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  • locoeng
    Who Farted?
    • Dec 2005
    • 2509

    Just to set the record staight guys, I didn't buy these discs. But as you can see, they aren't all that bad.


    "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. It's not fair to you and no challenge for us."
    Walt Kelly

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    • NightTran
      King of Digital Video
      King of Digital Video
      • Aug 2005
      • 4224

      who bought them?
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      • locoeng
        Who Farted?
        • Dec 2005
        • 2509

        A friend bought them for me...they are about 3 years old, never opened them.


        "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. It's not fair to you and no challenge for us."
        Walt Kelly

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        • NightTran
          King of Digital Video
          King of Digital Video
          • Aug 2005
          • 4224

          Originally Posted by locoeng
          A friend bought them for me...they are about 3 years old, never opened them.
          three years old should not be bad at all , how do you compare DVD flick and other program that you had use?
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          • Dan
            Digital Video Master
            Digital Video Master
            • Dec 2005
            • 1029

            Originally Posted by Chewy
            loco's disk id has gone loco?
            Indeed it has,lol. Looks good too!

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            • locoeng
              Who Farted?
              • Dec 2005
              • 2509

              Originally Posted by NightTran
              three years old should not be bad at all , how do you compare DVD flick and other program that you had use?
              I haven't used many, but it seems a little slow...however, it did a few movies that convertx and Nero spit out.

              For some reason when I use something other than DVDS/Imgburn the MID is removed from the disc. CD Speed reported no information, Imgburn and DVDInfo Pro were the same as well. If I use DVD-RB, and now DVD Flick, all that information doesn't seem to be there anymore.


              "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. It's not fair to you and no challenge for us."
              Walt Kelly

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              • Dan
                Digital Video Master
                Digital Video Master
                • Dec 2005
                • 1029

                Sounds like some strange things going on there loco.

                Have you tried loading Nero Info Tool when a blank is in the drive? Or is it all a bunch of these - - - - .

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                • jblitz277
                  Digital Video Technician
                  Digital Video Technician
                  • Apr 2007
                  • 417

                  ok guys can u explain to me some of my scans have less errors than others on here but my score is lower am i not looking at the right thing(errors)
                  Asus P5N-E Sli nForce 650i mobo
                  Intel Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz
                  4 Gb OCZ Platinum Rev 2 PC6400 DDR2 800mhz
                  Samsung 203B(sata)
                  BenQ 1655(ide)
                  Lite-On LH-20A1S-12 (sata)
                  500Gb WD caviar (sata)
                  300Gb Seagate Barracuda (ide)
                  500Gb Western Digital external Harddrive USB X 2
                  600w Ultra Infinity PS
                  8500GT 512mb Vid
                  Samsung Syncmaster 906BW
                  Vista Ultimate (32 bit)

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                  • Chewy
                    Super Moderator
                    • Nov 2003
                    • 18971

                    it depends upon the scanning interval(1 vs 8) samsung and liteon use 1
                    benq and nec use 8

                    and since the QS is determined by the highest PIF, not the total, I usually don't watch it as much as the pif total, which is more important singling out
                    excellent burns

                    but just one huge spike can give playability or reading problems

                    A pof(benq scan) is when the pif gets real bad/high

                    other drives may just show glitches removed

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                    • Dan
                      Digital Video Master
                      Digital Video Master
                      • Dec 2005
                      • 1029

                      Originally Posted by jblitz277
                      ok guys can u explain to me some of my scans have less errors than others on here but my score is lower am i not looking at the right thing(errors)
                      I always look at the PIF total first, then PIF max. I see the QS as secondary for the reasons Chewy mentioned above.

                      If you look at a few scans from yesterday, the Verbatim had PIF total of 43 and max of 2. To me that is an excellent quality burn regardless of a 95 QS

                      I also don't like to see a cluster of PIF in one area, especially if it spikes in the middle. Although sometimes it's just something stuck to the disk,lol.

                      other drives may just show glitches removed
                      I used to see that occasionally with the NEC, but haven't in quite some time.
                      Last edited by Dan; 7 May 2007, 11:29 PM.

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                      • jblitz277
                        Digital Video Technician
                        Digital Video Technician
                        • Apr 2007
                        • 417

                        Gotcha so what is a bad pif total 500,700,200 where is the standard
                        Asus P5N-E Sli nForce 650i mobo
                        Intel Quad Q6600 2.4 Ghz
                        4 Gb OCZ Platinum Rev 2 PC6400 DDR2 800mhz
                        Samsung 203B(sata)
                        BenQ 1655(ide)
                        Lite-On LH-20A1S-12 (sata)
                        500Gb WD caviar (sata)
                        300Gb Seagate Barracuda (ide)
                        500Gb Western Digital external Harddrive USB X 2
                        600w Ultra Infinity PS
                        8500GT 512mb Vid
                        Samsung Syncmaster 906BW
                        Vista Ultimate (32 bit)

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                        • beachbumm33
                          Digital Video Enthusiast
                          Digital Video Enthusiast
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 380

                          hey jblitz, check out this post by Chewy....
                          might give ya a lil info on scan totals.....hope it was what ur lookin 4

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                          • beachbumm33
                            Digital Video Enthusiast
                            Digital Video Enthusiast
                            • Feb 2007
                            • 380

                            burned and scanned with liteon 160p6s (psob) @4x....mij ty02
                            great batch of em!
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                            Last edited by beachbumm33; 11 May 2007, 01:59 PM. Reason: added scan

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                            • locoeng
                              Who Farted?
                              • Dec 2005
                              • 2509

                              Disc 1 burned with DVDD.
                              Disc 2 burned with Imgburn.
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                              "I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed person. It's not fair to you and no challenge for us."
                              Walt Kelly

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                              • Chewy
                                Super Moderator
                                • Nov 2003
                                • 18971

                                long ago and far away and on a real tight budget I looked for a benq, found an oem refurb at newegg for 32$, had to crossflash with retail firmware so it would scan

                                I gave it to my son over a year ago when I got my benq 1650

                                staples brand 16x dvd+r cmc mag's 16 cents

                                most any other drive would have died long ago
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