PS2 Media

[dezzzza9995]

Sorry, I know this has been asked may times before but I'm still having problems

I now have a V5 uk PS2. The DVD-r's I have tried so far are Princo, Unbranded, Infinity and Pioneer. The pioneer disk works fine but I have problems with all the other disks (skipping FMV and game freezing). I know others are able to play these disks as I have copied for other people and they work fine. The unit i'm using is only a week old and have tried cleaning the laser.

What am I doing wrong?

Also I've heard that the V5's can rean Datesafe DVD-RW. Have tried but failed with these aswell.

[dust2dust]

sometimes u just get a bad laser maybe laser adjustment would sort it
i had v4r was only 2 weeks old had messiah in it
worked great but laser was naff even with adjustment could only get it to read pioneer and apple media :(
i take it u r using a03 firmware 1.55 not very good upgrade to 1.68

[dezzzza9995]

The firmware is V1.68. Already upgraded.

[Arakon]

the ps2's DVD laser is (like 99% of the parts in the ps2) the cheapest crap available, so it has trouble with many dvd-rs. the ones known to work very well are Verbatim and Apple blanks.

[dezzzza9995]

I've ordered some Verbatim disks to try. Hope these work better.

Thanks.

[dezzzza9995]

Do any adjustments have to be made in order to read the DVD-RW's?

[RUNTiME]

nope worked straight out of the box (PS2 V5), certainly in my case.

[RUNTiME]

hey dusty, charlies other mate tested my V5 with princo and it did work unfortunately when i ordered a batch of 50 princo units I discovered to my horror that out of 7 burnt only one worked! definately think princo has some quality control issues...

but now for something more disturbing... one of my mates found out to his extreme disappointment that a large percentage of his Princo DVD-R are failing to read, they used to work fine, but not any more... which suggests to me that the underlying technology/chemical dye they are using isn't all that stable for long periods.

anyway, i spoke to SVP who supplied me with the DVD-R and although they were happy to replace my Princos with an equivalent *value* of Verbatim DVD-R, they where very clear to stress the difference between compatibility and quality.

I didn't bother explaining to them their media had failed on 3 other DVD drives including the PS2 and could only be read using the Pioneer A03 f/w 1.68. the same backups we're tested using both Verbatim DVD-RW and DVD-R, these worked flawlessly.

dezzzza9995, until the competing DVD-R technologies have matured I shall be steering well clear of generics and lesser known companies. For my money Verbatim's patented Metal ASO compound seems the safest bet, and for a couple of pounds more it won't exactly break the bank :)

[dezzzza9995]

Yup, Verbatims work great!