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
