DUAL LAYER recorders suck
I had an existing DVD recorder & thought I would get me one of those nice dual layer recorders -- in one weeks time I had purchased & exchanged 3 different brands -- the first was the HP dual layer with lightscribe ( I believe there were more issues then just the one) the 2nd was an LG brand with lightscribe, the 3rd & latest is a PIONEER brand without lightscribe (I figured if, I got away from the fancy features & just got a basic dual layer drive, that might help) as for the current for now unless I take it back too - is that it does play both DVD & CD's with no problems & it does record on a single layer disc with no problem HOWEVER, when I insert a blank dual layer DVD disc into the unit - the drive changes from DVD-RW to CD: AND I am not sure if, it recognizes the dual layer (dvd) disc -- on all occaisons I did make sure to download & update all firmware for that particular make drive BUT, have not worked -- SO, I am also wondering if there might also be a compatibility issue with the brand of blank disc I am using, which is the VERBATIM brand which, I have never had a problem yet with VERBATIM but, I of course needed to get a pack of the dual layer discs when I bought the drive & the salesman showed me these on sale - however, there may still a problem using these discs ------ HAS any one successfully installed a dual layer dvd drive & found compatible blank discs -- anyone else had this problem??
OH, for any newcomers or anyone else this may help - forget about tech support from HP & LG -- these companies suck at it - they obviously do NOT give a crap about the consumer - they NEVER had the decency to reply to me!!
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