My Bad Disk

[Chewy]

Nero CD-DVD Speed: Disc Info
Basic Information
Disc type: : DVD-ROM
Book Type : DVD-R
Manufacturer: : CMC
MID : CMC MAG. AF1
Write speeds: : 2 X - 4 X
Blank Capacity : 4.08 GB
: 4172 MB
: 4375511040 bytes
Extended Information
Layers : 1
Usage : General
Copyright protection : n/a
Recorder information : recorded with PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-105
Disc Status : Closed


is it a memorex, of course

dvdfab or shrink and the LG could not get a rip of it

[blutach]

What do you expect from CMC Mags? Still, it reckons the disk can be read. It only needs to be read at 1x remember

Regards

[Chewy]

it stalls out big time on all but the best players, 2 1/2 years ago I thought memorex was a good brand

[blutach]

Well, I never did. They were so variable in their quality, they couldn not be trusted.

Brand schmand - you know that.

Regards

[NightTran]

it stalls out big time on all but the best players, 2 1/2 years ago I thought memorex was a good brand

I did not know Memorex was bad either, I just buy from wallmart since they had alot of them until DD forum

[Chewy]

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?selectmedia=365#comments

looks great until you read this:

Check your old media CMC MAG.AF1!!!

After burning all OK. But after about 0.5 years many
reading errors and sometimes not recognizable even
at burner! and other DVD-ROM. Tryed to restore with
restoring tool isobuster, sometimes outputing many failures. I will never buy memorex!

[NightTran]

I want to ask this question too about quality? few weeks ago I had to reburn some Memorex disc that quality was really bad ( below 50 or even 0), I was able to reburn and check them alright in my dvd player ( the reburn), my question is that how long is the dvd qua go really bad that the ripping process become impossible, to me 0 is the lowest but I still get a reburn done, if we can reburn it then why bother? as long as the information is still in the dvd?

any input would be great

[Chewy]

the 0 to 100 scale is misleading, it's based soley on a peak value, pof's reported by benq's are probably more relevant.
Don't let them get this bad

[Dan]

Yeah, here is a CMC beauty that I did before I knew about good bad and just plain awful media!

[blutach]

Dan,

I officially hand you the record of the most f*cked up burn ever.

Hats off to you and CMC Magnetics!

Regards

[Gary D]

Hey Dan

There is an upgrade to CD/DVD speed. It is now versioned 4.51.1

http://www.cdspeed2000.com/

Have a great day in Ottawa!

[Dan]

Gee thanks Blutach! Not a record to be proud of. Needless to say I only use good media on all my backups since that disaster!

Yeah I have CD/DVD speed v 4.51.1, that is just an old scan I had saved on my computer. Luckily I have never had another scan that compares to it!

Oh...thanks Gary! You have a great day too fellow Canuck!