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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Bulluss on April 30, 2006, 11:00:00 AM

Title: DVD's
Post by: Bulluss on April 30, 2006, 11:00:00 AM

Just curious if other people here have trouble playing "backed up" DVD's sometimes?

i normally burn my at 4 speed so that i dont get any jumping, but of late i have been having a lot of trouble with discs jumping and sometimes not even reading.

I am still using the same kind of discs so am not too sure what is the problem.

I am thinking it may be the cheap-arse DVD player that i have got.

Maybe time to update.

Any assistance or advice would be great.

Title: Re: DVD's
Post by: General Disregard on May 01, 2006, 06:17:15 PM

In the computer we use an LG and have had no issues

Previously we had a Lite On which was much cheaper

We were advised that the cheaper one had a limited working life

Pioneer is suposed to be the best, but have known people to have issues with the software

For the TV we have several cheap DVD players, all have little qwerks

The JVC for just a few bucks more doesn't miss a beat with any format

Title: Re: DVD's
Post by: Ox on May 01, 2006, 06:34:15 PM

Some of my, "BACKED UP" DVDs have thrie moments but most are fine.
Give it a whirl on a mates deck,if its a good one,before u blame what u have.

LMAO@Telling a judge that u were Just backing up your DVD :rollin

Title: Re: DVD's
Post by: Bulluss on May 01, 2006, 07:48:31 PM

LMAO @ me having about 200 backed up dvd's but no originals  ;D :shh

Title: Re: DVD's
Post by: Ox on May 01, 2006, 10:24:22 PM

Quote from: TheBull on May 01, 2006, 07:48:31 PM

LMAO @ me having about 200 backed up dvd's but no originals  ;D :shh

Well Bull,obviously the originals were stolen - tuff break champ.

If u're anything like me u wouldn't have even reprted it to the police or insurance company. :scream

Title: Re: DVD's
Post by: tiga on May 03, 2006, 09:13:48 AM

When burning DVD's on a PC, the hard drive is used as part of the caching process. If the drive is fragmented or you have apps running in the background, this can cause disruption to the data burning process. So the best thing is to Defrag your Hard drive regularly and make sure there are no apps running in the background during the process. I have backed up many of my DVD's and never had a problem.

Title: Re: DVD's
Post by: Bulluss on May 03, 2006, 08:18:12 PM

Tiga/Ox

What is your preferred choice of DVD brand when backing up your movies?

I am using Ritek 8 speed, but always burn at 4 speed as i found that i had too many troubles at 8 speed.

Title: Re: DVD's
Post by: tiga on May 03, 2006, 10:23:30 PM

Bull, I usually use verbatim, TDK or Imation. Never had a problem with these brands.