The rest of the world is really concerned about burn quality. THG fails to mention burn quality with one word in the latest DVD Burner "test". Who gives a flying if the burn is finished in 30 seconds if the disc cannot be read again - or lets say read in a set-top DVD player?
You may be making a general comment statement here, and not actually be having any real problems, but venting a complaint on how the article was done, but if you are having burning problems.
Your problems may be something else, for set-top performance and readability most set-tops except the most recently released models will only read DVD-R burning media period, mine for example plays back DVD-R, but will not playback DVD+R at all.
If your computer can burn +R, it can playback +R, but a set-top player on the other hand is a different story altogether.
Burning software also is a major factor in quality burns, does it allow you to adjust your buffer size, because if you have 512mb of RAM or more you can increase your buffer size, for better and faster burns.
Background programs on your computer will affect the qualty of your burns, if they're constantly trying to access the CPU while its in the process of burning your favorite DVD, some of those are [Anti-Virus Auto Protect Features[Disable it], Screensavers[Disable It], Power Settings[Always On], Spyware[Get Rid of It], Instant Messengers[Disable Them], Unnecessary Background Programs[Shut Them down].
You can get perfect burns everytime if you prepare before you burn, the computer is a great DVD duplicator if its running the duplication process only, unfortunately it also has a multitude of programs running that don't need to run while burning a DVD, when burning a DVD multitasking is out the window, don't be listening to a CD or trying to do anything else while burning a DVD, if you do, you will be the reason for the failed burn.
Computer performance is also a factor, are you barely in the ballpark, or way past what you need, for DVD burning 256mb of RAM is not enough in my opinion, 512mb is much better, 1,024mb and above is great for Win2K and WinXP, you have to realize with DVD burning you're dealing with the GB factor, the more RAM you have the smoother the process is.
You may know all these things already, so don't take offense to my posting this to you, I'm just trying to help you here, I'm having great success now burning DVD's, but I learned everything the hard way. Ryan
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