Reliability of writable DVDs

[CWatters]

I've got a Philips DVD writer and I'm using Philips DVD+R/W media and Ahead
Nero. I've never magaged to get the combination to reliably reuse RW media.
I can write from new but not erase and re-write. I've tried quick and full
erase but only about 1 in 4 attemps to reuse a disc work. Typically the
write completes and I get verify failures or the new DVD can't be mounted.
I'm burning around 3.5G onto 4.7G media. All this at 2.5x speed.

Is this typical of DVD+RW or are you folks able to make RW media work as
intended?

 

[Neil Maxwell]

I've got a Philips DVD writer and I'm using Philips DVD+R/W media and Ahead
Nero. I've never magaged to get the combination to reliably reuse RW media.
I can write from new but not erase and re-write. I've tried quick and full
erase but only about 1 in 4 attemps to reuse a disc work. Typically the
write completes and I get verify failures or the new DVD can't be mounted.
I'm burning around 3.5G onto 4.7G media. All this at 2.5x speed.

Is this typical of DVD+RW or are you folks able to make RW media work as
intended?

I've been able to use DVD+RW on my NEC burners using Nero 6 with no
problems. I've re-written some up to 8-10 times. One failed compare
after the 2nd burn, but I think it was due to scuffs on the poly.

These are all for video, watched in a standalone DVD player. I always
burn at less than the max media speed. You might want to try a
different burner or different blanks.

I wouldn't consider using re-writables for anything important, though.

 

[Rod Speed]

I've got a Philips DVD writer and I'm using Philips DVD+R/W media
and Ahead Nero. I've never magaged to get the combination to reliably
reuse RW media. I can write from new but not erase and re-write.
I've tried quick and full erase but only about 1 in 4 attemps to reuse
a disc work. Typically the write completes and I get verify failures
or the new DVD can't be mounted. I'm burning around 3.5G onto
4.7G media. All this at 2.5x speed.

Is this typical of DVD+RW

Nope, works fine here in both a Pioneer 109 and an LG 4176B.

I normally burn using Roxio but it works fine using Nero too.

or are you folks able to make RW media work as intended?

Yep, and I've rewritten some something like 10 times so far.

 

[CWatters]

Nope, works fine here in both a Pioneer 109 and an LG 4176B.

I normally burn using Roxio but it works fine using Nero too.


Yep, and I've rewritten some something like 10 times so far.

Thanks folks,

Given the low price of DVD writers I decided to replace mine. New one
installed today seems to handle the same media with no problems and it can
do 16x on +R so no waiting for an hour now.

 

[Rod Speed]

Thanks folks,

Given the low price of DVD writers I decided to replace mine.

Yeah, thats the reason I have two, they're so cheap that it made
sense to have one in each of the PCs that I use DVDs in much.

New one installed today seems to handle the same media with no
problems and it can do 16x on +R so no waiting for an hour now.

Yeah, looks like the original drive is a dud.