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Argh......Which DVD format to use!?

  • 05-06-2009 11:33pm
    #1
    charlietangodel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32 ✭


    Hi there,

    I hope someone can help me!

    I have an advent laptop which according to my device manager, has an Optiarc AD7530D DVD RW drive.

    I've googled the info but this model returns no results. :confused:

    I had a bundle of 50 Verbatim blank DVD-R's, of which only about 60% actually successfully burned for me. The rest were not recognised by the drive and I consistently got a "Please insert a blank Disc" error message with them. I also had some Memorex DVD-R's which were also rejected by the drive

    Does anyone know what DVD's I should be using? Perhaps, I need DVD+R's ?

    Or is the problem just that the blank discs are of poor quality? - I would have thought both of those brands were pretty good! :)


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  • #2
    ronkmonster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭ronkmonster


    try burning at a lower speed.

    try some dvd+r and see if they are any better. i think + has better tolerance.


  • #3
    calex71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    i wouldnt say either of those brands were poor, certainly with verbatim which ive used for years, id say they have a fail rate of one in 100 if that on any machines i've used them on.

    How old is the drive / laptop you are using , could be worth throwing a lense cleaning disc into it , can't hurt. Also what software are you using

    Try using this on google - optiarc ad-7530 d


  • #4
    R3al
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭R3al


    charlietangodel wrote: »
    I had a bundle of 50 Verbatim blank DVD-R's,

    Does anyone know what DVD's I should be using? Perhaps, I need DVD+R's ?

    Verbatim is a fairly crap brand in my experience, nearly all modern DVD players and re-writers these days can handle both -r & +r


  • #5
    MunsterCycling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,864 ✭✭✭MunsterCycling


    R3al wrote: »
    Verbatim is a fairly crap brand in my experience, nearly all modern DVD players and re-writers these days can handle both -r & +r


    I suggest you get a better quality burner if you think that, they are one of the most reliable discs on the market, you might have gotten a bad batch as there are only a few DVD disc factories in the world that supply all the different brands, goggle it.

    MC


  • #6
    CCSL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 422 ✭✭CCSL


    look at the logos on the cd drive it should say +r or -r there:rolleyes:


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  • #7
    fifibibi
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭fifibibi


    Try DVD RW ' s , 16x, 8x are not very good....
    depending on what im burning, my dvd drive will not accept dvd-rs or dvd+r's only dvd rw's or i get that error message too..

    Especially good if burning movies to disc...;);)

    Naughty naughty:)


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