Wide World of Women

I have a set of 50 blank dvds and have yet to use them. I looked on the disc and it says 4.7 gigs on each one. I was just wondering is that the biggest capacity they have right now or are there others that hold more?

There are DVD-DL (DL=Dual Layer) discs out there that hold 8.5GB but you need a DVD burner capable of burning dual layers. They are more expensive than the regular DVDs.

Well I can't use them right now but I am getting that HSN yesterday Today's special value gateway laptop and then I can burn stuff. I don't know if its dual or not. What kind of dvd burner/dvds do you guys that have them already use?

I have a Memorex DL Burner and I use Memorex DVDs. I actually got the burner before I understood about DL burning. I also shop for the Memorex DVDs on sale as much as possible.

Yeah, the 50 I have are Sony, so far the cds have been pretty good so i'm hoping the DVDs will be too.

Sonys are just as good.

Since on the subject of DVD,anyone confirm quality difference between recording on XP(60min)vsSP(120min)

I tried recording both and can't tell any difference.

And on the RW disc,does it ruin or alter the disc/quality every time you delete and record again over and over?

From what I understand, recording shows in longer formats (SP, LP) has some quality degradation but I agree with you that sometimes you can't see the difference.

I have never used an RW to record shows because you can never finalize the disc to play on another DVD player.

There is definitely a difference between XP 1hr (8Mbps) and SP 2hr (4Mbps). It's harder to tell when watching on a TV, but when you go frame by frame on a PC you can see a difference. It's especially better if you're recording from better quality vids.

I record on the 2hr mode when recording TV shows just because the it's more cost effective. A regular DVD+R for only an hour of recording is a waste IMO.

I've got a bunch of RW discs. They are great with older burners that get disc errors since the stuff that's already on there is easier to recover with a PC. They do go bad after a while, but if you keep them clean and unscratched they can last a pretty long time. You can always copy the content onto a regular DVD+R then erase the disc and use it for something else.

Thanks Rocky & Donkeed!!!

That would explain why my RW recorded disc won't play on my new(LG DTV tuner)DVD player/recorder.Even tho i can't tell the difference of playback between the two speed,i'll take Donkeed's word by preserving the show on XP mode.

I actually suggest recording in SP since recording in XP is sort of a waste. The only time I record in XP is when I want to make avi's so the source vid is the best, and I only do it with rewritable discs so I'm not wasting a DVD. Just record, copy the .vob's to hard drive, convert to avi, then erase the discs and do it over.

Is anyone using DVD-RW? DVD+RW will play discs on anything without finalizing.

I've used +RW, and it works on some DVD players but not all of them. Check the player instruction manual or specs for compatible discs.