pixelation

[elizerrojas]

dell desktop just three moth old with a dvd burner, i also have a liteon external dvd burner. eveything was fine just a few days ago and suddely, all my burn come with lots of pixelation. i have not change a thing. same media(tdk) same speed(half of disc speed, disc 4x, i burn at 2x) this has been working fine until just a few days. what could it be? maybe filmware? it is a three month old computer. help. thanks.

[Chewy]

if both burners are doing it then it's about got to be bad disks

check on another player?

[elizerrojas]

hey chewy. yes both burners are doing it. i also have a desktop and i use the same media, same movie and same software and everything goes fine. so i can't be the disc, i'm not just talking about one disc, many discs. and again i go to the desktop under the same conditionos and again not problem.

[elizerrojas]

i'm checking another player. be back in a minute.

[Chewy]

if the dell's doing it with both burners and the same disks work fine in an older computer?

let's see burn logs from the dell

[elizerrojas]

another player, same problem. yes both burners are doing it. don't know how to get the log to post it. never done that.

[elizerrojas]

the desktop does fine with the same disc, same movie and same software. i have tried different software with both computers with the same results, dell burn=pixelation, desktop(emachine)=not problem.

[elizerrojas]

the compression applied is not that high, 27% compression. even with the great nero recode2 i had pixelation yesterday and with very little compression.

[Chewy]

what burning software?

use nero infotool and just save the "drive" part and post(with usb burner also plugged in)

[elizerrojas]

copytodvd and/or IMGBurn. the both give me pixelation.

[Chewy]

my hunch is that those 2 burners don't like a change in a mid code?

[elizerrojas]

well, today i unpluged the external one and burn nip/tuck season 3 disc e disc, 27% compression on 1clickdvd and the problem was the same, pixelation to no end.

i have a E-machine celeron 2.5 RAM which i bought refurbished for $299. this little thing has never given me a problem. i spent $800 on a dell that is only three month old and i have nothing but problems.

note to myself: don't buy expensive again, it is not worthy. much less if it is dell.

CAN I HAVE MY MONEY BACK! guess not. ah?

thank you very much chewy. you are the best.