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    Magnavox DVD+R = bad on XPS M1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by hanime, Dec 22, 2008.

  1. hanime

    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    I don't understand why but non of the Magnavox DVD+R will burn successfully on my XPS. I have always used Sony brand with 99% success. I recently got the 100pk Magnavox DVD+R and the first 4 I used ALL FAILED, usually at 96% or 50% of the burning progess, or even during verification. I tried these DVDs on an HP laptop and they write successfully. What gives?

    Using Nero 9.x to burn DVD videos.
     
    hanime, Dec 22, 2008
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    kanehi Notebook Deity

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    I'm partial to TDK's.
     
    kanehi, Dec 22, 2008
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    PhoenixFx Notebook Virtuoso

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    Not all DVD burners work with all DVD brands out there. This is not something new.. especially with low quality disks. Too bad you bought 100 disks.

    Try burning at lower speeds, it might help. I hardly think it has anything to do with Nero, but out of curiosity, were you able to burn any other DVDs (i.e : Sony) successfully with Nero 9 ?

    P.S : Manufacturers sometime improve compatibility and add new media support with firmware updates; but I'm not sure if DELL has released any updates lately.
     
    PhoenixFx, Dec 22, 2008
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    ZaZ Super Model Super Moderator

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    Taiyo Yudens are the best you can buy. Verbatims are a good second choice.
     
    ZaZ, Dec 22, 2008
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    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    years ago I got some DVD's with my desktop. Last week I end to try them and they did not work. DVD's and CD's do have a shelf life. I have gotten bad batches of CD's where an entire case of 100 were bad.
     
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    hanime Notebook Evangelist

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    I have tried burning them in lower speeds such as 4x (I usually write at 8x) and they still fail. I'll try another program besides Nero and see if that helps.
     
    hanime, Dec 22, 2008
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