Re: DVD-R or DVD+R

2010-06-10 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
On 10/06/2010, at 9:33 AM, Lloyd White wrote: > Thanks Ronni, > > I checked that site. The most interesting part for me was that with DVD+R > you can burn a part of it and then come back later to burn more data on the > unused part. That could be useful to me. > > My loca

Re: DVD-R or DVD+R

2010-06-09 Thread Lloyd White
Thanks Ronni, I checked that site. The most interesting part for me was that with DVD+R you can burn a part of it and then come back later to burn more data on the unused part. That could be useful to me. My local supplier could give me no such information! Regards Lloyd > > Hi

Re: DVD-R or DVD+R

2010-06-09 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Lloyd, I've always had more success with Verbatim discs than any other brand, so don't know why you are suddenly experiencing problems. The disks are pretty much the same, but the writing process is different. DVD+R is a bit more advanced, but the disks often cost more than the o

Re: DVD-R or DVD+R

2010-06-09 Thread Lloyd White
Hi David, That may be the case. I just tried a different brand of DVD-R and it was accepted by the computer. Can anyone tell me the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R ? Lloyd > Hi Lloyd -- > > -- It might just be that you have hit a bad patch in the Verbatim production > l

Re: DVD-R

2010-06-08 Thread David Noel
Hi Lloyd -- -- It might just be that you have hit a bad patch in the Verbatim production line. I had a similar problem with a batch of Sony DVD+Rs. I even sent one which was clearly faulty back to Sony, they denied there was anything wrong with it. I now use TDK Gold DVD+R discs, they are a bit

DVD-R

2010-06-07 Thread Lloyd White
Hi everyone, In the past I have burned about 40 Verbatim DVD-R disks but suddenly my iMac (OS 10.6.3) rejects these disks. They just keep popping out again after about 30 seconds. However TDK DVD-RW disks are accepted. Is there any reason the Verbatim disks are suddenly not acceptable? Could

Re: DVD-R DL

2006-02-07 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 7/02/2006 6:15 PM, "Adrian Skehan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know where I can get blank DVD-R DL disks? > > Regards, > > Adrian > Hi Adrian I've got quite a few of them in stock and am doing them at a good price. Drop me an email

DVD-R DL

2006-02-07 Thread Adrian Skehan
Does anyone know where I can get blank DVD-R DL disks? Regards, Adrian

Re: VHS to DVD-r (was blank ;-) ) (And now about bridging) :o)

2005-10-22 Thread Paul Doyle
Hi Hugh, If all you want to do is copy straight from VHS to DVD and time is an issue then consider a DVD recorder. We bought a Panasonic DVD recorder back in the early days when they cost about twice their current price. We also have an eMac that is great for video editing. When all I need

Re: VHS to DVD-r (was blank ;-) ) (And now about bridging) :o)

2005-10-21 Thread Daniel Kerr
On 21/10/2005 11:25 AM, "Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 21/10/2005, at 11:15 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: > >> Hi, I am looking for advice on what is the best way to burn dvd's of my >> many hours of VHS video (currently standing at around 200+ hours) of >> family stuff. I have a G5 Imac an

Re: VHS to DVD-r (was blank ;-) )

2005-10-21 Thread Rod
On 21/10/2005, at 11:15 AM, Hugh Griffiths wrote: Hi, I am looking for advice on what is the best way to burn dvd's of my many hours of VHS video (currently standing at around 200+ hours) of family stuff. I have a G5 Imac and a hi-fi stereo VHS player, just not sure what the best way to connect

Burning VCD format onto DVD-R question

2004-05-20 Thread Rod
Hi All! Does anyone know if it is possible to burn a VCD format onto a DVD-R? The reason I ask is that I have to compile a heap of footy games for a friend who works in Africa for 3 month stretches. At the moment I have to split one game over 2 DVD-Rs if I use iMovie and iDVD. The qulaity of

Re: Blank DVD R Disks

2004-04-26 Thread Phillip McGree
Somewhere in Fremantle or Rockingham (ie official tourist areas)? If so, then somewhere like Target or Myer in Freo would probably have them. Possibly Coles Fremantle. Regards, Phil >Please does anyone know where a dope can buy blank DVDR disks on a public >holiday? >Ta >Rod > -- ---

Blank DVD R Disks

2004-04-26 Thread Rod Blitvich
Please does anyone know where a dope can buy blank DVDR disks on a public holiday? Ta Rod -- Rod BLITVICH Head of Learning Technologies Balcatta Senior High School Apple Educator of Excellence 2002 - 2003 Amy and Sam's Dad [EMAIL PROTECTED]0409 681 256 http://www.apple.com.a

Re: SuperDrive vs DVD-R 4x media...

2004-02-11 Thread Mark Secker
Note that DVD's spin MUCH MUCH faster than CD's even at "one speed" they are spinning - um (off the top of my head - tech check please!) 4 to 6 times faster than a CD so 2x DVDR burn the disk is actually spinning at about the same speed as 8 or 12 x CDR burn. the drive it's self will only

Re: SuperDrive vs DVD-R 4x media...

2004-02-11 Thread James / Hans Kunz
my 17" powerbook has a superdrive aswell (brand: matshita) and does only 1x or 2x dvd burn speed, the drive must be designed to run on the 4x, if i use a 4x dvd-r then i only can burn it @ 2x, i trialled "general" & "tdk" (appleshop / dick smith) disks, both seems

SuperDrive vs DVD-R 4x media...

2004-02-10 Thread Mark Heeler
Superdrive vs. DVD-R 4x media Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-Path: : [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a eMac (running 10.3.2) with a Superdrive. This is a factory DVR-104 listing the device revision as A227. Using Apple DVD-R 4x

Re: For Sale or Exchange DVD + R for DVD -R

2003-08-22 Thread Shay Telfer
Hello All Further to the problem Mike has highlighted below you may like to read a thread at Macintouch about this subject http://www.macintouch.com/dvdstandards.html With DVD's there is NO UNIVERSAL STANDARD SO BEWARE what you buy. Cheers Bob Actually, the problem is that there are too man

Re: For Sale or Exchange DVD + R for DVD -R

2003-08-22 Thread R Howells
of 3) SONY DVD+R, which he now advises me are no good for his G4 Ighz Super drive. Would anyone be able to exchange these for 6 DVD -R? Have a good day Mike Anderson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guideli

For Sale or Exchange DVD + R for DVD -R

2003-08-22 Thread Michael Anderson
My son has just purchased 6 (2 packs of 3) SONY DVD+R, which he now advises me are no good for his G4 Ighz Super drive. Would anyone be able to exchange these for 6 DVD -R? Have a good day Mike Anderson

PowerBook DVD-R now a DVD-RW

2003-08-22 Thread Mark Secker
Success... as mentioned on Wednesday I have run the unofficial drive flash and have restored the so "DVD-R" Superdrive in my 1Ghz PowerBook into a DVD-RW Superdrive. testing shows that the drive now burns at: CD tested using iTunes and Toast Ti. Audio and data CD-R 16x vs old 8x C

Re: Pioneer DVD-R firmware bug

2002-09-19 Thread Shay Telfer
on 19/09/02 09:54, Shay Telfer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi... Basically if you use 4X disks without the appropriate firmware patch you can destroy the laser. Thanks, Shay Does any

Pioneer DVD-R firmware bug

2002-09-19 Thread Shay Telfer
Hi... Basically if you use 4X disks without the appropriate firmware patch you can destroy the laser. Thanks, Shay -- === Shay Telfer =