Dual Layer Dvds

Well I don't even get a chance to BURN, I put the Dual Layer disk in and I get a Laser Writer ERROR with Toast, and with this other Burning app I get another error, so it's as if it won't read the DISK or something I'm using WINDATA 8.5 DVD+R DL Disks, I mean it's Plastic so how is it different quality then a Sony, Don't they make them with the same plastic, I mean does Sony use a SUPER GOOD quality or what LOl, I mean I think you just pay for the NAME more then anything with these Disks. This is the Error I get -- THe Drive reported an error: sense key = MEDIUM ERROR sense code = 0x11 UNRECOVERED READ ERROR then it gives me another Mumbo Jumbo ERROR, So I don't get it, works fine with the same Disks, with Under 8 GB Movies, so is it just something wrong with my Burner or what ?

Ah ok because I know for allot of Stuff out there, you DO pay for NAME, some quality stuff is out there. Oh and I ment my Burner Works with my 4.7 GB Cheap Windata disks Just the same way as if I bought a SONY disk, Works the same, looks the same, SO I'm not going to pay the extra money for something that's going to do the same in the end, ya know what I mean. I pay $9.99 for 50, If SONY was that much I would get them. But it's all about saving some money now. I think the problem has to be the ripping app for the mac that I'm using, something with the CODE in the movie, is making it not work, only thing I could think of. Seems anything over 4.7Gb Just doesn't want to work. And the slower speeds I know of, I always Burn everything, Data, movies, music, at the slowest Speeds, even thought it takes longer, I always do it that way to insure a good burn. Well right now I'm burning another Movie, I made off my Camera, and it seems to be working, will see if it actually finishes. Well thanks for all the help.

Well I am a MAC guy more, I honestly can't stand Windows, only like it for Online games, that's about it. And I'm not saying anything bad, like you are lying, I just say For most things you DO PAY for NAME, I didn't say for everything, and I'm not 1 out of like 10 that think that, try more like 1 out of 1000 probably even more, I do not know for a fact if SONY or whoever, uses Better Dyes, bla bla etc, I mean who knows maybe they do, but then again what if they didn't and it's the same Crap ?? did you ever think of that, Unless you work for SONY, or some other company, you really don't know then do you ? Sorry If I come off as an *** about it, my intentions are not to be one, just voicing my opinion. Well back to this Burning, I put a bunch of stuff on my IMAC I am currently using, and it's all from my SONY Video MiniDV Video Cam, it came out to 26GB total, so I put all the clips into MP4's to make them smaller and in good quality still, So I go to use Toast to burn the Clips to a Dual layer again, and what do ya know, same stuff happens, AND just to put the QUALITY to the test, I used a GOOD Disk, and what do ya know, Same Results, So I don't know : /, I know someone at work who uses the new MacPro, and burns the same stuff, sept he makes his Movies into a IMAGE file then burns it,( And no he doesn't use High Quality Stuff ) so I tried that as well, and NO GO. So I guess I'll just have to deal with it, But thanks anyway for the Help.

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I use Visual HUB to convert my DV Movie Files into MP4's works the same as Hand-break, and as for the MOVIES, these are Movies that are taken from the real DVD I want to put them on DVD again, not on a Hard Drive, If I had a nice FLAT screen TV and a DVI hook up for the Computer then I would say SURE i'll just keep them on the Hard-Drive and watch them that way, but unfortunately I don't have one so I need to get them on DVDs, and as for my Latest TRY at burning, same stuff happens, Check this out.
So is it these disks or what ? I have the same Brand disc's Windata and they are 4GB disks, they work like a Charm on everything and anything I burn, but these 8.5 dual Layer disks Just don't seem to work in my MAC I have no clue why ?? I just don't get why the 4.7 Gb same Brand disk's work and the same brand Dual Layer's do not, is there something wrong with my Dual layer BURNER, I have a intel white iMAC 2006 Year, got it in End of May 06 just before they came out with the Intel Core 2, It says I have the Dual layer Features, I mean the guy above said it could be Quality in Disks, But if that was the case then why do all my Other CHEAP quality disks that are not 8.5Gb work just fine, OOH and I've tried my OLD disk's as the guy above mentioned, he says try them out in a few years and see if the laser Still reads them, Well answer to that question, is YES they still read, So that's a Quick Response to that, I've never had a Problem with that. But thanks anyway for the Help

I have no clue what the problem could be, It's nice to know that I was right, that it's indeed not the BRAND of Disk you get, if you are having the same problem and even with High Quality disks, I haven't tried data yet on a Dual Layer, I'm sure that will fail as well : / I also tried this on my PC and does the same thing, or actually it just freezes the App and it stays on 99% at the end of burning it.

Well yes and No, I tried it on my PC with Burning a Dual Layer movie, Onto a Windata DISK 8.5 It worked till it got to the END, much further then the MAC got, Then it just stopped, maybe It would have let it sit longer it would have finished who know's, but With my iMAC I've tried it forever with 4.7gb disks worked like a charm until today, just burned a Movie, and now it wont even read any blank DVDs, and NOO IT"S NOT THE MEDIA like you all think, Check out this POST from someone else --

( In my Disk Recording Log I am getting the message of "Burn error: 0x8002006D The device failed to calibrate the laser power level for this media. Power calibration area error". I have tried Maxwell, Memorex, and HP disk so far with the same results. )

So you see it's not the brand, if this guy tried all of them, then if it's the MEDIA! like you all say, why has it not worked Hmmmm ??

Not to knock on Apple I LOVE them, but They have the BEST OS but Fail to get Quality Parts for there Computers, i've had problems with screens many of times, and now with this Burner, COME ON 😟 APPLE