Bought a spindle of Memorex. The Lite-On recorder/player rejected
five of them outright but the other 20 have recorded and re-recorded
TV shows OK so far .... until last night.
The disc read OK so I programmed a show. This morning, the timer
screen said that the recording was "done," in other words,
successful. But the disc wouldn't play on either the player/recorder
downstairs or the player upstairs.
In fact, the upstairs player shuts off and says "no disc" and the
player/recorder downstairs says "invalid disc." Other discs work OK.
I missed a **** good movie. Have you ever heard of a disc going from
acceptable to invalid while it sat in the recorder??
Jack wrote:
>
> Bought a spindle of Memorex. The Lite-On recorder/player rejected
> five of them outright but the other 20 have recorded and re-recorded
> TV shows OK so far .... until last night.
>
> The disc read OK so I programmed a show. This morning, the timer
> screen said that the recording was "done," in other words,
> successful. But the disc wouldn't play on either the player/recorder
> downstairs or the player upstairs.
>
> In fact, the upstairs player shuts off and says "no disc" and the
> player/recorder downstairs says "invalid disc." Other discs work OK.
>
> I missed a **** good movie. Have you ever heard of a disc going from
> acceptable to invalid while it sat in the recorder??
with -RW discs I've had them go invalid for no reason. I wouldn't have
been happy that the recorder rejected five in the first place. I would
question either the quality of discs or of the recorder itself.
In article <48B45525.5983C758@blueyonder.co.uk>,
Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Jack wrote:
> >
> > Bought a spindle of Memorex. The Lite-On recorder/player rejected
> > five of them outright but the other 20 have recorded and re-recorded
> > TV shows OK so far .... until last night.
> >
> > The disc read OK so I programmed a show. This morning, the timer
> > screen said that the recording was "done," in other words,
> > successful. But the disc wouldn't play on either the player/recorder
> > downstairs or the player upstairs.
> >
> > In fact, the upstairs player shuts off and says "no disc" and the
> > player/recorder downstairs says "invalid disc." Other discs work OK.
> >
> > I missed a **** good movie. Have you ever heard of a disc going from
> > acceptable to invalid while it sat in the recorder??
>
> with -RW discs I've had them go invalid for no reason. I wouldn't have
> been happy that the recorder rejected five in the first place. I would
> question either the quality of discs or of the recorder itself.
I just got a Sony VRD-MC5. It made a LOT of coasters until I finally
figured out what was going on.
The premium bundles, like Encore and HBO, are carrying some sort of
signal it doesn't like. If you play a recording from one of those, or
even have one of them on in preview mode, the unit will mess up until
you unplug it and plug it in again. Mostly it says 'no input signal'
but it's done other wackiness as well.
--
Multiple root canals; hopped up on multiple pain drugs.
> I just got a Sony VRD-MC5. It made a LOT of coasters until I finally
> figured out what was going on.
>
> The premium bundles, like Encore and HBO, are carrying some sort of
> signal it doesn't like. If you play a recording from one of those, or
> even have one of them on in preview mode, the unit will mess up until
> you unplug it and plug it in again. Mostly it says 'no input signal'
> but it's done other wackiness as well.
>
> --
> Multiple root canals; hopped up on multiple pain drugs.
>
> It's an explanation, not an excuse!
I had a great deal of trouble here in the uk with my first dvd
recorder. It just chose what it would and wouldn't record at random,
but it would start the recording anyway, then just stop itself after
ten minutes or so. It was the same channels but none of them had any
signal to block recording.
I do wonder about Sony equipment as they're so hot on anti-pirating
etc, that they may deliberately make their machines over sensitive.
In article <48B47454.5996BE3E@blueyonder.co.uk>,
Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>
> > I just got a Sony VRD-MC5. It made a LOT of coasters until I finally
> > figured out what was going on.
> >
> > The premium bundles, like Encore and HBO, are carrying some sort of
> > signal it doesn't like. If you play a recording from one of those, or
> > even have one of them on in preview mode, the unit will mess up until
> > you unplug it and plug it in again. Mostly it says 'no input signal'
> > but it's done other wackiness as well.
> >
> > --
> > Multiple root canals; hopped up on multiple pain drugs.
> >
> > It's an explanation, not an excuse!
>
> I had a great deal of trouble here in the uk with my first dvd
> recorder. It just chose what it would and wouldn't record at random,
> but it would start the recording anyway, then just stop itself after
> ten minutes or so. It was the same channels but none of them had any
> signal to block recording.
>
> I do wonder about Sony equipment as they're so hot on anti-pirating
> etc, that they may deliberately make their machines over sensitive.
Yeah, I got a lot of "runs 5 minutes and then fails" which is how I
ended up making so many coasters.
You can record a freeze frame from a premium channel all you want, so if
you have it stopped when you start the recorder, it will be fine until
you push 'play'
I agree that the unit is over sensitive.
--
Multiple root canals; hopped up on multiple pain drugs.
On Aug 26, 2:37*pm, Windswept@Home (Jack) wrote:
> Bought a spindle of Memorex. *The Lite-On recorder/player rejected
> five of them outright but the other 20 have recorded and re-recorded
> TV shows OK so far .... until last night.
>
> The disc read OK so I programmed a show. *This morning, the timer
> screen said *that the recording was "done," in other words,
> successful. *But the disc wouldn't play on either the player/recorder
> downstairs or the player upstairs.
>
> In fact, the upstairs player shuts off and says "no disc" and the
> player/recorder downstairs says "invalid disc." *Other discs work OK.
>
> I missed a **** good movie. *Have you ever heard of a disc going from
> acceptable to invalid while it sat in the recorder??
first of all, there are better groups for such questions but yes
rewriteable discs are VERY tempermental. Ive learned to never count on
anything completely. I have had that and a variety of other illogical
things happen with discs. They may be reuseable but dont consdier them
long term. Ive had ones not work right out of the box. Ive had some
work for 40 uses, and everything in between.
On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:03:43 -0700 (PDT), Primordial Ooze
<jmpc@msn.com> wrote:
>first of all, there are better groups for such questions
Such as? I've had similar problems.
>but yes
>rewriteable discs are VERY tempermental. Ive learned to never count on
>anything completely. I have had that and a variety of other illogical
>things happen with discs. They may be reuseable but dont consdier them
>long term. Ive had ones not work right out of the box. Ive had some
>work for 40 uses, and everything in between.
On Aug 26, 6:03*pm, Primordial Ooze <j...@msn.com> wrote:
> first of all, there are better groups for such questions but yes
> rewriteable discs are VERY tempermental. Ive learned to never count on
> anything completely. I have had that and a variety of other illogical
> things happen with discs. They may be reuseable but dont consdier them
> long term. Ive had ones not work right out of the box. Ive had some
> work for 40 uses, and everything in between.
Gee, now I don't feel so dumb for still using a VCR ...
<MrBuddwing@aol.com> wrote:
>On Aug 26, 6:03*pm, Primordial Ooze <j...@msn.com> wrote:
>> first of all, there are better groups for such questions but yes
>> rewriteable discs are VERY tempermental. Ive learned to never count on
>> anything completely. I have had that and a variety of other illogical
>> things happen with discs. They may be reuseable but dont consdier them
>> long term. Ive had ones not work right out of the box. Ive had some
>> work for 40 uses, and everything in between.
>
>Gee, now I don't feel so dumb for still using a VCR ...
It's difficult to find decent videocassettes any more.
Jack wrote:
> Bought a spindle of Memorex. The Lite-On recorder/player rejected
> five of them outright but the other 20 have recorded and re-recorded
> TV shows OK so far .... until last night.
>
> The disc read OK so I programmed a show. This morning, the timer
> screen said that the recording was "done," in other words,
> successful. But the disc wouldn't play on either the player/recorder
> downstairs or the player upstairs.
>
> In fact, the upstairs player shuts off and says "no disc" and the
> player/recorder downstairs says "invalid disc." Other discs work OK.
>
> I missed a **** good movie. Have you ever heard of a disc going from
> acceptable to invalid while it sat in the recorder??
>
>
Probably not the disc. I'd blame the drive. Might be dirty or out of
alignment.
Unusual Problem With DVD+RW Disc 
Linear Mode
