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Mac superdrive dvd-r

From: "Matthew Sylvester" <mssres@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Mac Superdrive limitations....
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:47:32 -0000
References: <20021215120417.22407.00000120@mb-md.aol.com> 

"Ken Rutherford" <k9660r@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20021215120417.22407.00000120@mb-md.aol.com...
> Anyone else using a G4 Superdrive? I have a Mac 1ghz DP and  recently
found out
> that they do NOT read DVD+R disks. Well, I can live with that, but now, I
am
> facing the reality that they do not read DVD-RW disks either. This DVD
burning
> venture is turning out to be an expensive hobby! Blank DVD's are $4-$5
each.
> Not as easy to throw one away as a CD. I believe this was poor planning on
> Apple's part. I could have saved $$ if the Superdrive could read DVD-RW
that I
> could use as a "test" disk.  Anyone else agree?  Curious if  the current
> Superdrive could be patched  or upgraded to read DVD-RW, or is this
possible?

The superdrive reads and writes DVD-RW just fine. Are you referring to the
fact that iDVD doesn't recognise -RW disks? If so there is a way to fool it,
by giving it a -R disk to start off with then ejecting it and replacing it
with a -RW once it has gone away to do the encoding.

You also seem to be overpaying for you DVD-R blanks. We can get them here in
the UK for the equivalent of around $0.75, so I guess that similar prices
should be available elsewhere.

- Matthew

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