DVD Recordable player

di1606

Hi
I bought a Samsung DVD recordable machine which is great except it only records on DVD-RW discs and these discs will not play on the other DVD machines in the house. I can return this item but is there something I am missing here before I do or do I have to purchase a machine which records on both DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs to enable playback on other machines. I am not very familiar with these new machines but perhaps someone out there is - hopefully.

Woby_Tide

are you finalising the discs before playing them on the other machines? If that stilldoesn't work it's likely that your other DVD player is too old or doesn't support them. Have you been able to play a DVD-R on your other DVD player or is that the same aswell?

pug_in_a_bed

i think woby-tide is correct; if you're using dvd-rw and they're not finalised its don't think you can watch them outside of the recorder. also if they're finalised you won't be able to record on them again.

i have a panasonic recorder, which mainly uses dvd-ram discs, which you can wipe and re-record 1000's of times over apparently, but these also are restricted to the panasonic player.
if i know there's something on , like a film, that i want to absolutely keep, i just use an ordinary dvd-r, once its finalised then i can watch it elsewhere.

Tojo_Ralph

di1606 wrote:

Hi
I bought a Samsung DVD recordable machine which is great except it only records on DVD-RW discs and these discs will not play on the other DVD machines in the house. I can return this item but is there something I am missing here before I do or do I have to purchase a machine which records on both DVD-RW and DVD+RW discs to enable playback on other machines. I am not very familiar with these new machines but perhaps someone out there is - hopefully.

I was looking at a Samsung machine last night (Costco)..... What is the model Number? It should be easy from that to first double check compatibility.

shrek101

My dvd recorder Liteon5006 takes both types +r -r. -r is more compatible but you have to finalise the discs which is a a real pain compared with +r discs. I would of thought there would be some option to finalise the discs if you haven't already done so.

di1606

Tojo_Ralph wrote:

I was looking at a Samsung machine last night (Costco)..... What is the model Number? It should be easy from that to first double check compatibility.

Hi
I bought it from Cosco so it will be the same machine as the one you looked at. It is a DVD-R100E

di1606

Woby_Tide wrote:

are you finalising the discs before playing them on the other machines? If that stilldoesn't work it's likely that your other DVD player is too old or doesn't support them. Have you been able to play a DVD-R on your other DVD player or is that the same aswell?

Thanks for that I will check it out. I didn't know about finalising discs.

di1606

smam21 wrote:

i think woby-tide is correct; if you're using dvd-rw and they're not finalised its don't think you can watch them outside of the recorder. also if they're finalised you won't be able to record on them again.

i have a panasonic recorder, which mainly uses dvd-ram discs, which you can wipe and re-record 1000's of times over apparently, but these also are restricted to the panasonic player.
if i know there's something on , like a film, that i want to absolutely keep, i just use an ordinary dvd-r, once its finalised then i can watch it elsewhere.

Thank you. Good advice. You have helped a lot

Tojo_Ralph

di1606 wrote:

Hi
I bought it from Cosco so it will be the same machine as the one you looked at. It is a DVD-R100E

Let me know how it shapes up..... No rush, that top notch Costco returns policy gives you heaps of time.

Note: Reviews also report that the player will play DVD+R Disks.

DVD-RAM allows mixed Storage of video, Audio & other types of Data from both PC and AV realms
Supports DVD-RW and DVD-R
One-Touch and timer recording options.
Digital Noise Reduction
480p Progressive Scan video Output
Playback compatibility:CD, MP3 and CD-R/RW, plug JPEG CDs and Picture CDs
Analog and DV ( FireWire ) inputs.

Recording Media:
DVD-RAM
DVD-R
DVD-RW

Recoding Type:
Video - MPEG 2
Audio - 2 Channel

Functions:
Auto Fit Record
Time Shift
VideoPlus+
EZ Editing
Playlist
Auto DV In Detection

Playable Media:
DVD-RAM
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD-Video/CD-DA
CD-R/RW
CD

Video Output:
D/A Converter
A/D Converter

Audio Output:
Dolby Digital
Dolby Theatre System
PCM
MPEG 1/2

Input Select:
DV/AV1/AV2/CG

Video:
DV Input
2 x Video Input
2 x S-Video Input
1 x Video Output
1 x S-Video Output
1 x Component Output
2 x Scart

Audio:
Analogue Audio Input (L/R)
Analogue Audio Output (L/R)
Optical/Coaxial

di1606

Tojo_Ralph wrote:

Let me know how it shapes up..... No rush, that top notch Costco returns policy gives you heaps of time.

Note: Reviews also report that the player will play DVD+R Disks.

DVD-RAM allows mixed Storage of video, Audio & other types of Data from both PC and AV realms
Supports DVD-RW and DVD-R
One-Touch and timer recording options.
Digital Noise Reduction
480p Progressive Scan video Output
Playback compatibility:CD, MP3 and CD-R/RW, plug JPEG CDs and Picture CDs
Analog and DV ( FireWire ) inputs.

Recording Media:
DVD-RAM
DVD-R
DVD-RW

Recoding Type:
Video - MPEG 2
Audio - 2 Channel

Functions:
Auto Fit Record
Time Shift
VideoPlus+
EZ Editing
Playlist
Auto DV In Detection

Playable Media:
DVD-RAM
DVD-R
DVD-RW
DVD-Video/CD-DA
CD-R/RW
CD

Video Output:
D/A Converter
A/D Converter

Audio Output:
Dolby Digital
Dolby Theatre System
PCM
MPEG 1/2

Input Select:
DV/AV1/AV2/CG

Video:
DV Input
2 x Video Input
2 x S-Video Input
1 x Video Output
1 x S-Video Output
1 x Component Output
2 x Scart

Audio:
Analogue Audio Input (L/R)
Analogue Audio Output (L/R)
Optical/Coaxial

Hi
Yes because of Costco's returns policy (which is why I bought it there) I shall give it a good try out. So far I am very pleased with it except for the problem I explained. I shall have a go at finalising the disc and see what happens. How do I find this link easily - any ideas. I am fairly new to this. I will hopefully find it somehow and let you know how I go on with the DVD. It does play + discs. Thanks again Di

pug_in_a_bed

when you go to the chat forum, there is a band across the top (look up above these posts) with items like FAQS and 'Log out', click USER CP and it'll tell you which threads that you have written on have been updated. You can also, within 'user cp', click list subscriptions to see all the threads you've written on even if no one has added to them