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From: Mike T. on 13 Dec 2006 10:43
> is 16x. TDK media seems to work best. I have no idea who makes the media
> for TDK, but I would assume it isn't TDK.
>
> Ed

Why would you assume that? TDK has been a major player in media production
for many years. But if you have a picky burner, I'd suggest you try maxell
brand media, also. -Dave


From: Virgil2U on 13 Dec 2006 13:48
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:41:56 GMT, "Ed Medlin" <ed(a)edmedlin.com> wrote:

>
>"Virgil2U" <dmoffat(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>news:3e3e1$457f64e3$4831d05d$3260(a)FUSE.NET...
>>I have a Samsung TS-H522U Writemaster 16X DVD burner and just got a new
>>Gateway computer system that I had installed this into and set the drive on
>>cable select on the same cable as the current DVD/CDRW drive that came with
>>the system. The problem I have is that I can only burn DVD-R media at 4X
>>and not at 12X as the drive is capable of, Should I set the drives up as
>>master and slave so that I can then burn properly? The DVD-R media I have
>>is 16X so it should be no problem to burn at 12X but am not allowed to by
>>either DVD Decryptor or Nero.
>>
>
>You could try Samsung's Magic Speed program. Many Samsung DVD writers
>natively run in 'silent' mode which may restrict your speeds. I am not
>really sure if this applies to both read and write but might be something to
>look into. I have a TSST corp DVD R/W that is a rebranded Samsung Light
>Scribe drive that is very sensitive to the type of media I use. It is a 16x
>burner but with some media will only burn at 4x or 8x even though the media
>is 16x. TDK media seems to work best. I have no idea who makes the media for
>TDK, but I would assume it isn't TDK.
>
>Ed
>

I installed teh samsung magic speed program as you had described and
nero did recognize it as able to burn dvd-r at 12X and I burned a .img
file at 12X using the Memorex 16X dvd-r media but the quality was
terrible, in fact I had to throw it away. Is their a program out
there that can identify the manufacturer of blank dvd media?
From: Virgil2U on 13 Dec 2006 15:06
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:41:56 GMT, "Ed Medlin" <ed(a)edmedlin.com> wrote:

>
>"Virgil2U" <dmoffat(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>news:3e3e1$457f64e3$4831d05d$3260(a)FUSE.NET...
>>I have a Samsung TS-H522U Writemaster 16X DVD burner and just got a new
>>Gateway computer system that I had installed this into and set the drive on
>>cable select on the same cable as the current DVD/CDRW drive that came with
>>the system. The problem I have is that I can only burn DVD-R media at 4X
>>and not at 12X as the drive is capable of, Should I set the drives up as
>>master and slave so that I can then burn properly? The DVD-R media I have
>>is 16X so it should be no problem to burn at 12X but am not allowed to by
>>either DVD Decryptor or Nero.
>>
>
>You could try Samsung's Magic Speed program. Many Samsung DVD writers
>natively run in 'silent' mode which may restrict your speeds. I am not
>really sure if this applies to both read and write but might be something to
>look into. I have a TSST corp DVD R/W that is a rebranded Samsung Light
>Scribe drive that is very sensitive to the type of media I use. It is a 16x
>burner but with some media will only burn at 4x or 8x even though the media
>is 16x. TDK media seems to work best. I have no idea who makes the media for
>TDK, but I would assume it isn't TDK.
>
>Ed
>

I used the Nero program to identify the manufacturer of the dvd-r as
being Ritek but so far these have not been very good quality media. Is
Ritek a good brand or are they just junk?
From: Paul on 13 Dec 2006 21:32
Virgil2U wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:41:56 GMT, "Ed Medlin" <ed(a)edmedlin.com> wrote:
>
>> "Virgil2U" <dmoffat(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:3e3e1$457f64e3$4831d05d$3260(a)FUSE.NET...
>>> I have a Samsung TS-H522U Writemaster 16X DVD burner and just got a new
>>> Gateway computer system that I had installed this into and set the drive on
>>> cable select on the same cable as the current DVD/CDRW drive that came with
>>> the system. The problem I have is that I can only burn DVD-R media at 4X
>>> and not at 12X as the drive is capable of, Should I set the drives up as
>>> master and slave so that I can then burn properly? The DVD-R media I have
>>> is 16X so it should be no problem to burn at 12X but am not allowed to by
>>> either DVD Decryptor or Nero.
>>>
>> You could try Samsung's Magic Speed program. Many Samsung DVD writers
>> natively run in 'silent' mode which may restrict your speeds. I am not
>> really sure if this applies to both read and write but might be something to
>> look into. I have a TSST corp DVD R/W that is a rebranded Samsung Light
>> Scribe drive that is very sensitive to the type of media I use. It is a 16x
>> burner but with some media will only burn at 4x or 8x even though the media
>> is 16x. TDK media seems to work best. I have no idea who makes the media for
>> TDK, but I would assume it isn't TDK.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>
> I used the Nero program to identify the manufacturer of the dvd-r as
> being Ritek but so far these have not been very good quality media. Is
> Ritek a good brand or are they just junk?

You can find reviews for drives like that. They will use a variety of
media for testing.

http://www.cdfreaks.com/reviews/Samsung-TS-H552U-DVD-Burner/Features.html

Are you using an 80 wire IDE cable for that drive ?

For some brands of drives, it pays to update the firmware. But some
firmware updaters are dangerous (to other IDE devices), so you should
research any updater software before using it.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/OpticalDiscDrive/DiscontinuedODD/OpticalDiscDrive_DiscontinuedODD_TS_H552U.asp?page=Specifications

Some brands of optical drives, have recommended media on their web site.
Samsung has their recommendations on page 9 of this manual, but the
format of their recommendations is a joke. So you'll have to look
for more review web sites, for any good results they are getting.

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/content/UM/200505/20050516181347906_TS-H552U_Eng.pdf

Paul
From: Virgil2U on 14 Dec 2006 20:10
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 01:56:30 -0500, Paul <nospam(a)needed.com> wrote:

>Virgil2U wrote:
>> I have a Samsung TS-H522U Writemaster 16X DVD burner and just got a new Gateway
>> computer system that I had installed this into and set the drive on cable select
> > on the same cable as the current DVD/CDRW drive that came with the system. The
>> problem I have is that I can only burn DVD-R media at 4X and not at 12X as the
>> drive is capable of, Should I set the drives up as master and slave so that
> > I can then burn properly? The DVD-R media I have is 16X so it should be no
>> problem to burn at 12X but am not allowed to by either DVD Decryptor or Nero.
>>
>
>If you use the Nero speed test, and try to read back the disks, what
>speed do they read at ? Chances are, this is a problem with the writing
>process, and not a cable datarate problem. I have plenty of problems
>with media on my burner, and selecting the max burn rate, even with
>rated media, gives me coasters. Quite a disappointment really.
>
>If the disks will read back at full speed, then the data is travelling
>over the cable at full speed.
>
> Paul

I had tried several times to use the nero speed test and all it does
is cause the computer to freeze up. I was able to use the program to
identify the dvd-r's as being Ritek brand and not truly Memorex. Maybe
that is the reason the quality of them is so bad, I really don't know
anything about Ritek.
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