Back to basics - back to buring bits! Thanks to Pioneer Europe, we have had the chance to play around with the brand new Pioneer DVR-116D recorder. The DVR-116D is a high speed burner that records DVD-R media up to 20x speed and DVD+R DL with the maximum speed of 12x. On the other hand [...]
Dealing with video files or DVD images on a PC typically involves massive hard drive operations, as the file sizes tend to be rather large. A full size DVD image is roughly 4.4 gigabytes, but high definition files (Blu-ray, HD DVD) can be ten times larger! Copying, moving or extracting files for archives takes time, [...]
After quite a bit of consideration, I finally decided to order myself a PlayStation 3, the 40GB model. Unfortunately I had to send it back for replacement or repairs, as the unit I received was obviously faulty. Interestingly, I am not the only European customer that has bought a faulty PS3 40GB unit. Read on [...]
Graphically and structurally enhanced, the user interface of this standard benchmarking tool for CD, DVD and Blu-ray drives allows all key functions, such as Benchmark, DiscInfo, DiscQuality and ScanDisc, to be directly accessed and managed through tabs in the main window.
Thanks to specific error messages, test results permit greater differentiation. For example, ScanDisc now also [...]
Like you all know it’s not always easy to pick up a decent DVD recordable media out there. Even so-called “good” brands like Verbatim, TDK, Maxell etc are not always bullet proof choices. So what can you do? Well you need to do some work to see if your discs are good, decent or bad. [...]
