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The Sony RDR-HX780 came out in the second quarter of 2008 and was marketed until 2010 in Canada and later internationally. The Canadian firmware is dated April 2008.
If your burner has problems burning crap media and you can easily get Verbatim 1x to 16x AZO dye discs – try them. Many of us have absolutely no problem burning these 1x to 16x rated discs in our 640 780 and 550 decks (I have a 780). Some members burned thousands of these discs in their 640 decks without a single hic-up.
It is a misconception to think that 1x to 16x discs are 16x only discs. It is even a bigger misconception to think that burning a 1x to 16x disc at 6x speed will take 16x power. This is simply not true. Truth is that 1x to 16x disc burned at 6x speed will take the same power as burning a 1x to 8x disc at 6x speed. As Verbatim and T-Y both claim their 1x to 16x discs have been designed and tested for recorders that have a firmware to recognize 1x to 16x DVD-R Ver 2.0 and Ver2.1 with CPRM and/or 1x to 16x DVD+R and these discs have been designed to burn the discs at the power that the deck’s firmware tells it to. That’s 6x max with the 533, 640, 780 and 550.
The 16x misconception comes from the old days, before DVD recorders were designed to accept 16x media, prior to the 1x to 16x DVD-R revision. Those older recorders don’t have firmware to deal with 1x to 16x media and may go crazy and even damage the laser diode but any recorder designed after the 1x to 16x revision (any recorder with a firmware to burn DL discs will certainly have the capability to burn quality 1x to 16x rated media at the recorder’s rated speed without any problems or extra laser power. Crappy 1x to 8x discs burned at 6x speed will take more laser power than good quality 1x to 16 discs burned at 6x speed.
To the best of my knowledge every single DVDr that is designed to burn dual-layer discs is perfectly capable of burning single layer discs rated at 1x to 16x as DL DVD-+R is newer then the 1x-to 16x disc specification. If anyone is concerned about laser-power I would recommend staying away fron DL discs as penetrating the second layer at 4x burn speed will certainly draw more laser-power than burning a single-layer 1x to 16x disc at 6x speed.
Do you have an owner’s manual for the 543? If it’s as CitiBear states, a final variation of the 640 then it certainly has a new enough firmware to deal with 1x to 16 discs as well as dual-layer discs. This is clearly stated in the 640, 780 and 550 manuals and in fact the 640 and 780 manuals state the firmware dates and 1x to 16x discs were tested as well as DL discs. In fact Verbatim is a supplier of 1x to 16x SL discs as well as their newest DL discs to Pioneer and Sony for firmware writing compatibility purposes prior to firmware releases. If your Verbatim discs start slipping it’s possible that the spindle needs a good cleaning.
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