post-12777-1251284076_thumb.png

 

 

I think I've got my answer now, poor reading by LiteOn drives and a batch of bad Verbatim media.

 

Cheers,

 

David

Link to comment
Share on other sites

×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use.