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Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / September 2004Burning 4x media at 8x
Hi all, I have a Pioneer 108 DVD burner in my G5 and bought a spindle of 50 Shintaro DVD blanks, labelled as 8x. Unfortunately Toast 6.0.5 only lets me burn them at 4x. When I try some JVC 8x rated blanks they are recognised as 8x and burn at 8x fine. Is there any way to force Toast to burn the discs at 8x? I don't know if I can take the discs back as I have used 5 or so of them. Thanks :) Try downloading the latest toast ver 6.0.7. that might fix it..I mean might. Graley > Hi all, I have a Pioneer 108 DVD burner in my G5 and bought a spindle of 50 > Shintaro DVD blanks, labelled as 8x. Unfortunately Toast 6.0.5 only lets me [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks :) I bought a spindle of Shintaro when I bought my Pioneer burner - they are cheapies, actually Princos. But of course I didn't know that then. Mixed results - some burn OK, some are coasters - 50/50 I guess. I will never buy them again though David > Hi all, I have a Pioneer 108 DVD burner in my G5 and bought a spindle of 50 > Shintaro DVD blanks, labelled as 8x. Unfortunately Toast 6.0.5 only lets me [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thanks :)  SignatureIf we're not supposed to eat animals, why are they made out of meat? They all burn OK for me, but they read back a lot slower than the Apple other other branded ones. Might give 6.0.7 a go! Thanks :) On 23/9/04 1:05 PM, in article 41523D6E.7A88D849@REMOVE-TO-REPLYoptusnet.com.au, "quietguy" <david1133@REMOVE-TO-REPLYoptusnet.com.au> wrote: > I bought a spindle of Shintaro when I bought my Pioneer burner - they > are cheapies, actually Princos. But of course I didn't know that then. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> >> Thanks :) > They all burn OK for me, but they read back a lot slower than the Apple > other other branded ones. Might give 6.0.7 a go! Thanks :) I can heartily recommend Taiyo Yuden DVD-Rs. Others swear by Ritek. Princos and Shintaros (which are just Princos) are a distant 3rd. TDKs are good too, because they're made by Taiyo Yuden. Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller Hmm sounds like I might need to go farther afield than JB Hifi for my DVD blanks ;) Where is a cheap place to source Taiyo Yuden blanks? There's an app on Versiontracker which tells you the true brand of your blanks, quite handy. On 24/9/04 12:47 AM, in article 240920040047205148%matreya@remove_mac.com, >> They all burn OK for me, but they read back a lot slower than the Apple >> other other branded ones. Might give 6.0.7 a go! Thanks :) [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > TDKs are good too, because they're made by Taiyo Yuden. > Hmm sounds like I might need to go farther afield than JB Hifi for my DVD > blanks ;) Where is a cheap place to source Taiyo Yuden blanks? They sell for $68 per spindle of 50 here in QLD. Whereabouts are you? > There's an app on Versiontracker which tells you the true brand of your > blanks, quite handy. What's it called? :) Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller I'm in Newcastle, NSW. The app is called DVD Media Inspector. I might have got it from xlr8yourmac.com. On 24/9/04 1:55 PM, in article 240920041355140480%matreya@remove_mac.com, >> Hmm sounds like I might need to go farther afield than JB Hifi for my DVD >> blanks ;) Where is a cheap place to source Taiyo Yuden blanks? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > What's it called? :) I use "record" brand which I bought from the computer swap meet in melbourne, they were 8x write for $45. I don't have any problems or complaints about them and willing to buy from them again. On 24/9/04 2:57 PM, in article BD79E656.64EE%goaway@nospam.com, "Ribfeast" <goaway@nospam.com> wrote: > I'm in Newcastle, NSW. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >> >> What's it called? :) I think it is just a problem with the media or how it is labelled. Toast 6.0.7 lets me burn 8x rated JVC media at 12x, so it DOES support winding up the speed, but on the Princo/Shintaro "8x" media it only allows 4x. On 28/9/04 9:22 PM, in article BD7F8690.4091%tmerritt@SPAMncable.net.au, > I use "record" brand which I bought from the computer swap meet in > melbourne, they were 8x write for $45. I don't have any problems or [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >>> >>> What's it called? :) > I think it is just a problem with the media or how it is labelled. Toast > 6.0.7 lets me burn 8x rated JVC media at 12x, so it DOES support winding up > the speed, but on the Princo/Shintaro "8x" media it only allows 4x. I stopped buying Shintaro DVD-Rs months ago when I discovered they were just Princos remarketed. btw, umart.com.au in brisbane and sydney have cheap Ritek DVD-Rs. Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller |
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