Burner

[VirgUSA]

I have a LiteOn SOHW-1693S burner. I do not have good results burning DVD+ media. I have freezing and skips. I have used Verbatim and Sony DVD+ 16 media at various burn speeds. Dash media burns fine.

I am thinking about purchasing a new burner, either a NEC or Benq. Would I have better results burning + media with either of these burners? Or is my burn problem something to do with my computer?

[discman]

is your firmware up to date?.also have you tried your burns in other players?.

[LT. Columbo]

what was used to burn? do you need to use +R? if you must, maybe a burner that allows you to booktype would be ideal

[VirgUSA]

I use ImgBurn to burn. I need to use plus media. I set to booktype. Firmware is up to date.

[soup]

Chewy said something about fixing that LiteOn, could you post your most recent burn log?

[Chewy]

http://forum.digital-digest.com/showthread.php?t=65421

after reading this thread I am not sure if the firmware is corrupt or he got bad batches of dvd+r media?

[VirgUSA]

Chewy

Can I redo the firmware?

[Chewy]

let's try reflashing from safe mode, who know, sh!te happens.

the best firmware for liteons come from this site, they are very strong with the liteon force

http://codeguys.rpc1.org/firmwares.html#SOHW-1693S

honestly I don't think liteon really cares

[tikicarver]

I have a Lite-on 1693S. It worked fine for the first 5 months, but now I can not get it to burn anything. have tried evrything, from the many suggestions here. The last straw was last night, I re-installed all the lastest Nero software, (as the Lite-on tech guys suggested), then I used Nero Speed disc to create a data disc. Then I checked the quality and it came back as "0"
I checked a disc that i burned a few months ago, that is actually one of the discs that will play on my PC, LAptop and Home theatre. I ran dics quality check on it, it started to look good, at quality rating of 90, then as it got to around 80% done, the errors went into the red and it ended up with a score of "0".
So, I give up, I just bought a NEC1550A at Newegg (thanks for the tip) for $30. Hopefully this wil solve all my proiblems.

PS if anyone wants the 1693A, I'll sell it for $20 + free shipping.
it plays commercial DVD with no probelm, CDs too.
for burning DVDs I make no promises, maybe you can get it to work