Pioneer DVD BDR 212

[lklawrie]

I think I have some 8X discs.  I'll try.  plus still have to test out the Blu Ray

 

[dbminter]

I would be interested to see your MKM-003 results.  See if you get the same results I did.  Admittedly, I only tested one before returning it.

 

Plus, the MKM-003 are the only DVD+R DL you can get new and cost effective.  2.4x discs are still available on the aftermarket but are nowhere near cost effective.

 

My memory was I did test the Verbatim BD-R in the ASUS and it was fine.  BD-R SL only, though.

[lklawrie]

My "8x" were RITEK-S04-66.  And I never learn from mistakes.  Had one of the files open so -- can't verify, I suspect.  Duh.

 

[dbminter]

Unfortunately, the only reliable DVD+R DL are the Datalife Plus/AZO series of MKM discs from Verbatim.  So, burning Riteks, while they might pass, won't do me any good as I won't use those.

 

If you can't Verify immediately, then make sure the file is closed and do a manual Verify.  Although, I fail to see why an open file would prevent a Verify.

[lklawrie]

well, it's not only open but changed since written.  Understand about the Ritek.  It's what i had.  I will have to order new.  First one I did that worked was a Verbatim, I think -- at the 2.4x speed.  I have not bought DVDs for quite a while.

 

[lklawrie]

None the less, that one completed.  8X write speed

 

ImgBurn-Ritek-DL.log

[dbminter]

Oh, are you writing directly to disc and not an image file first?  If so, then, opening and changing a file might cause a Verify to fail that way.

 

Your logs posted were for 2.4x Verbatim MKM-001's.

[dbminter]

1 minute ago, lklawrie said:

None the less, that one completed.  8X write speed

 

ImgBurn-Ritek-DL.log 11.77 kB · 0 downloads

 

That might work because the write strategy in the firmware for a Ritek DVD+R DL would be different than a Verbatim MKM DVD+R DL.

[lklawrie]

17 hours ago, dbminter said:

Oh, are you writing directly to disc and not an image file first?  If so, then, opening and changing a file might cause a Verify to fail that way.

 

Your logs posted were for 2.4x Verbatim MKM-001's.

yes, directly to disc.  the ones with the pioneer -- i was testing using a ISO file.

Not sure why you're saying that the logs posted were for the MKM-001 -- the last was for the Ritek.  I am trying to remove the previous log file so the one in the folder is always the latest.

 

[dbminter]

The first log you posted in this thread was for 2 MKM-001 burns.

[lklawrie]

That is true and it was also for the original post of the Pioneer drive.

 

[lklawrie]

New drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE WH16NS40 (LG)

Writing Ritek DL disc.

Wrote same data folder (though things will have changed since previous)

Worked with verify.  YAY.

 

ImgBurn_LG.log

[dbminter]

As I said, the only fault I found in the NS40 the last I used it years ago was it did not properly write to DL BD media, but firmware updates since then might have fixed the issues.

[dbminter]

There is one fault present in all LG drives that I failed to mention.  They're not perfect readers.  They will many times fail to read data from a disc that other drives like Pioneers will read in.  That's one reason why I keep a USB Pioneer drive on hand.  If my LG won't read in a particular disc, I plug in my Pioneer USB drive and see if that will read it.