Finalise - do all types of DVDR need finalising ?

june wrote:
>
> smh wrote:
> > . --------------------------------------
> > Mike Richter, were you born with
> > "Scam Artist" emblazoned on your face?
> > --------------------------------------
> > http://tinyurl.com/3w9h5a
> >
> > (No Mikey S-lickers have been able to prove ANY of the above )
> > (is a LIBEL -- despite Mikey claimed to have PROOF of libels!)
> > '
> >
> > june wrote:
> >> I always do by the way and i'm a dvd-r person usually
> >>
> >> guy at work reckons theres one type you don't have to finalise
> >>
> >> as in you can send someone else your disc and it will play
> >> without lots of hassle and isobuster etc.
> >
> > With DVD+-R/RW in DVD-Video mode, DVD+RW is the only format not
> > requiring finalization. But even DVD+RW needs to be finalized if any
> > "edit" is done to make it what they call "making edits compatible".
>
> thankyou
>
> at last a sensible reply

you and he could well be great friends. enjoy.

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>> >
>> r/w is just the re-useable version of r.
>>
>> When you are finished with a recording, you can erase (initalize) the
>> disk and re-use it a hundred times (some advertising says 1000 times).
>>
>> I normally only use dvd-r/w for tv recordings and cd-r/w for computer
>> backups. Of course, once in a while I will use just cd-r or dvd-r for a
>> special reason.
>>
>> A particular recorder may or may not allow recording of r/w discs. Refer
>> to the specification page in the user manual.
>>
>> Jack
>
>have the RW become more stable? Mine didn't seem to last very long and
>just gave up without any real warning.
======================

I have quite a few dvd-rw's and haven't lost one yet.

Once in a while a bad spot may appear in the middle of a recording that you
have to stop/start to continue but it always goes away when next recorded.

Some cd-rw's have given up the ghost but that was using an earlier cd
burner on the computer. The current burners seem to be better.

Jack

jyazelz@peoplepc.com wrote:
>
> >> >
> >> r/w is just the re-useable version of r.
> >>
> >> When you are finished with a recording, you can erase (initalize) the
> >> disk and re-use it a hundred times (some advertising says 1000 times).
> >>
> >> I normally only use dvd-r/w for tv recordings and cd-r/w for computer
> >> backups. Of course, once in a while I will use just cd-r or dvd-r for a
> >> special reason.
> >>
> >> A particular recorder may or may not allow recording of r/w discs. Refer
> >> to the specification page in the user manual.
> >>
> >> Jack
> >
> >have the RW become more stable? Mine didn't seem to last very long and
> >just gave up without any real warning.
> ======================
>
> I have quite a few dvd-rw's and haven't lost one yet.
>
> Once in a while a bad spot may appear in the middle of a recording that you
> have to stop/start to continue but it always goes away when next recorded.
>
> Some cd-rw's have given up the ghost but that was using an earlier cd
> burner on the computer. The current burners seem to be better.
>
> Jack

I lost a couple, used for recording on home dvdr. They just died,
completely, without warning. I have also started having problems with
some dvdram, when trying to use them for tidying , taking stuff off
my dvdr's hard drive then putting it back the recording becomes
corrupt.

--
Paul (We won't die of devotion)
-------------------------------------------------------
Stop and Look
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/

>
>> I have quite a few dvd-rw's and haven't lost one yet.
>>
>> Once in a while a bad spot may appear in the middle of a recording that you
>> have to stop/start to continue but it always goes away when next recorded.
>>
>> Some cd-rw's have given up the ghost but that was using an earlier cd
>> burner on the computer. The current burners seem to be better.
>>
>> Jack
>
>I lost a couple, used for recording on home dvdr. They just died,
>completely, without warning. I have also started having problems with
>some dvdram, when trying to use them for tidying , taking stuff off
>my dvdr's hard drive then putting it back the recording becomes
>corrupt.
=========================

I've never used dvdram so that's out of my league. Sorry.

Jack

jyazelz@peoplepc.com wrote:
>
> >
> >> I have quite a few dvd-rw's and haven't lost one yet.
> >>
> >> Once in a while a bad spot may appear in the middle of a recording that you
> >> have to stop/start to continue but it always goes away when next recorded.
> >>
> >> Some cd-rw's have given up the ghost but that was using an earlier cd
> >> burner on the computer. The current burners seem to be better.
> >>
> >> Jack
> >
> >I lost a couple, used for recording on home dvdr. They just died,
> >completely, without warning. I have also started having problems with
> >some dvdram, when trying to use them for tidying , taking stuff off
> >my dvdr's hard drive then putting it back the recording becomes
> >corrupt.
> =========================
>
> I've never used dvdram so that's out of my league. Sorry.
>
> Jack

Very flexible things, just a shame they never really took off.

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Paul (We won't die of devotion)
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Stop and Look
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