DVR620 DVD/VHS Combo Compatible Discs??

I am using Sony DVD+R 120 min. discs for dubbing VHS to DVD, and they work beautifully. Has anyone used any of the 240 min. discs listed on Page 10 of the Manual? They suggest Verbatim DVD+R 8x as one option that is compatible with this unit. When I load that one I get Error Message as found in the Manual on Page 106 stating "Please eject the disc: Playblack feature may not be available on this disc" and they state the cause that the disc is not playable and refer to Page 10 for a list of standardized disc. I wanted to dub a 4 hr. VHS tape to a DVD that was 240 mins. (4 hrs.) I originally had tried the Memorex DVD +R 240 min. and got the red barred circle icon, but noticed it wasn't listed in the Manual as one they suggest so I purchased the Verbatim brand. I don't want to keep buying different disc to find that they are not compatible with this machine. Disc's aren't cheap! To get around the problem I used the Sony 120 min disc and set the recording mode to LP to give me the 4 hours I needed. Anyone out there ever used any 240 min. discs successfully on the DVR620 DVD/VHS Combo???

I believe that when you say "240 minute disc" that you are referring to a DVD-R/DL (dual layer) disc. You can't use these in the Toshiba model DVD recorders. I don't think I've yet found a consumer model set-top DVD recorder (regardless of brand) that will accept them.
If you want to record a 4-hour event on a single DVD using the Toshiba, you'll have to record it in LP as you've already tried.
Or, break it up into 2 2-hour events on 2 DVDs recorded at SP mode.

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Sony DVD/VHS Combo RDR-VX560 * BE AWARE*

This unit has a bug that causes the picture to freeze in the process of a DVD playback. Checke the Sony eSupport website and you will see this as a "Hot Topic" on the unit. It is a systemic problem that Sony is aware of but does not have a fix for, at least not yet. The problem will not occur on playback of all DVDs, but all 560s tested will freeze during playback of certain commercial DVDs. These DVDs play on other Sony models. The bug is peculiar to the 560 and sister unts (such as the 535). If you think this does not affect your 560, here is one (there are others) DVD to try playing: "The Phantom of The Opera" by MGM. The 560 will freeze-up just prior to the Masqurade scene. It is not the DVD, it is the 560.
Also, be award that the one touch recording may not be as useful as you think. If you want to back up your vintage tapes unto a DVD, the 560 will block you from copying copyrighted VHS tapes.

johnrobert wrote:
This unit has a bug that causes the picture to freeze in the process of a DVD playback. Checke the Sony eSupport website and you will see this as a "Hot Topic" on the unit. It is a systemic problem that Sony is aware of but does not have a fix for, at least not yet. The problem will not occur on playback of all DVDs, but all 560s tested will freeze during playback of certain commercial DVDs. These DVDs play on other Sony models. The bug is peculiar to the 560 and sister unts (such as the 535). If you think this does not affect your 560, here is one (there are others) DVD to try playing: "The Phantom of The Opera" by MGM. The 560 will freeze-up just prior to the Masqurade scene. It is not the DVD, it is the 560.
Hey johnrobert,
Thanks for pointing this issue out! While no firmware updates may currently be available for this particular model (as of 04/07/2009) Sony has provided a number of suggestions to help trouble-shoot these problems on their eSupport website. For more information though I would strongly encourage owners to visit the official product support page below:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?mdl=RDRVX560
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Blu ray drive no longer recognizing dvds or blu ray discs

Until about a week ago I was able to read cds, dvds, and blu ray discs with my dv6 product number lm720av. Windows 7 64 bit. I put in a disc recently and it tries to read the disc for a couple of minutes before it stops trying and shows no disc in the drive. I looked online and it looked like there were other instances of this happening but no one had a solution. It can read cds but not dvd or blu ray at this point. I tried uninstalling the optical drive via device manager and it uninstalled no problem then windows automatically found the drive and reinstalled the drivers which did not change the results. I saw online people were suggesting running sfc under administrator mode in the command prompt. No change. Does this mean my blu ray diode failed? I see two lenses in the drive, is one cd and the other a combo dvd/blu ray? Any other suggestions?
I am about 3 weeks out of warranty on this laptop.

Hi,
The following procedure will test if your notebook can start from a bootable disc in the CD/DVD drive - the advantage of trying this is that it will rule out any possible Windows driver error as the CD/DVD drive is under the control of the Bios when starting the notebook. So if you find that the notebook will not boot from the DVD, then it's almost certainly a Hardware fault in the optical drive itself and it will need to be replaced.
Using another PC to create a Windows 7 Rescue CD and DVD. Download the ISO from the link below.
Windows 7 64bit
You need use an application such as ImgBurn to correctly burn the ISO to a DVD - a guide on using ImgBurn to write an ISO to a disc is Here. Once created, insert the DVD and then restart the notebook and see if it boots from this disc - if it does, let the first screen come up ( this will show repair options etc ) then just remove the DVD and restart. If the notebook will not boot from the DVD, it will just load straight into Windows, in which case, just remove the DVD.
Let me know.
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Duplicating DVDs from Sony DVD/VCR combo

Please forgive a question that actually has nothing to do with DVD Studio Pro. (I DO own it, though!) I just figured you guys would know a lot.
I have a Sony DVD/VCR combo unit. I've created a DVD on the unit with footage from my MiniDV camcorder. The disc burned just fine and plays on my Mac. But I can't use Disc Utility to duplicate the DVD as I am used to doing. I get an "input/output error" message when I try to create a New Image from the disc. I don't see how copy protection could factor in; I made the disc myself, and it's all my own footage shot on MiniDV.
Any thoughts? Or workarounds? I'd like to avoid recreating the entire 2-hour DVD by digitizing straight to my Mac if at all possible.

Toast will do it very easily, but you might want to try this one. I haven't used it, but it looks promising.
http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Utilities/DVDBackup.shtml

Re: DVD/VCR Combo

I ALSO HAVE A DVD/VCR COMBO, THE PICTURE HAS NEVER COME IN ON THE VCR, SO WE TRIED BUYING A NEW TV THINKING THAT THE OLDER TV WAS THE PROBLEM. STILL NO PICTURE ON VCR. PICTURE FINE ON DVD

Just to verify the steps:
1) Insert a VHS tape that already has something recorded on it. Be sure it's not just blank tape.
2) Press the VCR button on the remote. This is the one with the yellow boundary around it, near the bottom of the remote.
You should see 0:00:00 display on the front of the unit.
3) Press PLAY on the remote.
You should see the counter start incrementing as the tape starts playing. (00:00:01, 00:00:02, etc.)
Then see what is on the TV. Are you seeing anything from the VCR, or is it just a blue screen? Press FWD on the remote to see if anything appears on the TV. If you see nothing, and you know it's not blank tape, and you do see a picture when you switch to DVD and play a DVD, I'd say the unit is flawed. I've not experienced this myself.
How are you connected from the Toshiba to the TV? HDMI, RCA cables, or S-Video?
As a side note, when you make posts, please use mixed case. All caps appears to the reader as "shouting" (although perhaps you're thinking you need to shout about this issue). This is known as "proper netiquette". See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_caps#Computing

Need to copy home movies using Insignia dvd/vhs recorder

I have been attempting for 4 years now to copy my vhs home movies onto dvd. I purchased an Insignia dvd/vhs recorder for this purpose. I finally have been successful in recording the dvd where it will play back on the Insignia machine I copied it on but when I send copies to others or try to test the dvd in another player, it will not play the video. I have tried several types of DVDs as I was told it matters. I though the DVD-R was the correct one to use because it reads that it will play back in video players. At least I can play these back on the recorder but I need them to be able to play for those others I have copied them for and for down the road when we the children no longer have this particular recorder. The dvds finally play back on the recorder but not on my sons dvd player. Everything I have read says dvds must be finalized but when I go to menu and then dvd, the menu will not let me arrow up to the finalize part. What can I do? This is so frustrating and I feel an urgency to get these home movies onto dvd.

Your DVDs do need to be finalized in order to be viewable on other players.
Suggest you sit down with the manual for your unit and read it. It should tell you, step by step, how to record and finalize the disc.
If you find my post useful or informative, please click the icon below with the plus sign and star to give kudos. Thank you!

Compatible Disc Burning Device for iMac (DV)

I have an iMac (DV) with 512MB SDRAM and 400MHZ Power PC G3 Processor. I am running OS X (10.4.3). Can anyone recommend a compatible disc burning device?

Hello There, I have an old indigo iMac (the same specs as yours) I bought it secondhand a few years ago and it came with an USB iomega zipCD 650 burner which works perfectly with OS 9 and OS X. I have recently bought a firewire Pikaone DVD +/-RW which was just plug and play (no hassle) - as you need a firewire device to enable you to actually boot from an external CD/DVD player. Hope this helps, I'm sure there are lots of devices out there that are suitable but I can't afford new swish equipment and just but secondhand from eBay, so far I've been very lucky.

T23 with CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo drive problem

I have had my T23 for several years. It came with a DVD/ROM and floppy drive when I purchased it from IBM (not Lenovo). It has served me well but I needed a RW drive, so over Christmas I purchased a new ultrabay 2000 CD-RW/DVD Combo (p/n 22P6991) in the States. The drive can be seen from My Computer, Windows Explorer and Device Manager.
I copied one image (23kb jpeg) from my PC to the drive using Windows Recording Software and it worked. I then tried to move a folder with about 10 jpeg images to the same CD-RW. The images disappeared from the C:/ drive and sit in a virtual storage area (I assume) waiting to be transferred. The CD-RW with one jpeg on it is in the drive and I get a message from the windows writing wizard informing me that there is no disc in the drive. The disc is no longer recognized.
I browsed the forum and found a reference to DLA. I do not have any Sonic DLA software installed. In searching Support and Downloads on the Lenovo Site I see an upgrade to dla521 build 01c (dla521b01u.exe) for 22P6991. As I do not have the base software to upgrade, how do I get the base software? Apparently it is shipped in IBMTools/apps if the device came with the PC.
I may even be chasing the wrong solution here. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Sure would appreciate it.
My system:   T23 Notebook 2647-8RU   512RAM 40G HD   CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo (Ultrabay 2000)
T23: 2647-8RU, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
A61E: 6418-12U, W7/Pro 64
X200: 7454-CTO, W7/Pro 32
Solved!
Go to Solution.

Thank you for your response, I very much appreciate it. I have DeepBurner installed. I assume it to be much the same as Easy CD Creator and Nero... though Nero is huge! I did select multisession on before I did the first copy.
As an aside, I have noticed that there is no format command for the CD (I am using brand new CD-RW discs). Using the CDs right out of the box rendered the file system as CDFS after I wrote the first file to the disc using Windows CD Record. The disc is now unusable.
For DLA ... I did some web searching and found that the CD-RW/DVD combo comes with file   q1dla1us13.exe . It is not on the Lenovo download site. I did not get a CD installation disc with my purchase. Lenovo phone support tells me to buy DLA.
Update:   I have given up on DLA. I downloaded CDBurnerXP and used it. It was simple to use and it did the job. My concern about not being able to format the drive prior to using it was not an issue afterall.
Thank you for taking the time to help me.
Message Edited by emmjay on 01-06-2009 09:45 AM
T23: 2647-8RU, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
A61E: 6418-12U, W7/Pro 64
X200: 7454-CTO, W7/Pro 32

Satellite 1410-902: Which DVD drives are compatible?

My CD in Toshiba s1410-902 is broken and I would like to change it to DVD reader or DVD recorder. The problem is, that not all IDE CD/DVD drives will work with this Toshiba. BIOS accepts only definite drives some of manufacturers, but I don't know which one.
Where can I find the coplete list of copmatible DVD drives for this model of Toshiba?

Hi
If you will buy a drive for your notebook you have to check the physical size of the drive.
The drive settings (master/slave/csel) are very important because you cannot reset these settings like on the normal desktop PC drive.
I have found this CD-RW/DVD-Rom combo drive: P000352490
This drive should be compatible with Satellite 1410.
But of course, you can contact the ASP in your country if you want to order supported parts.

Creating HD 1920x1080i/p on iMac, DVD or Blu-ray Disc???

Looking for some basic answers which I can't find from the camera manufacturers, Apple, and the net in general. After reading literally thousands of posts on the many discussion forums for months, I just purchased a Canon VIXIA HF S200, which is a Flash Memory SD/SDHC consumer camcorder. (Thankfully my new iMac has an SD slot).
Just FYI, I've used Apple since @1995, mainly a Power PC and then a 2006 2 GB Intel Core Duo iMac. With that I've made many home videos. Generally, the movies (e.g., iMovie 6 -> iDVD) were put together with many different formats, vids from the net, vids from family members' cameras and mine, camcorders, still cameras with movie capability, etc. One movie might utilize material I've gathered for years in the form of jpg, png, pict., tiff, avi, mpg, mov, wmv, mp3, wav, aiff… you get the idea. I've always paid the extra $ for QT Pro, etc., in order to edit the various formats or convert them. iMovie6 handled basically whatever I threw at it, and gave me in return quality movies, or as good as the source material anyway, that I could burn in iDVD so family could have copies. I probably took iMovie as far as it could go, editing to the nth degree music-to-pic or vid timings, voice overs, etc. If I needed engineered title pages/pictures that iMovie couldn't make, etc., I'd make them in .ppt and save as jpegs or pull stuff off the net for the movie. My point is I've always found a way to solve any problems with research and trial and error. So now that I'm retired, I want nothing less than quality video content. (Meaning High Definition!)
I am now the proud owner of a 27" iMac 2.93 i7, and it is gorgeous. Had I known that Apple would be stealing all my fun by destroying Quicktime (yes, I kept QT 7.6.6), totally screwing up iMovie, and who knows what I'll find with iDVD and FCE when I buy it, I might have steered clear of the iMac that I thought was going to give me real High Definition capabilities. If you read through these forums carefully, you'll see that there are hundreds of definitions people use for the term "HD". Apple has basically been saying it's as simple as connecting a camcorder through firewire (of course, if you HAD a firewire camcorder, you would now be using adapters for 400/800 anyway). If you get a firewire HD camcorder, you are probably buying a soon to be bye-bye format in tape, or some kind of digital disc. Even the hard drive types are not promising. That leaves flash memory (light, small, quite sturdy)… but these don't have firewire, at least none that I can find for my needs.
So now I have a $900 camcorder (which is probably going back) that shoots in AVCHD, which is coded by way of MPEG-4 AVC/H.264. Of course, Apple wants no part of Blu-ray, for which AVCHD was made. It can author directly to Blu-ray, as well as something called AVCHD Discs, but I can't use Canon's software because I don't want Windows. Canon also natively records in 24 Mbps @ 1920x1080, at different frame rates. All this pretty much ensures that you will need to drop everything down to nearly standard definition while trying to navigate through iMovie, a QT app in need of energy, iDVD, FCE (whose specs don't even line up eye-to-eye with Apple's own iMovie)…
OK, I think you can see my frustration, and I do apologize for showing it so openly (kind of, anyway)… but I see this same pain in so many posts… is there ANYONE that can tell us what kind of HD camera we can use to make hard copies (DVD, Blu-ray, etc.) of home movies. I want to be able to save these family movies for 20 years or more, hopefully… though all the software, camera and Apple people seem to think everything is for streaming on YouTube or posting to FB… the IRONY is that while I am trying to make movies we can keep, everyone's trying to sell us ways to put our movies on the net, where we couldn't get rid of them even if we wanted to… so WE don't get to keep a copy, but the world will always have it once it's posted…
If there is anyone out there that really knows if we can produce DVD's or other discs that family can play in their homes, please help us out with something truly specific. Yes, I would certainly buy a Blu-ray burner if it would work on my "world class" iMac with HD, but no one even seems to know. I am not the only one begging to know what camera will work, or what software will do the trick, etc. I don't mean to imply that anyone's giving bad advice on purpose, but when a poster answers with "you can try converting to this, then ripping it from that, then just reformat to those with some whatever from whomever"… well, we could post back and forth forever without hearing each other… Apple used to stand for simplicity as well as reliability; but now, for example, absolutely no one knows why my extra RAM doesn't work correctly, or even if it should (trying Googling RAM slots for new iMacs, you will not believe the half truths, the bass-ackward answers and other nonsense in the forums).
Many of us seem willing to pay big bucks (like for my i7 iMac) for nice stuff, so if you are listening, Apple, can you at least tell us how to get something done? Your suggested list of camcorder compatibility is a joke, as it tells nearly nothing, except that we'll be buying camcorders with features you will not support… my camcorder works great until you realize that the best recording mode they have I can't export to iMovie… guess I should just use the "standard definiton", huh, after shelling out a grand for the camera with flash GB's and batteries… (I can send it all back, so no need to send me a check, Apple/Canon… heck, I could even send back the iMac, if it wasn't so GORGEOUS).
Last week, I added RAM to my i7, and at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3918, it states:
"i5 and i7 Quad Core iMac computers come with both top memory slots populated. These computers will not start up if only a single DIMM is installed in any bottom slot; these computers should operate normally with a single DIMM installed in any top slot. Core Duo iMac computers should operate normally with a single DIMM installed in any slot, top or bottom. ("Top" and "bottom" slots refer to the orientation of the slots in the pictures below. "Top" refers to the slots closest to the display; "bottom" refers to the slots closest to the stand)."
Well, first, what if I had DIMMs in both "bottom" slots, but none in the top slots, would it work? NO ANSWER, right? And you got the "top and bottom" slots mixed up… please, you are upside down on even the most basic thing… typos are one thing, but… *do you see what I mean?*
Well, since the camera people don't know what their camera does, and I don't know what the iMac, FCE and FCP can do, again I ask you good people out there who are trying hard to make all this stuff work: just what camera or software will work with this top of the line computer to make simple HD movies? I will be forever indebted to anyone who can help in any way…
27" iMac Intel Core i7/2.93GHz/8GB RAM/1TB HD/ATI Radeon HD 5750/Model iMac11,3/OS X v10.6.6

Karsten, Ian & stuckfootage, thanks for responding.
You replied to so many items I wouldn't know where to start. Some of the replies, regarding USB connections, vids on the net, for example, I still must respectfully disagree with you.
You did, however, address many of my rants very well, and I thank you. I was going off the deep end and I don't know why I would expect answers to such a rambling post, most of which wasn't even a question. But you all did a good job of calming me down, so expect my future posts to be more to the point, at least. In a professional and confident manner, you told me what I needed to hear to get real help. I'll see my shrink tomorrow, then maybe you could help with these few things first:
*3. stuckfootage, you said, "I think your frustration is a result of the sales and support people you encounter." Absolutely right. I am usually very independent and never consider asking salespeople for advice, except maybe "where's the restroom?". I worked in that world, so I know better. Still, the advertising and imagery gets to ya, doesn't it?*
*I suppose buying the new 27" i7 2.93 iMac, then memory, plus camcorder, SD cards and batteries, just got me kinda thinking I was all set. So I think I'll just take a step back, take a breath, and get it figured out. I know Apple must have some real geniuses to produce what they do, but ultimately, it's people like all of you on the boards that take it to the next level of understanding, long after Apple has boxed it, shipped it, and charged our credit cards.*
*There was no need for obscenities, though... in saying some HD cameras support Firewire, then using the Panasonic HVX200 ($5000) as an example, now THAT"S OBSCENE... $5000??? LOL (I mean, yeah, I did just buy a super Mac and all, but that just means I'm broke, not rich...)*
*BTW, the article you pointed me to, http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2424451&tstart=0 by Jeremy Hansen was simply outstanding! Informative, accurate, concise, right on point. Thanx...*
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When I try to burn my slideshow.mov to a dvd disc, it will burn but when i put it in the dvd player it says 'disc error'. I have burned it thru iDVD before but forgot how to do it and it won't do it now. The slide show is on my desktop

when I try to burn my slideshow.mov to a dvd disc, it will burn but when i put it in the dvd player it says 'disc error'. I have burned it thru iDVD before but forgot how to do it and it won't do it now. The slide show is on my desktop

Rather than burn directly to disk follow this workflow to help assure the best quality video DVD:
Once you have the project as you want it save it as a disk image via the File ➙ Save as Disk Image menu option. This will separate the encoding process from the burn process.
To check the encoding mount the disk image, launch DVD Player and play it. If it plays OK with DVD Player the encoding is good.
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Satellite A200-195: What CD/DVD drive is compatible?

Hey Guys and gals,
I have had a look and asked Toshiba but no answer given so thought I would ask the experts here.
My DVD RW in my laptop TS L632D Has died and I need a new one.
So what one can I buy and fit without problems.
These drives are known to have issues with conflicts etc... so a different drive would be better.
So what do you guys and gals suggest.
Cheers,
Chris

Hi
Thank you very much that you are seeing us as experts :)
We all here are Toshiba notebook users and as you probably dont know this is a user-to-user forum. :) so maybe not really experts ;)
To be honest its not known to me that this CD/DVD drive causes issue.
As you probably dont know every CD/DVD drive doesnt support all possible CDs or DVDs from different manufacturers.
Some CDs and DVDs are more compatible and some CDs or DVDs are not fully compatible.
However, the point is that you need a new CD/DVD drive.
I checked the A200 user manual (can be downloaded from the Toshiba page) and there is a list with some compatible drives.
Check the user manual page 6 and 7
You can also call the ASP in your country. The guys known what CD/DVD drives are compatible with your notebook!
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My imac is not recognizing any external dvd writer drive. I have imac with Core i7 and Mac OS 10.6.8. I have tried external dvd writers from Samsung and Amazon Essentials but the computer does not recognize any of them. Which Dvd writer is compatible?

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Hey All,
I have the white MacBook 13" purchased in Oct 08. I have a newer DVD/VCR Combo unit that is hooked into my HDTV via HDMI to, I think, DVI. (I'm at work right now). Anyway, my question is, can I run the mini-DVI to the DVD/VCR Combo into the TV with the mini-DVI to HDMI cable? Or will I lose valuable signal and video? Should I connect directly to the TV?
The TV is a Mitsubishi HDTV ready 1080i widescreen 55 in, projection. I think it is from the 2004 era. I bought it used and it didn't have a manual.
Thanks for any help!

There should be no signal lost from the VCR to the TV. That will just be a digital pass-through.

Need CD-RW/DVD-ROM combo drive for Tecra 8200

I have just bought an old Tecra 8200 with a CD-Rom drive in its SelectBay.
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