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iMac G5 Matshita DVD-R... compatible discs
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Generally, DVD burners (including the ones Apple uses in their Macs) aren't too picky about the brand, as long as you're using DVD-R discs (not DVD+R - I've heard only spotty reports of successful burns using those, and only under Panther). I use the discs Apple sells at their Apple Stores just because I know Apple trusts them and I want to support Apple however I can.fratkid21 said:
I've only burned a couple of discs on my iMac G5, but I can tell you what results I've gotten:
I've burnt on DVD-R disc, and it was sucessful. It was a Verbatim DVD-R disc rated for 1X to 4X burning. I bought a spindle of 50 at Best Buy awhile back and have been using them on my PowerBook with an external burner for a while. I've never had a failed burn on the external drive with this media, and the one disc I used in my iMac G5 worked great.
I have also written to and erased a couple times a Memorex DVD+RW. Yes, that's right, DVD+RW. The media is rated at 4X, but the SuperDrive in the iMac G5 can only burn RW media at 2X. This was using Toast, and I had no problems. It is worth noting that the Finder did recognize the disc as blank, and asked me what I wanted to do with it, so it is possible that the built-in disc burning would have worked fine too.
By the way, the Pioneer drives Apple uses are always tray loading. The slot loading drives have always been Matshita, and the drive in the iMac G5 is the same drive used in the PowerBooks.
Hope that helps!
I've burnt on DVD-R disc, and it was sucessful. It was a Verbatim DVD-R disc rated for 1X to 4X burning. I bought a spindle of 50 at Best Buy awhile back and have been using them on my PowerBook with an external burner for a while. I've never had a failed burn on the external drive with this media, and the one disc I used in my iMac G5 worked great.
I have also written to and erased a couple times a Memorex DVD+RW. Yes, that's right, DVD+RW. The media is rated at 4X, but the SuperDrive in the iMac G5 can only burn RW media at 2X. This was using Toast, and I had no problems. It is worth noting that the Finder did recognize the disc as blank, and asked me what I wanted to do with it, so it is possible that the built-in disc burning would have worked fine too.
By the way, the Pioneer drives Apple uses are always tray loading. The slot loading drives have always been Matshita, and the drive in the iMac G5 is the same drive used in the PowerBooks.
Hope that helps!
Like I said in my earlier post, Elan0204, some people have gotten it to work with DVD+R/RW (like you), but others have not gotten successful burns. I think it depends on what drive you have in your Mac whether or not it'll work.Elan0204 said:
wrldwzrd89 said:
I'd imagine that all iMac G5s have the same SuperDrive, and since the original poster has an iMac G5, I don't think he/she will have a problem burning to DVD+R(W) discs. You are right though, people with other drives may have differenct experiences.
Apple media is a HUGE rip-off!!!!!! They want £9 for 5 4x DVD-R discs!wrldwzrd89 said:
It's crazy paying that kind of money when you can get top class DVD-Rs for 20-30p a disc. I just got 100 4x for £25, from Apple that'd have cost £180 There's nothing "special" about Apple media, don't let them rip you off.
I don't know of any other places near me where I can find DVD-R media. I wonder if OfficeMax has them? They have a store not too far from where I live. There's also a Walmart and a Kmart nearby.edesignuk said:Apple media is a HUGE rip-off!!!!!! They want £9 for 5 4x DVD-R discs!
There's nothing "special" about Apple media, don't let them rip you off.
I'd rather not buy media online - but that's just me. You can if you want - it doesn't (and shouldn't) matter to me.edesignuk said:That's why we have internet shopping
Hey, you wanna waste your money, doesn't bother me...just lettin' you know Apple DVD's are an enormous rip-off - but that's just mewrldwzrd89 said:
You can actually burn DVD+R on all of apple's current computers (with superdrive of course), I have tested this myself (have not tested imac g5 though!). The superdrive is rated to burn dvd+r but apple is too dumb and too headstrong to support this in apps such as idvd. But you can with an app such as Toast.
Out of interest, edesignuk, care to tell a fellow essex boy what site you got those bargain discs from and what brand they are? I might have some of that too, as Apple's are expensive!edesignuk said:Apple media is a HUGE rip-off!!!!!! They want £9 for 5 4x DVD-R discs!
There's nothing "special" about Apple media, don't let them rip you off.
I have used all kinds of dvd-r's over the 2 1/2 yrs I've had Macs with superdrives (and I've had both Matshita and Pioneer drives in my Macs). All of them have worked.....though the most generic of them (those I got in bulk on eBay....back in the day when dvd-r's were $5+/each) would sometimes not burn at the speed they said they would....so I'd have to cut the burn speed in half.
Thank you!
Thank you all for your help and information....
At office max in this sundays paper, they have Spin-X 4X dvd-r on sale for 5 bucks for a 10 pack.....i will try these out tomorrow...
also check bizrate.com. they compare prices of all kinds of stuff...
Thank you all for your help and information....
At office max in this sundays paper, they have Spin-X 4X dvd-r on sale for 5 bucks for a 10 pack.....i will try these out tomorrow...
also check bizrate.com. they compare prices of all kinds of stuff...
