What DVD-R will play reliably on a Panasonic A110

I have a Pioneer DVD recorder and a Panasonic A110 player. When I first
bought the recorder, I purchased some Maxwell DVD-R disks to record on,
and they play fine on the Panasonic. However, I then orders 100 of the
ProDisk disks and found that they will not play reliably on the
Panasonic. If they will read at all they end up full of drop outs, and
within 30 minutes the player will lock up totally. I need to purchase
some more disks, but can't afford the $1.50 each I paid for the
Maxwell's (the prodisks were about $.36 each). It is a player issue
since I have tested playing the DVD-R disks on 6 other players, and they
play fine on them.

Does anyone have experience with different DVD-R media and this player
who can advise me on a brand that will work reliably, but not be
expensive like the Maxwells? I can get Fuji, Phillips and Memorex for
comparable prices to the ProDisks.

Thanks,

Marshall

Marshall Dudley

Dump that old POS A110. Its your cheapest solution that allows you to stick
with your substandard media.


"Marshall Dudley" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I have a Pioneer DVD recorder and a Panasonic A110 player. When I first
> bought the recorder, I purchased some Maxwell DVD-R disks to record on,
> and they play fine on the Panasonic. However, I then orders 100 of the
> ProDisk disks and found that they will not play reliably on the
> Panasonic. If they will read at all they end up full of drop outs, and
> within 30 minutes the player will lock up totally. I need to purchase
> some more disks, but can't afford the $1.50 each I paid for the
> Maxwell's (the prodisks were about $.36 each). It is a player issue
> since I have tested playing the DVD-R disks on 6 other players, and they
> play fine on them.
>
> Does anyone have experience with different DVD-R media and this player
> who can advise me on a brand that will work reliably, but not be
> expensive like the Maxwells? I can get Fuji, Phillips and Memorex for
> comparable prices to the ProDisks.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marshall
>

Biz

Good God, get rid of that 7 year old player. It's a miracle it still comes
on.


"Marshall Dudley" <> wrote in message
news:...
> I have a Pioneer DVD recorder and a Panasonic A110 player. When I first
> bought the recorder, I purchased some Maxwell DVD-R disks to record on,
> and they play fine on the Panasonic. However, I then orders 100 of the
> ProDisk disks and found that they will not play reliably on the
> Panasonic. If they will read at all they end up full of drop outs, and
> within 30 minutes the player will lock up totally. I need to purchase
> some more disks, but can't afford the $1.50 each I paid for the
> Maxwell's (the prodisks were about $.36 each). It is a player issue
> since I have tested playing the DVD-R disks on 6 other players, and they
> play fine on them.
>
> Does anyone have experience with different DVD-R media and this player
> who can advise me on a brand that will work reliably, but not be
> expensive like the Maxwells? I can get Fuji, Phillips and Memorex for
> comparable prices to the ProDisks.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marshall
>

Pug Fugley

>I have a Pioneer DVD recorder and a Panasonic A110 player.

You have a very old player.

Ignore the other responses, though. If it still works, continue using it until
it won't go any further. The A110 does use a very good MPEG decoder, unlike
the newest generation of Panasonic players where the MPEG decoders in those
things went to crap, qualitywise.

>When I first
>bought the recorder, I purchased some Maxwell DVD-R disks to record on,
>and they play fine on the Panasonic. However, I then orders 100 of the
>ProDisk disks and found that they will not play reliably on the
>Panasonic.

Cheap media. Newer players *might* be able to deal with it, but ultimately due
to the low quality of the ProDisc media that you are using, you will be writing
flawed discs. The Panny may be more sensitive to that if you factor the
player's age and hours of use.

One way to work around this is to reduce the writing speed, especially if you
are writing discs at maximum speed. Sometimes, you can make more accurate
writes on less-than-perfect media and even on good media by reducing the
writing speed.

> I can get Fuji, Phillips and Memorex for
>comparable prices to the ProDisks

Try Fuji. Stay away from Memorex. - Reinhart

LASERandDVDfan

"LASERandDVDfan" <> wrote in message
news:...
> >I have a Pioneer DVD recorder and a Panasonic A110 player.
>
> You have a very old player.
>
> Ignore the other responses, though. If it still works, continue using it
until
> it won't go any further.

Sounds like that time has come. I replaced my A110 5 years ago because it
would not read any type of recordable media nor would it read the new
commercial DVD's that were being released at the time.

Pug Fugley

Marshall Dudley wrote:
> I have a Pioneer DVD recorder and a Panasonic A110 player. When I first
> bought the recorder, I purchased some Maxwell DVD-R disks to record on,
> and they play fine on the Panasonic. However, I then orders 100 of the
> ProDisk disks and found that they will not play reliably on the
> Panasonic. If they will read at all they end up full of drop outs, and
> within 30 minutes the player will lock up totally. I need to purchase
> some more disks, but can't afford the $1.50 each I paid for the
> Maxwell's (the prodisks were about $.36 each). It is a player issue
> since I have tested playing the DVD-R disks on 6 other players, and they
> play fine on them.
>
> Does anyone have experience with different DVD-R media and this player
> who can advise me on a brand that will work reliably, but not be
> expensive like the Maxwells? I can get Fuji, Phillips and Memorex for
> comparable prices to the ProDisks.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Marshall
>

I have the (even older) Panasonic A100 and I use Ritek DVD-R discs
with no problems. Riteks cost ~$0.40 each.

BB

Big Boy

I use the A110 as a backup player, and I've had many of the same problems
you're talking about.

Blank Sony's are the way to go. You can buy 25 and 50 packs at very affordable
prices (I've bought a 50 pack at CompUSA for $25) and so far I have yet to have
a problem in my old player. Verbatim's also have been pretty reliable, though
not as easy to find and a little more expensive.

It's kinda disturbing to think that owning ANYTHING for a few years makes it a
POS. A computer yeah, but a DVD player? Geez.

And another word of advice: Avoid Memorex.


-Sydney Brown

I'm just here to help.

Sydney Brown

Sydney Brown wrote:

> And another word of advice: Avoid Memorex.

Or not. It's the only media that after hundreds
and hundreds of recordings on the home recorder
and pc burner have never had an error and have
never failed to play on any player of any person
I've sent them to.


drc

Darrel Christenson

5 memorex dvd-rw (rewritables for $10)
"Sydney Brown" <> wrote in message
news:...
>
>
> I use the A110 as a backup player, and I've had many of the same problems
> you're talking about.
>
> Blank Sony's are the way to go. You can buy 25 and 50 packs at very
affordable
> prices (I've bought a 50 pack at CompUSA for $25) and so far I have yet to
have
> a problem in my old player. Verbatim's also have been pretty reliable,
though
> not as easy to find and a little more expensive.
>
> It's kinda disturbing to think that owning ANYTHING for a few years makes
it a
> POS. A computer yeah, but a DVD player? Geez.
>
> And another word of advice: Avoid Memorex.
>
>
> -Sydney Brown
>
> I'm just here to help.

hoo-dair hoo-dat

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 02:40:38 GMT, "Pug Fugley" <> wrote:

>
>"LASERandDVDfan" <> wrote in message
>news:...
>> >I have a Pioneer DVD recorder and a Panasonic A110 player.
>>
>> You have a very old player.
>>
>> Ignore the other responses, though. If it still works, continue using it
>until
>> it won't go any further.
>
>Sounds like that time has come. I replaced my A110 5 years ago because it
>would not read any type of recordable media nor would it read the new
>commercial DVD's that were being released at the time.
>

I'm still using the A110 that I bought in March of 1998 and have only
had about 4 commercial DVD's that would not play in it; and I've
purchased over 1000. I've tried maybe 10 or 12 recordable DVD's, and
of those only 1 did not work.

Jason