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What is the best brand of DVDs?
Posted by Howie
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What is the best brand of DVDs? September 18, 2005 12:53PM |
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 18, 2005 01:14PM |
DVD+Rs and DVD-Rs should both work in the burning, but DVD-Rs would play in more machines. You get what you paid for. I don't think there's a difference between the two for data storage, though.
"Which brand" is a common question in here. I like Fujis and Sonys; others have recommended Maxells. Memorex and Verbatim aren't good.
"Which brand" is a common question in here. I like Fujis and Sonys; others have recommended Maxells. Memorex and Verbatim aren't good.
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 18, 2005 01:30PM |
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 18, 2005 03:22PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 2,646 |
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 18, 2005 03:55PM |
> Only the very latest G5 computers have DVD- and +R burners. The G4
> computers only have DVD-R from the factory.
Interesting, I owned a G4 in 2003 for a few months and I'm pretty sure I've used DVD+Rs with it without problems. Perhaps they'd swapped out the drive? It was only months away from the launch of the G5.
> computers only have DVD-R from the factory.
Interesting, I owned a G4 in 2003 for a few months and I'm pretty sure I've used DVD+Rs with it without problems. Perhaps they'd swapped out the drive? It was only months away from the launch of the G5.
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 18, 2005 08:07PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 7,458 |
Only DVD-Rs in the original G4 superdrives. You must have had a newer drive, Derek.
I like TDks, but there are lots of people here who use other brands well too. The main thing is not to buy the cheapest thing you can find in the two dollar store and expect no failures. Go for a name brand that you trust.
I like TDks, but there are lots of people here who use other brands well too. The main thing is not to buy the cheapest thing you can find in the two dollar store and expect no failures. Go for a name brand that you trust.
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 18, 2005 08:56PM |
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 18, 2005 09:43PM |
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 18, 2005 10:29PM |
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 19, 2005 06:46AM |
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 19, 2005 08:14AM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 31 |
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 19, 2005 09:12AM |
> A good article on the topic:
> [www.digitalfaq.com]
Great article, Bob -- thanks. Do you know if *any* of the tools recommended on www.videohelp.com are Mac-compatible, though? All their interfaces are PC and I'm not a big fan of risking a download of PC-only software onto my station.
> [www.digitalfaq.com]
Great article, Bob -- thanks. Do you know if *any* of the tools recommended on www.videohelp.com are Mac-compatible, though? All their interfaces are PC and I'm not a big fan of risking a download of PC-only software onto my station.
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 19, 2005 01:59PM |
I'm not aware of Mac versions of the programs they mention on "videohelp.com." I have a dual platform office, so I don't give it as much thought as I should. I'll send the info along if I run across Mac-compatible applications that perform functions similar to the ones mentioned in the article.
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Re: What is the best brand of DVDs? September 19, 2005 03:52PM |
Registered: 17 years ago Posts: 6,730 |
G4 733 (damn, that's old) - better make sure first of all you have your firmware updated to use high speed media. I can pretty much guarantee that old machine does not read DVD+Rs (Only the newest G5 Superdrives do that from the factory) and DVD-Rs are more accepted by a wider range of player/recorders.
I use Memorex 8x DVD-R media and have no issues at all.
- Joey
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
I use Memorex 8x DVD-R media and have no issues at all.
- Joey
When life gives you dilemmas...make dilemmanade.
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