>
> Bought a spindle of Memorex. The Lite-On recorder/player rejected
> five of them outright but the other 20 have recorded and re-recorded
> TV shows OK so far .... until last night.
>
> The disc read OK so I programmed a show. This morning, the timer
> screen said that the recording was "done," in other words,
> successful. But the disc wouldn't play on either the player/recorder
> downstairs or the player upstairs.
>
> In fact, the upstairs player shuts off and says "no disc" and the
> player/recorder downstairs says "invalid disc." Other discs work OK.
>
> I missed a damn good movie. Have you ever heard of a disc going from
> acceptable to invalid while it sat in the recorder??

> Jack wrote:

>>
>> Bought a spindle of Memorex. The Lite-On recorder/player rejected
>> five of them outright but the other 20 have recorded and re-recorded
>> TV shows OK so far .... until last...

> I just got a Sony VRD-MC5. It made a LOT of coasters until I finally
> figured out what was going on.
>
> The premium bundles, like Encore and HBO, are carrying some sort of
> signal it doesn't like. If you play a recording from one of those, or
> even have one of them on in preview mode, the unit will mess up until
> you unplug it and plug it in again. Mostly it says 'no input signal'
> but it's done other wackiness as well.
>
> --
> Multiple root canals; hopped up on multiple pain drugs.
>
> It's an explanation, not an excuse!

> Anim8rFSK wrote:
>

>> I just got a Sony VRD-MC5. It made a LOT of coasters until I finally
>> figured out what was going on.
>>
>> The premium bundles, like Encore and HBO, are carrying some sort...

> Bought a spindle of Memorex.  The Lite-On recorder/player rejected
> five of them outright but the other 20 have recorded and re-recorded
> TV shows OK so far .... until last night.
>
> The disc read OK so I programmed a show.  This morning, the timer
> screen said  that the recording was "done," in other words,
> successful.  But the disc wouldn't play on either the player/recorder
> downstairs or the player upstairs.
>
> In fact, the upstairs player shuts off and says "no disc" and the
> player/recorder downstairs says "invalid disc."  Other discs work OK.
>
> I missed a damn good movie.  Have you ever heard of a disc going from
> acceptable to invalid while it sat in the recorder??

>first of all, there are better groups for such questions

>but yes
>rewriteable discs are VERY tempermental. Ive learned to never count on
>anything completely. I have had that and a variety of other illogical
>things happen with discs. They may be reuseable but dont consdier them
>long term. Ive had ones not work right out of the box. Ive had some
>work for 40 uses, and everything in between.

> first of all, there are better groups for such questions but yes
> rewriteable discs are VERY tempermental. Ive learned to never count on
> anything completely. I have had that and a variety of other illogical
> things happen with discs. They may be reuseable but dont consdier them
> long term. Ive had ones not work right out of the box. Ive had some
> work for 40 uses, and everything in between.

>On Aug 26, 6:03

> Bought a spindle of Memorex. The Lite-On recorder/player rejected
> five of them outright but the other 20 have recorded and re-recorded
> TV shows OK so far .... until last night.
>
> The disc read OK so I programmed a show. This morning, the timer
> screen said that the recording was "done," in other words,
> successful. But the disc wouldn't play on either the player/recorder
> downstairs or the player upstairs.
>
> In fact, the upstairs player shuts off and says "no disc" and the
> player/recorder downstairs says "invalid disc." Other discs work OK.
>
> I missed a damn good movie. Have you ever heard of a disc going from
> acceptable to invalid while it sat in the recorder??
>
>