[newbie] Choice of DVD Blank Media over Device make

2004-09-21 Thread John Richard Smith
I bought a NEC 2510A recently. I have never bought DVD blanks before, whether dual or single layer.I note that here in UK, suppliers are grading the media make against manufacturer/device.That implies they have had trouble with some makes of media with certain makes of drive. I wondered if

Re: [newbie] Choice of DVD Blank Media over Device make

2004-09-21 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 05:45, John Richard Smith wrote: I bought a NEC 2510A recently. I have never bought DVD blanks before, whether dual or single layer. I note that here in UK, suppliers are grading the media make against manufacturer/device. That implies they have had trouble with

Re: [newbie] Choice of DVD Blank Media over Device make

2004-09-21 Thread Hoyt Bailey
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 06:24, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 21 September 2004 05:45, John Richard Smith wrote: I bought a NEC 2510A recently. FWIW I receiently purchased a Plextor 708A and with the drive I also ordered 25 RW disks and 25 -R disks. I received the following: Memorex DVD

[newbie] Choice of DVD Blank Media over Device make

2004-09-21 Thread John Richard Smith
I bought a NEC 2510A recently. I have never bought DVD blanks before, whether dual or single layer. I note that here in UK, suppliers are grading the media make against manufacturer/device. That implies they have had trouble with some makes of media with certain makes of drive. I wondered if

Re: [newbie] Choice of DVD Blank Media over Device make

2004-09-21 Thread John Richard Smith
Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 21 September 2004 05:45, John Richard Smith wrote: Stands to reason that with any hardware device, there will be variations in manufacturing standards. However, suppliers grading media against specific devices does NOT imply that there are issues with other

Re: [newbie] Choice of DVD Blank Media over Device make

2004-09-21 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Tuesday 21 September 2004 09:37, John Richard Smith wrote: OK, but tell me what actually is the difference between CD-R , and CD+R ? No such animal. There is only CDR and CDRW, there is no +/- related to CD media. The only reason there is a +/- with DVD is that there are two industry