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post #2101 of 2875
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Originally Posted by DigaDo View Post

My circa 2005/2006 computer has been slowing down with a number of operations, especially DVD burning--even though the DVD burner (LG) was new just a few months ago.

I've started to discuss getting a new computer with my Chief Financial Officer (wife).

While you may still try to get your CFO to approve a new computer purchase (good luck!), in the interim you might want to check your CD/DVD drive's DMA status, as described here?

The drive might have auto-switched to PIO status due to previous "errors" and that's a very inefficient (slow) op process.
post #2102 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Chingu808 View Post

Got my 2 cake box of Ty's from my relative late last weekend. They shipped them in a flat rate USPS box. Not sure what condition it arrived to them when they received it from Supermedia. But when I got it both had the shrink wrap broken lose and the bottoms separated from the tops. As well as one of them had the spindle broken from the black base. They had each cake box wrap with bubble wrap. But I think they could of done a better job of packing them. There was to much room in the flat rate box for them to move around. I immediately transfer them to some non ty 100 spindles. Have not been able to test these yet since I have not gotten back my E500H dvd recorder yet.

Supermediastore has, in my opinion, been very poor at packing in general, and I always dread opening their boxes. Because of that issue alone, I have moved many o fmy purchases to RIMA. Supermediastore, in the past, could really pile on the shipping charges. That's why many older posts in this forum used to recommend the free shipping option for items. If free shipping wasn't available, then I wouldn't buy it. As has been suggested, I recommend you specify extra padding in your somments. That suggestion seems to work.
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Originally Posted by tomwil View Post

Well, I will probably be returning my CopyPal DVD Duplicator. For whatever reason, it insists on burning everything at a 16-20X speed, even if I feed it 1X, 4X, or 8X TY media. And, it is not reliably copying my older DVDs.

I am going for the upgraded model (the one with the LCD control), which gives you the option to select the burn speed.

As for SuperMediaStore's packaging, my first order with them came with loose DVDs and broken cake boxes. In subsequent orders, I placed a message in the memo field asking that they pack very carefully. Since then, they have been very good at packaging, having the cake boxes wrapped in bubble wrap and packed tightly with peanuts so that there is no movement in shipping.

I only have one question. Is your older media reliable? If it's questionable, then the duplicator might not be able to read it, um, them.

I opened a new cakebox of T-Ys yesterday, and realized that I now have LESS THAN 2000 blank disks left! I'm feeling a little nervous about my personal lack of supply.
post #2103 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Church AV Guy View Post

I opened a new cakebox of T-Ys yesterday, and realized that I now have LESS THAN 2000 blank disks left! I'm feeling a little nervous about my personal lack of supply.

That's the same number that prompts me to watch for the next sale of TY Premium Line discs.

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Originally Posted by wajo View Post

While you may still try to get your CFO to approve a new computer purchase (good luck!), in the interim you might want to check your CD/DVD drive's DMA status, as described here?

The drive might have auto-switched to PIO status due to previous "errors" and that's a very inefficient (slow) op process.

Thanks for that link.

I'm a little confused now that I recheck my computer. I have two Primary IDE channels and one Secondary IDE channel.

The first Primary IDE Channel Device 0 is Ultra DMA Mode 5.

The second Primary IDE Channel Device 0 is Ultra DMA Mode 2. The Device 1 is Ultra DMA Mode 4.

The Secondary IDE Channel is "DMA If Possible" but it doesn't appear that IDE channel is populated.

The only DVDs I'll be computer burning in future are those that need a DVD Shrink re-encoding before burning with Roxio. The old Sony DVD ROM and new LG DVD burner have been slow, perhaps 25-35 minutes (as the content is "staged" or "restaged" to hard drive) for a single or first copy, but a second copy is usually in the seven minute range. Perhaps the Sony DVD ROM is the weak link and replacement will improve performance.
post #2104 of 2875
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Originally Posted by DigaDo View Post

The old Sony DVD ROM and new LG DVD burner have been slow, perhaps 25-35 minutes (as the content is "staged" or "restaged" to hard drive) for a single or first copy, but a second copy is usually in the seven minute range. Perhaps the Sony DVD ROM is the weak link and replacement will improve performance.

It's likely your software is doing an image copy of the source to the HDD and then burning the target from the HDD. For whatever reason, I've noticed that burning is an inherently faster process than reading. If you try to do a direct disk to disk copy it is always much slower than if you were burning an image from the HDD and is limited by the read rate of the source disk. You might want to try something like ImgBurn to first rip an image to the HDD then burn the image to disk. If your LG drive is new, just use it for both the rip and the burn. If the Sony drive came with the PC as original equipment, a 5 yr old reader is going to be especially slow.
post #2105 of 2875
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Originally Posted by DigaDo View Post

I'm a little confused now that I recheck my computer. I have two Primary IDE channels and one Secondary IDE channel.

The first Primary IDE Channel Device 0 is Ultra DMA Mode 5.

The second Primary IDE Channel Device 0 is Ultra DMA Mode 2. The Device 1 is Ultra DMA Mode 4.

The Secondary IDE Channel is "DMA If Possible" but it doesn't appear that IDE channel is populated.

That is "odd" and the tutorial doesn't mention the poss. of having TWO Device 0's... Device 0 is supp. to be the HDD, and Device 1 is the CD/DVD drive.

His later instructions on uninstalling and reinstalling Device 0 and/or Device 1 with the Driver > Uninstall menu might be something you'd want to consider for BOTH of your Device 0's in Primary and Secondary channels... altho I'm not sure if reinstalling the drivers for the Primary Channel fixes/changes the settings for the Secondary channel as well... just have to see what the Secondary menu looks like after doing the Primary?

That should force your computer to recognize the one-and-only true Device 0 HDD... unless you've got two HDD's?
post #2106 of 2875
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Originally Posted by wajo View Post

That is "odd" and the tutorial doesn't mention the poss. of having TWO Device 0's... Device 0 is supp. to be the HDD, and Device 1 is the CD/DVD drive.

His later instructions on uninstalling and reinstalling Device 0 and/or Device 1 with the Driver > Uninstall menu might be something you'd want to consider for BOTH of your Device 0's in Primary and Secondary channels... altho I'm not sure if reinstalling the drivers for the Primary Channel fixes/changes the settings for the Secondary channel as well... just have to see what the Secondary menu looks like after doing the Primary?

That should force your computer to recognize the one-and-only true Device 0 HDD... unless you've got two HDD's?

Yes, that might be worth trying.

This is a Dell Dimension E510 with a single Western Digital Caviar WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive.

The Sony DVD ROM and LG DVD burner are both IDE on the same cable (both set cable select) with the Sony at the end and the LG on the middle connector.

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Originally Posted by Kelson View Post

I've noticed that burning is an inherently faster process than reading. If you try to do a direct disk to disk copy it is always much slower than if you were burning an image from the HDD and is limited by the read rate of the source disk. You might want to try something like ImgBurn to first rip an image to the HDD then burn the image to disk. If your LG drive is new, just use it for both the rip and the burn. If the Sony drive came with the PC as original equipment, a 5 yr old reader is going to be especially slow.

I hadn't really given this much thought as I always assumed it was more efficient to have a separate reader and writer. The Sony DVD ROM is original equipment. I've yet to use the new LG burner for reading and writing but that now sounds like the best procedure.
post #2107 of 2875
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Originally Posted by DigaDo View Post

Yes, that might be worth trying.

This is a Dell Dimension E510 with a single Western Digital Caviar WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Hard Drive.

The Sony DVD ROM and LG DVD burner are both IDE on the same cable (both set cable select) with the Sony at the end and the LG on the middle connector.

Ah, one of the two DVD drives must be seen as another Device 0, and the other as the Device 1?

Maybe that's how your laptop configs itself for two DVD drives, and it may be normal???
post #2108 of 2875
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Originally Posted by wajo View Post

Ah, one of the two DVD drives must be seen as another Device 0, and the other as the Device 1?

Maybe that's how your laptop configs itself for two DVD drives, and it may be normal???

Concerning your first thought, that's my thought as well.

This is the desktop computer seen in this photo:
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post #2109 of 2875
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Originally Posted by DigaDo View Post

I hadn't really given this much thought as I always assumed it was more efficient to have a separate reader and writer. The Sony DVD ROM is original equipment. I've yet to use the new LG burner for reading and writing but that now sounds like the best procedure.

Diga,
From your quote below, it read to me that you were referring to making multiple copies of the source disk. In that case the copy software would first rip an image of the source to the HDD and make the multiple copies from it. The first copy is slow for the reasons I stated above. The fact that your second burn takes only 7 min means your LG burner is not running in PIO mode. This is verified by the data you cite.

The referenced link, while useful, is dated and does not take into account SATA channels. My work PC is similar vintage to yours and has a SATA HDD. I also see two primary IDE channels. The first primary IDE channel is SATA and has your HDD on it as device 0, running in DMA mode 5. The second primary IDE channel, and in your case the secondary IDE channel, are both IDE. Your OEM Sony drive is running as device 0 in DMA mode 2 and the new LG drive you added is running as device 1 in DMA mode 4 (it's faster). Your second IDE channel is unpopulated. And yes, all channels support 2 devices, "0" & "1". Nothing is running as PIO mode, so you do not need to mess with your drivers. The best way to speed up the copy process would be to just use the new LG drive for read/write and a fast image ripper/burner like ImgBurn. Even though I have 3 burners on my home PC, I never do direct disk to disk copies -- just too slow.

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Originally Posted by DigaDo View Post

The old Sony DVD ROM and new LG DVD burner have been slow, perhaps 25-35 minutes (as the content is "staged" or "restaged" to hard drive) for a single or first copy, but a second copy is usually in the seven minute range.
post #2110 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Kelson View Post

The best way to speed up the copy process would be to just use the new LG drive for read/write and a fast image ripper/burner like ImgBurn. Even though I have 3 burners on my home PC, I never do direct disk to disk copies -- just too slow.

Thank you for clarifying these technical matters. I'll use the new LG burner for read/write operations with this computer.
post #2111 of 2875
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Originally Posted by DigaDo View Post

Concerning your first thought, that's my thought as well.

This is the desktop computer seen in this photo:

For a minute there I thought that was the same Dell I had. But it just the same case. I have a Dell Dimension 9150. It's about 5 years old and knock on wood has served me well. About a year ago I upgraded the ram from 1 to 3 gigs and also upgraded to a better video card. I have replaced the original dvd-rom drive with some after market ones. I have a Lite-on model, and LG in the desktop and a Pioneer in a external case. The LG is the newest but the ripping speed is slow as hell. Been like that since I brought it a year ago. The Lite-On is 4 years old and is going to be replaced. The tray has a hell of a time opening. I have a new Samsung 22X sata drive in the closet to replace the Lite-On. For now the Pioneer external is my fatest ripping drive. This computer is only used for encoding all those Korean Drama episodes I d/l using ConvertXtoDvd4 and then all the ripping and burning I do. I also rip all my dvd-r's I make on my Panny E500h on this computer also.

I also have a old Compaq computer which is used to surf the web and also used to d/l all those 720P and 450P Korean drama episode files. The 450P files are 700-800mb in size and the 720P files are 1.5gb. Sometimes I d/l the 1080p ones but those are about 8.5gb. I am serious thinking about getting a new computer and moving the Dell over to replace the Compaq and then use the new one to convert files using that ConvertXtoDvd4 program.
post #2112 of 2875
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Originally Posted by DigaDo View Post

The CopyPal's fast burning and your report points toward use of 16x media with that machine.

I have on-hand one unused spindle of 100 Sony 16x discs and I ordered two 16x spindles of 100 TY/JVC Value Line discs for use only with the CopyPal. At the moment these Value Line discs are attractively priced, 200 for $40, including shipping:

http://www.supermediastore.com/produ...lue-line-200pk

When copying discs with my computer I would sometimes encounter the "difficulty reading from source disc" error. Since then I've usually checked to make sure that fingerprints or other soiling has been removed before copying a disc.

My circa 2005/2006 computer has been slowing down with a number of operations, especially DVD burning--even though the DVD burner (LG) was new just a few months ago.

I've started to discuss getting a new computer with my Chief Financial Officer (wife).

A couple of days ago I went computer shopping with a buddy who wanted my advice. We looked at several models and agreed that one model was the best buy for his needs. Then he called his Chief Financial Officer (wife) and reported that (DigaDo) approved of the computer he found. She gave her approval and he purchased the computer. Now I want the same model/deal he got. So far, "DigaDo" hasn't made much progress in the new computer discussions.

If I may ask what computer (brand & model #) did you pick out for your friend?
post #2113 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Church AV Guy View Post

I only have one question. Is your older media reliable? If it's questionable, then the duplicator might not be able to read it, um, them.

Well, the older DVDs read and copy fine on my computer. Of course, I can choose the burn speed to match the media.

I'm wondering if I put slower drives in the duplicator it might be more reliable? However, that would void any warranty and return privileges.
post #2114 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Chingu808 View Post

This computer is only used for encoding all those Korean Drama episodes I d/l using ConvertXtoDvd4 and then all the ripping and burning I do. I also rip all my dvd-r's I make on my Panny E500h on this computer also.

Do you have any links or ideas where I could get Dae Jo Yeong?
post #2115 of 2875
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Originally Posted by DigaDo View Post

Thank you for clarifying these technical matters. I'll use the new LG burner for read/write operations with this computer.

I use my DVD burners a lot to rip the main titles from commercial DVD's to my disk farm. I put them in, start the process and walk away without regard for the time it takes. Out of curiosity, I selected a fully burned DVD-R (no copy protection to slow things down) and did a straight image rip with DVD Decrypter to the HDD. My two internal burners are circa 2004 (LiteON) and circa 2006 (LG). Both are IDE running in DMA Mode 2. The LiteOn did the rip in 9:44 and the LG in 7:36. Your newer LG should read even faster. An 8X image burn takes about 8 min; the faster read time helps speed up the verify cycle.
post #2116 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Chingu808 View Post

If I may ask what computer (brand & model #) did you pick out for your friend?

Actually, my buddy found this computer on his own but wanted my opinion. After looking at several others we agreed that this one is "the best bang for the buck," er, actually $499.98:

http://www.staples.com/Dell-Inspiron...?cmArea=SEARCH

After additional discussion with my CFO it appears that I'll continue using my Dell E510.
post #2117 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Kelson View Post

...My two internal burners are circa 2004 (LiteON) and circa 2006 (LG). Both are IDE running in DMA Mode 2...

Out of curiosity, what are the model numbers of your Lite-On and LG?

Over the past few years, I bought a Lite-On SOHW-832S and a LG GSA-H55N (based on forum recommendations and good sale prices) but due to health issues, didn't get around to installing them until recently. I put the 832S into a Gateway 6400 Server and it would only see CDs. For every type of DVD±R/RW I tried, it reported "No Media in Drive". I went to the CDFreaks Forum, d/l'd some utilities and verified that the firmware was indeed capable of viewing the also several year old media so I moved it to an old homebuilt FC VA-503+ MB (VIA) w/K6-III/400 and still NG. The VA-503+ also didn't like the Lite-On LTN-486S CD reader (pulled from a Dell 400SC) so I guessing it may be something to do with the VIA Chipset. IIRC, all my PCs have the 4.60 ASPI instead of the 4.71 and Device Manager says "DMA if available". (I know about errors and reverting to PIO mode.) Years ago, I had all this info in my head. Nowadays, sometimes I feel like I've forgotten more than I knew.

The LG worked fine in the Gateway so the Lite-On is a problem for another day. I have two Dells (4100 and 400SC) with crashed boot HDDs to repair. Then, I can try it there.

Any idea / suggestions?

Thanks!
post #2118 of 2875
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Originally Posted by ClearToLand View Post

Out of curiosity, what are the model numbers of your Lite-On and LG?

Over the past few years, I bought a Lite-On SOHW-832S and a LG GSA-H55N (based on forum recommendations and good sale prices) but due to health issues, didn't get around to installing them until recently...

Years ago, I had all this info in my head. Nowadays, sometimes I feel like I've forgotten more than I knew.

The LG worked fine in the Gateway so the Lite-On is a problem for another day.

Any idea / suggestions?

Years ago I read very favorable reviews of LiteOn DVD burners in the 16xx series. I bought three or four of these and installed them in various family computers. At first they performed well but within a few months (usually with light use) they developed read and write problems. I went back and read more recent reviews where others reported very short life-spans for the same 16xx models I had purchased.

To make a long story short, I replaced all the LiteOn DVD burners with NEC 3500 series DVD burners (the last of the "genuine" NEC DVD burners) each of which gave around five years of outstanding service, sometimes with very heavy use. The next series of NEC DVD burners were actually mediocre Sony products marketed under the OptiArc name.
post #2119 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Kelson View Post

Do you have any links or ideas where I could get Dae Jo Yeong?

I had these K-Drama download sites bookmarked - you can try them:

Aja-Aja.com
dlaznmovies.com
MySoju.com
Viikii.net.

Never any guarantees of English subtitling, although I would think someone would have them for something as in demand and popular as that.

If you want to buy it on DVD, I can probably find that out, too, but most K-Dramas are generally way overpriced. I'm guessing a longer, extremely popular series like that will cost some insane amount like $300.00 for a good print (with English subs) - but I could be wrong.
post #2120 of 2875
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Originally Posted by ClearToLand View Post

Out of curiosity, what are the model numbers of your Lite-On and LG?

LiteOn DVDRW SOHW-812S; LG DVDRAM GSA-4136B. They each have their advantages.

The LiteOn is the better reader -- not in terms of speed but in terms of reading any less than pristine or faded disks I put in it. It also can read disk information and has the error checking capability to work with the Nero CD/DVD Speed utility for disk scans. I use the LiteOn as my primary ripping drive.

The LG is the better burner. It's a 16X burner (although I never burn over 8X) that has RAM R/W capability. It can't do error checking, but then that's what I have the LiteOn for. I do all my DVD burning on this drive; never burn with the LiteOn.

If I could only pick one drive, it would be the LG.
post #2121 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Rammitinski View Post

I had these K-Drama download sites bookmarked - you can try them:

Aja-Aja.com
dlaznmovies.com
MySoju.com
Viikii.net.

Thanks, I'll check them out. I found D-J-Y on the local PBS station 2 yrs ago when they played the whole cycle, 2 episodes per week. Problem was I came in at episode 40, so I would like to see what happened in the beginning.
post #2122 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Rammitinski View Post

I had these K-Drama download sites bookmarked - you can try them:

Aja-Aja.com
dlaznmovies.com
MySoju.com
Viikii.net.

Never any guarantees of English subtitling, although I would think someone would have them for something as in demand and popular as that.

If you want to buy it on DVD, I can probably find that out, too, but most K-Dramas are generally way overpriced. I'm guessing a longer, extremely popular series like that will cost some insane amount like $300.00 for a good print (with English subs) - but I could be wrong.

Ok Aja-aja.com is a great site to d/l from but they went private because were linking from their megaupload links. I have no idea what dlasnmovies.com is but the other 2 are streaming sites. As far as I know who can watch korean dramas online with subtitles. The Viikii site also does a lot of their own subtitling and also if you look hard enough they provide soft subs for korean raw files you can d/l from other sites. Other subbing groups and one of the best is from WS2 and Haru Haru.

Here are a couple of other sites you can d/l K-drama files from.
1. AM-Addiction.com - they also offer direct links to the 3 sites I mention that do the english subtitles.
2. Lets-look.com - I believe you must register with this site to see the files. Also the site is in english and french I believe.

Yes you asked for the grand daddy of all dramas. At least when it aired it had a 30% rating and is 134 episodes in length. Very popular historical drama. If you can find it it will be on over 40 dvd-r's if the person recorded 3 episodes per dvd-r. Or if they went the 2 per episode route that would be over almost 70 dvd-r's. All the sites posted above do not have it posted. The only way to get it with subs is from some one who recorded it when it aired in their local area and some places never aired with subs. There is a message board below that has a lending club but you must register to see how you can join their lending club. They claim they have this to borrow from their club.
Korean Drama Group
http://forum.koreandramas.net/
post #2123 of 2875
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Originally Posted by DigaDo View Post

Actually, my buddy found this computer on his own but wanted my opinion. After looking at several others we agreed that this one is "the best bang for the buck," er, actually $499.98:

http://www.staples.com/Dell-Inspiron...?cmArea=SEARCH

After additional discussion with my CFO it appears that I'll continue using my Dell E510.

Thanks for the info. I saw this posted on some deal sites. Unfortunately Staples does not offer free shipping to my location. Plus it looks like they are out of stock now.
post #2124 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Colloquor View Post

I found a decent source of DVD media, somewhat by accident. It's not media that I'd use normally, but in a pinch it's very good. The actual manufacturer of the media is Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (with an Media ID of MCC004). The source? The Aldi discount supermarket chain, which as you may or may not know, is a German-based company - Albrecht Discount. Their Tevion brand DVD+ and DVD- are manufactured by Mitsubishi, and the prices for non-bulk packaging is excellent.

Be careful with those, VERY VERY often cheap media uses fake media IDs to fool both buyers and DVD burners into thinking it's "good" media.

I'm located in the US so have no idea how trustworthy those discs are, but if you have known "real" MCC discs, compare what they look like-- do the dye colors look the same? Patterns of dye? are there any codes stamped in the plastic around the inner hub? Do they follow a similar pattern of codes? etc, etc.

You might want to ask at Cdfreaks.com if anyone has experience with the media as well.
post #2125 of 2875
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Originally Posted by Chingu808 View Post

Yes you asked for the grand daddy of all dramas. At least when it aired it had a 30% rating and is 134 episodes in length. Very popular historical drama.

I know. I was glued to it, even having to read the sub-titles. I have a wishlist on my TiVo HD set up to scan the guide for D-J-Y. If it is ever broadcast again, I'll get it.
post #2126 of 2875
You can buy Dae Joyoung from the network that aired it, KBS: http://www.kbsworldi.com/estore/Cata...lProducts.aspx

The designation "EOR" means "Episode on request". They burn a DVD and send it to you, one ep per disc.

Five hundred clams to buy the whole thing
post #2127 of 2875

Deal of the decade if your Sams has the same pricing as mine,
Verbatim 50 spindle of 2.4x DLs for $39.88
That's $20 off the regular decent price of $59.95
Don't know if they are clearancing out 2.4x(which I'd personally prefer over 8x) or what, but at that price I had 2 then 4 and I finally decided on 3 in my cart. Still $120 but for 150 great DL discs it just couldn't be beat.
Again I'm not guaranteeing all Sams will have this deal but mine(Shakopee MN) probably had 2 dozen spindles after I bought 3.
Now I'm having second thoughts I should have got more for this great price but truthfully I don't use that many DL discs, basically only in my PC.
Good luck
SKU# 65008 made in Singapore
I'm sure this is in-store only, I didn't see it on-line.

Edit: Wow this is the week of DL deals. Office Depot has a 25 spindle of TDK(Memorex) 8x DLs for $19.99(same price as the Verbs I got) and regular Rs for $19.99/100 and even 4x RWs for $13.99/25. Great prices indeed
post #2128 of 2875
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Originally Posted by jjeff View Post


Deal of the decade if your Sams has the same pricing as mine,
Verbatim 50 spindle of 2.4x DLs for $39.88
That's $20 off the regular decent price of $59.95
Don't know if they are clearancing out 2.4x(which I'd personally prefer over 8x) or what, but at that price I had 2 then 4 and I finally decided on 3 in my cart. Still $120 but for 150 great DL discs it just couldn't be beat.
Again I'm not guaranteeing all Sams will have this deal but mine(Shakopee MN) probably had 2 dozen spindles after I bought 3.
Now I'm having second thoughts I should have got more for this great price but truthfully I don't use that many DL discs, basically only in my PC.
Good luck
SKU# 65008 made in Singapore
I'm sure this is in-store only, I didn't see it on-line.

Edit: Wow this is the week of DL deals. Office Depot has a 25 spindle of TDK(Memorex) 8x DLs for $19.99(same price as the Verbs I got) and regular Rs for $19.99/100 and even 4x RWs for $13.99/25. Great prices indeed

Pretty decent for the Verbs what with them being under $1 per, but the TDK pricing isn't that great. I got 50 a few weeks back from Amazon for < $30 shipped. Haven't tried these out yet, so...
post #2129 of 2875
FWIW... I bought 100 pcs. of Taiyo Yuden DVD-R 8X Premium discs from SuperMedia.com, and so far, one and sometimes two out of ten discs are bad. This is my first experience with Taiyo Yuden DVDs and SuperMedia, and so far, it's not been a good one.
post #2130 of 2875
I just noticed your reply of April 10 to my post on the Tevion-branded media distributed by Aldi. I compared them to real Mitsubishi media, and dye colors and patterns, and codes are exactly analogous to the real Mitsubishi (MCC) media. The one thing that's interesting about Aldi, if you're not satisfied with any of their products, whatever it may be, they give you 2X your money back. If they were selling cheap, rip-off media, they would soon learn that it's a losing proposition. They have too much to lose by doing this. I've never had a bad burn with any of the Tevion-branded media, unlike a recent purchase of Taiyo Yuden Premium 8X DVD-R media.
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