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On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 21:45:07 GMT, Mike <mckennedy70@sigecom.net>
wrote:
>I don't have a problem playing 4x media burned at 8x on any of my DVD
>players. I have a plextor 8x drive, and with updates from the plextor
>web page can burn 8x onto 4x verbatum media with no problems that
>plays flawlessly on both my PCs that have DVD players, as well as my
>Sony DVD player in my bedroom and my Pioneer DVD player in my
>livingroom.
He did sat a hacked firmware (like the Pioneer one I am planning on
using!). The plextor one you are using sounds like an official one to
me...
>
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>On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 05:56:15 GMT, Yad <Yad@34324.7346.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 18:46:16 +0100, Widow Twankey
>><Widow.Twankey@Aladdin.com> wrote:
>>
>>>From time to time people say that they can not read their DVDs
>>>which they burnt at 8x speed on other players.
>>>
>>>How common is this problem? I know it also happened with CDs but
>>>when DVDs came along, I thought it was largely solved.
>>
>>Only a problem if you are stupid enpugh to use the hacked formware
>>which forces 4x media to burn at 8x. If using 8x media then its not a
>>problem to burn at 8x and will play back just fine.
--
Moldy
"Then you have the low-carb dieters. This involves the active avoidance of
life-giving antioxidants while scarfing massive amounts of known carcinogens
until someone punches you to death for bragging about how much weight you
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