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Christine Tham

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In Reply to: Dual Layer is here... posted by Eric LeRouge on August 11, 2004 at 08:07:11:

i already bought my player last weekend (Sony DRU-700A) and have burnt about 3-4 discs so far.
it's very cost effective - player was A$166, blank discs are A$11 (around US$7-8)
by the way, i'm not illegally copying DVDs, just in case anyone think i'm flying a pirate flag. i have a lot of recordings captured from free to air Digital TV (australia supports HDTV using the DVB standard) and i need to desperately free up hard disk space on my PC!

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Re: Dual Layer is here... - Eric LeRouge 02:21:57 08/12/04 (3)
That's cool, are the discs RW or just R?
Can't find them anywhere in France so far
Best
Eric
- Only +R at the moment. No RW (nt) - Christine Tham 14:17:32 08/12/04 (2)
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  - I thought +R9 didn't work with set top DVD players? - Eric LeRouge 05:15:34 08/13/04 (1)
    Several people reported problems with those discs on set top DVDPs on the forums I read (they're in French, sorry :)
    Is that so or could you read on your Sony player as well?
    I'm getting curious... I don't want to burn a disc and find out it doesn't work. Today I found one major reseller who has DL discs but they are 25 Euros (almost $30), that's very expensive for a coaster :)
    Cheers
    Eric
    - all my discs play on all my dvd players - no problems here (nt) - Christine Tham 05:25:54 08/13/04 (0)
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Christine, some questions . . . - townsend 16:57:07 08/11/04 (2)
I've thought about buying the Sony DRU-700A . . .
Does existing commercially-sold software programs (Easy CD Creator, Nero) support dual layer burning? Any problems with it? Or did you use software from some internet site?
I'd like to burn some VHS tapes--for movies never released on DVD--on to ONE dual layer disk. Is this a feasible idea (recognizing that video quality won't be any better than the tape copy)?
I read in a NY Times article that you can't pick your layer break with the dual layer disks, because the disks must contain the same amount of data on each layer. Therefore, a 90-minute program will break at 45 minutes, whether it's a "good time or not."
Finally, the Pioneer new DVR-A08 ($179) will be the first with the ability to write certain DL disks at 4x.
regards, townsend
- Re: Christine, some questions . . . - Christine Tham 14:21:39 08/12/04 (1)
  the sony burner comes with a copy of nero that supports dual layer, so i suspect all the major programs would have updates by now.
  the support is only partial though. nero burning rom understands dual layer, but nero vision express doesn't.
  yes you should be able to burn VHS tapes onto DVD provided you have an appropriate analog capture card and software.
  i haven't found any software yet that allows me to control where the layer change is, but one at least one disc (which i burnt using DVD decryptter) the layer change was "seamless" on my sony dvd player. the only way i can tell where the layer change was was by turning on the sony layer indicator. i was pretty impressed by this - i always knew it was possible to create seamless layer changes, but i thought it required a bit of effort. maybe i was just really really lucky.
  - Thanks for your input . . . (nt) - townsend 07:50:14 08/13/04 (0)
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