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Why won't these DVD's work?
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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Hey guys,
I have a superdrive TiBook 1GHz and just bought a pack of 5 Philips DVD+RW disks. I just wanna store some files on them, but when I put the disk in, it waits a bit then spits it back out. Any ideas?
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Moderator Emeritus  Join Date: Nov 2000
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They are DVD+R not DVD-R. Also keep in mind that even with DVD-R, Apple's support for rewritable DVDs is sketchy. Some machines seem to be able to use it, some don't. There was a thread here about this issue if you do a search.
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I, too, have only had luck with the Apple DVD-R discs. This is one of the few areas that disappoints me about Apple...it seems greedy and Microsoftish to force me to use their discs. Especially since I'm currently over here in Germany a LONG way away from convenient Apple support. Right now, I have 20 bucks in unusable non-Apple DVD-R discs (read: shiny coasters) sitting on my desk. Shame on you, Apple!
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Join Date: Sep 2001
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Originally posted by HunkFam:
I, too, have only had luck with the Apple DVD-R discs. This is one of the few areas that disappoints me about Apple...it seems greedy and Microsoftish to force me to use their discs. Especially since I'm currently over here in Germany a LONG way away from convenient Apple support. Right now, I have 20 bucks in unusable non-Apple DVD-R discs (read: shiny coasters) sitting on my desk. Shame on you, Apple!
Don't necessarily blame Apple. Most of the blame should go to the other media manufacturers for producing low-quality discs. There's no evidence to suggest that Apple is sabotaging the firmware to force use of their discs, the 1x "crippling" of the PowerBook SuperDrives not withstanding. Even in the PowerBook case, there's evidence to suggest that Apple is just trying to maximize the reliability of the drives.
I have had pretty good success with TDK 2x media in my 12" PB, with only two coasters out of 15 burns. I cannot even verify that the two coasters were due to bad media because of the circumstances under which they failed. In fact, I have had better luck with the TDK discs than with a batch of Apple-branded media (which had no speed markings whatsoever, so they were probably an old batch).
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Well, I just ordered some new Apple DVD's. If these don't work, my EyeTV collection is gonna get formatted along with the rest of my stuff. Anyone know delivery time for these disks?
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Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2000
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The point is not that you have to use Apple discs. The point is that DVD+R is a completely different format from DVD-R. They will both probably play on most of the same DVD players, but you must have a DVD+R burner to burn them. This has nothing to do with Apple -- it's like complaining because you can't get your 3.5" floppy to work in your CD-ROM drive! They are different formats.
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