Search results

What drive is this?

I've seen them both ways for single-layer discs.

Give you the raw data? I don't think so. No more than Coke would give away it's recipe, or Microsoft would open-source it's Windows code. Consider it private data, trade secrets. DVD media can get complicated very quickly. It would be impossible to include every single detail of blank media...

Maxell the brand name or media with MAXELL or MXL media codes? - Maxell the brand can be almost anything lately. From Ritek to CMC to Prodisc. These are the "made in Taiwan" discs and are not at all suggested. - Maxell the media, manufactured by Maxell and "made in Japan" should be excellent...

BenQ and Plextor writers are average, nothing special. The main supporters of those drives are folks that scan discs, and neither of them are the greatest at reading/writing media compared to other drives that exist out there. The Plextor drive is overpriced too, so it's a double punishment...

While the Internet has served as a great accomplishment of mankind, a communication marvel equal to the Renaissance of ages ago, it's also served as one of the worst methods for finding accurate information. Finding reliable data is literally harder than finding a needle in a field of haystacks...