I am aware that dvdrs due to the chemical dye process used have that normal purple-ish tint and unlike cdrs that had multiple colorings that does not really apply for dvds.
let me ask two questions (and why I put it in the media forum)
the quick (well not so quick) rundown: A complete tv show series was recently released by Sony (ghost story aka circle of Fear) and you can buy this from Amazon. Amazon informs you it is burn on demand media
However once I got the set, going by the inner circle look and top it looks like BOD, but looking at the silvery reflective bottom tells me it is a pressed disc.
the dvds are dual layered (and I know some BOD companies use them now such as Warner Archive)
the disc itself behaves and plays with the generic usually same menu you find on a burn on demand disc. The packaging from Sony also states the usual burn on demand disc info about play back not working in certain devices.
my Pioneer dvd decks would only play the Sony logo and then set in a an endless loop trying to load title 1. I could not load or do anything else even with a search function. In order for me to play this I had to use an older cyberhome cheapie deck
So no longer a short story,
1. I wanted to ask, has Sony made a breakthrough and created a burnable disc look closer to a factory pressing (possibly some proprietary process used by them)? I did try dvdindentifier on the pc to pull up any info and it came back that the disc was some sort of unsupported format and it found no info at all
2. Have some burn on demand discs actually have super limited factory pressings before they all go to burns instead?
let me ask two questions (and why I put it in the media forum)
the quick (well not so quick) rundown: A complete tv show series was recently released by Sony (ghost story aka circle of Fear) and you can buy this from Amazon. Amazon informs you it is burn on demand media
However once I got the set, going by the inner circle look and top it looks like BOD, but looking at the silvery reflective bottom tells me it is a pressed disc.
the dvds are dual layered (and I know some BOD companies use them now such as Warner Archive)
the disc itself behaves and plays with the generic usually same menu you find on a burn on demand disc. The packaging from Sony also states the usual burn on demand disc info about play back not working in certain devices.
my Pioneer dvd decks would only play the Sony logo and then set in a an endless loop trying to load title 1. I could not load or do anything else even with a search function. In order for me to play this I had to use an older cyberhome cheapie deck
So no longer a short story,
1. I wanted to ask, has Sony made a breakthrough and created a burnable disc look closer to a factory pressing (possibly some proprietary process used by them)? I did try dvdindentifier on the pc to pull up any info and it came back that the disc was some sort of unsupported format and it found no info at all
2. Have some burn on demand discs actually have super limited factory pressings before they all go to burns instead?