i want to start producing my own DVD-Videos, so that my friends can watch my escapades on their standard sony/panasonic/whatever DVD players.. what is the general consensus on the DVD-R media most compatible with home DVD players?

people have asked me about "purple layer" DVD-Rs, as if this was a bad thing.. however, the ones i use at the moment (gigatain) seem to work fine in my DVD player..

any help appreciated..

Most compatible DVD-R I have found to be: Datawrite Yellow tops 4-8x DVD-R.

I have never had one bad burn from them and they seem to work 100% on people's DVD Players after I had leant them a DVD I'd burned of social occasions and such forth.

I use the latest version of Nero in DVD-VIDEO mode as well for the burning side of it, give me a shout if you need any help at all in getting started and I'll do my best to help you out :thumbsup:

Originally posted by ANGELUS
Most compatible DVD-R I have found to be: Datawrite Yellow tops 4-8x DVD-R.

I have never had one bad burn from them and they seem to work 100% on people's DVD Players after I had leant them a DVD I'd burned of social occasions and such forth.

I use the latest version of Nero in DVD-VIDEO mode as well for the burning side of it, give me a shout if you need any help at all in getting started and I'll do my best to help you out :thumbsup:

cheers boss.. i'll look into them..

i've pretty much got everything figured with regards to tmpgenc and tmpgauth, i just want to make sure my media is as ompatible as possible..

ta.

No worries mate :thumbsup:

Yeah, you cant go wrong with Datawrite Yellow top or even the Grey top classic DVD-R for price and overall quality.

They are top stuff.

Cheapest prices I have seen at the minute are ebuyer and Big Pockets, couple them with a new Pioneer DVD Writer 110D 16x and your laughing!

Originally posted by ANGELUS
No worries mate :thumbsup:

Yeah, you cant go wrong with Datawrite Yellow top or even the Grey top classic DVD-R for price and overall quality.

They are top stuff.

Cheapest prices I have seen at the minute are ebuyer and Big Pockets, couple them with a new Pioneer DVD Writer 110D 16x and your laughing!

well, i work for an IT reseller and i just hooked myself up with an LG unit which supports just about everything in the world (includign dvd-ram) at 16x.. i haven't had a single coaster yet and i've been burning all kinds of shiz..

just wanna make sure the stuff i'm distributing is as kosher as possible :)

cheers boss..

No worries!
LG are good as well..

Yep, so Datawrite Yellow/Grey top- sound as a pound :thumbsup:

I would try Datawrite titanium (dark grey) or Ridisc. Or any with ritek dye :)

EDIT: There's a guy who sells them on the moor, i bought 50 RiDisc 8x on friday for £13! Cheaper than svp.co.uk and bigpockets.co.uk, with the postage charge it would have cost me £15.50 :)

Different manufacturers of blank discs stamp a Media Code into their discs. The media code usually indicates which dye was used in production. (ProdiscS03, RitekG03 etc.)

Some dyes are more widely compatible than others.

Sellers like SVP list the media code in the description of the discs.

If you know the Media Code/Manufacturer of the discs that you've got your eye on, you can look it up here (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia) to check it's compatibility with various types of use (Backup/DVD Player etc.).

I find it's better to buy based on the dye used, rather than the Manuf./type.

Originally posted by LesMcQueen
I find it's better to buy based on the dye used, rather than the Manuf./type.
I agree with you 100% :)