nec 2510a

[seperatist]

well, i took the plunge and bought this dvd burner from newegg.com. i hope it turns out to be a good drive.

my friend gave me a spindle of 25 memorex 4x dvd-r. are they any good?

 

[dreamliner77]

Depends who makes them. There are utils to read the manufacturer info off of the discs. Nero will do this.

 

[seperatist]

i guess that means memorex didn't actually make them, they just put their name on them.

my dvd player will only play -r and +rw so that worked out.

 

[dreamliner77]

That is correct, memorex does not manufacture their discs. As for your dvd player, if you want it to play +R, try looking at cdfreaks.com, there is probably a booktype setter for your drive that you can use to set +R to DVD-Rom. Helps with compatibility.

 

[seperatist]

i was actually refering to my stand alone dvd player but i am going to look into what you said for my computer's drive.

 

[dreamliner77]

No, i meant for the set top dvd player. You can set the booktype when you burn a dvd so that it is more compatible with the settop boxes.

 

[seperatist]

you know what? i have no idea what you mean by booktype setter. i am dumb.

 

[dreamliner77]

http://www.4kus.com.tw/zip/Book type manual_e.pdf
http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/10148
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=101340
http://www.herrie.org/


That should be a good start.

 

[seperatist]

now i understand. thanks man for all your help. you seem to always be the first to respond to all of my dumb questions and you always have smart and helpful answers.

 

[dreamliner77]

heh, thanks.

Feel free to rep me...

 

[seperatist]

i've actually repped you so much that i have to rep someone else before i can rep you again.

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to dreamliner77 again."


lol

 

[dreamliner77]

heh. share the love...

 

[LeeJend]

You can download a copy of dvdinfo to read the details off a DVD blank.

Fuji also puts their name on other people's media. My favorite DVD anecdote is the guy who bought a 100 pack spindle of Fuji's and found 3 different brands of blanks in it.

 

[dreamliner77]

Yeah, that hasn't been that uncommon with DVD-+R/W media.

 

[seperatist]

i got the drive and so far it's worked great. 2 dvds and 2 cds burned.

 

[the_music_man]

cool have you tried Dual layer burning yet??

 

[seperatist]

not yet. i don't have a dl blank yet. i will get one soon though.

 

[Tuffgong4]

let me know how it works...I have the 2500a and there are modded firmware for it to make it into your dvd burner so I can burn dl layer dvds...I've read everywhere it's the same hardware so it shouldn't be too dangerous for me...

 

[dreamliner77]

For the same matter, there is firmware to make a 2510a into a 2500.

 

[Zedric]

For the same matter, there is firmware to make a 2510a into a 2500.

Yeah, that sounds really useful.