6K Bitrate vs. 8K bitrate DVD's

[Ron Evans]

hi Barry. I had someone tell me his DVD was giving him some problems and then another person with the same event had the same problem. I checked my master and had problems too. Very worrying!!! So I managed to get the PC to read in the end at slow read and have now gone over all the DVD from about 8 years ago. This one batch seems to be the only problem but it has made me back up everything again and also keep copies of Video-TS on a big hard drive too!! Since TY have been available I have used those with no problems and since the price difference between TY and Ritek is negligible for a hobby like mine I now use TY exclusively. I use the 16x hub printable glossy Watershed ones.

Ron Evans

[GrassValley_BH]

Burn speed still matters - so if you're doing anything for long-term storage or outside distribution, burn slower.

[Ron Evans]

The Ritek I used were 8 times burned at 4 times and the 16x I use now I burn at 8 times. Is that slow enough?

Ron Evans

[GrassValley_BH]

I generally burn at the slowest available speed, but that's just me being paranoid.

[Ron Evans]

I can't find it now but I read somewhere that the newer 16x discs may actually behave worse burned at a slower speed which is why I stay at 8 assuming half speed would give more time for the burn without over burning the dye and potentially causing other problems. Would be nice to have an expert give an answer to this issue. I expect it has a lot to do with the burner too. Those early discs of mine were burned with a Panasonic DVD-RAM burner and my newer discs are on LG burners, newer computer latest Nero and always with full verify.

Ron Evans

[GrassValley_BH]

Half-speed is probably safest. I have older media and drives, so I tend to burn slow.

[STORMDAVE]

When DVD-R's started to hit the market, I always got Maxell and it said Made in Japan and I used to buy the 2x ones in bulk, those were great discs...now Maxell is bad and I don't know where they manufacture it that's why I stick with TY.

Companies like Ritek etc are a hit and miss. I stay away from Sony and Verbatim too...I only use those if I just need general storage or cheap copies of something. I don't want customers complaining to me about dissapearing video so I tell them to store the originals somewhere safe and just use the extra copies I gave them. I can't keep backups of so much work.\

PS. I burn 16x discs at 8x.

[shueardm]

My old time favourite was Pioneer 4 X DVD-R, I miss them :) But TY are super.

Does anyone ever use the Gold Archival discs as a master and what's the opinion of them.

[antonsvideo]

I tried a few of the TDK scratch and dust proof ones, you really can't scratch them and they repel dust

I have no idea if all this makes them last longer, we will see

I also tried the Verbatim Gold inkjet printable ones, we will see how long the last

[biopic]

I backup important stuff on Kodak gold discs. They are guaranteed for 100 years. If they fail I shall come back and haunt the company.

[easy_edit]

Some DVD players play maximum 7K bitrate...