DVD blank media: Price over Quality?

 When I got my new Samsung DVD writer I am excited to use it so I installed it immediately. But when I started using it and burn some data it always gets me an “Invalid Block Address” followed by a “Burn Process Failed” for the nth time. It is frustrating so I tried to googled it up and find some remedy for this annoying error. Many forum threads I have read said that it could be the ODD itself or the firmware, the software (I’m using Nero 8 OEM) or the media itself. So I checked it one by one, the ODD and its OK, the firmware is OK too. I tried to update Nero 8 and its successful and last I check my media. I always buy media disc at CD-R King, the one-stop media provider as the tagline says. This is where we can buy dozens of cheap branded and generic recordable media disc. The CD recordable/rewritable prices varies from PhP 5.00-8.00 while the DVD recordable/rewritable varies from PhP 12.00- 18.00. With these reasonable prices do we have to expect quality media disc? Some say choosing CD-R King product is Price over Quality. If you buy black DVD media disc a lot why don’t you check out the class of your purchased disc? What I found out that blank DVD media disc have their own media ID that determine their own media class. 

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Christmas 2008

Merry Christmas 

ABS-CBN’s rumored "Twilight" TV adaptation.

Fan Made Poster from PEX thread

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The Greatest Movie Character is…

Empire strikes back! Once again another controversial list from the magazine that brought the 500 Greatest Film of All Time, The EMPIRE Magazine. Last month (I think) when I first saw this list, Empire’s 100 Greatest Movie Character, I was excited to see who’s on the top spot. But I make it nice and slow so I browse it from bottom to top. I was surprised on some of the movie character I knew that I wouldn’t think will be included on the list. But what surprises me a lot is the Greatest Movie Character that tops the list. I have here the Top 13 of the list. Any violent reaction?

13

 “Master is our friend! / You don’t have any friends; nobody likes you.” Gollum

Played By: Andy Serkis

Film: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Return of the King

Why He’s On The List: Similarly to Yoda, our first fascination with Gollum is with his appearance and his strange speech pattern (as well as being a digitally imposed character), but as the second instalment of Lord Of The Rings progresses, it becomes apparent that he’s not one person, but two. It’s all galvanised by one fascinating, heartbreaking, classic scene, but Serkis’ performance continues to consistently display the demented halfling’s highly volatile state.

Finest Hour: His two personalities arguing over Frodo’s sincerity and fate.

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