Re: DVD as a recordable medium?

I've never had my hands on one, but IMO, I wouldn't trust my vacation video to
DVD disk, let alone a commercial project that I was getting paid for. I've
wasted many CD-ROM to a buffer over/underflow, and I've rented several DVDs that
wouldn't play right due to a small scratch.

I'll need to see many others test & approve optical, before I give it a try.



>Joe  wrote:
>> Just wanted to get a feeling from others on using DVD as a recordable medium. On
>> first glance it seems like a terrible choice, since one little burp can render a
>> DVD disk into a $2,000 to $10,000) coaster  (or WAY more, depending on the loss,
>> since that's what one day of production might cost, and be lost due to the burp.
>> 
>> Crease a tape and lose a few seconds, maybe one take.
>> Blow  a DVD, say Adios to whatever is on the disk.
>> 
>> Hell, I've had tapes break off the reel and still salvage all the tape.
>> 
>> How about gyro errors? If I rise/turn at a rate faster than 1.75 G's, will my
>> DVD recorder lose track and burn a 5" unusable track? What if, in my haste, I
>> drop or scratch the disk before it gets archived? Am I ganked?
>> 
>> Sony and others seem to be in a rush to optical media, but it scares the hell
>> out of me.
>> 
>> Watt dew U think?