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Re: Unusual Problem With DVD+RW Disc         

Group: balt.general · Group Profile
Author: Primordial Ooze
Date: Aug 26, 2008 15:03

On Aug 26, 2:37 pm, Windswept@Home (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 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.
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