My suggestion, from experience, is to NEVER use your originals. NEVER lend out your originals. I suggest copying your originals and using the copies. Only use the originals to make copies, and nothing else. You can even take it a step further, and make a master copy, and then a usable copy. Then your original is tucked away, and you play your usable copy, and if it goes bad, you make copies from the master copy. Software I would suggest for Anime/movies would be DVD SHRINK (http://www.dvdshrink.org/) for backup to DVD, and FAIRUSE WIZARD (http://www.fairusewizard.com/) to rip it to your desired format (I use it to rip to MKV with dual audio + soft sub). Hope it helps.

i always thought of this but dam dvds take so muc time to burn and good blanks so costly

Well i must say I dont really see myself gettign any originals any time soon... but i do agree... When i lend out animes i dont use my good copies. Imagine u lend them out get them back all scratched up and what not.. and what do u get for it???

"Did I do that????" ... we al know that some ppl just dont tek care of ppl tings.

i always thought of this but dam dvds take so muc time to burn and good blanks so costly
Well i have a 16X burner which i think must of us has.. and tel u the truth i only buy 16x media, I can't tek the long waiting!!!

Well i have a 16X burner which i think must of us has.. and tel u the truth i only buy 16x media, I can't tek the long waiting!!!

As nice as that is, I personally recommend burning at the slowest speed. If you can't bear 2X, use 4X tho. The thing is, that when you burn fast the laser doesn't spend as much time to burn into the dye on the disk. When that happens, it may give CRC or other problems over time, and may not be readable in other people's burners. I personally burn at 4X mostly, and only @ 8X for quick transportation purposes. When you burn slower, the laser spends more time on the dye, and the disk is better readable.

Notice the difference when you burn a disk at 16X versus 4X. The media seems to have multiple rings on it. This is due to the fact that no media is burnt at a steady speed right through. It starts slow, and depending on the speed you choose, gets there as it goes out. 16X is only attained after about 3GB of data is burnt. If you have a really fast machine, a lot of RAM, and some VERY GOOD media, then there's a chance that burning at 16X will work good. To each his own all the same. Just to give you my feedback on that.....

Wel U know the media i have.. :D I have 1GB of ram.. and a2.8GHz machine. I understand what u're saying though.
I use to think that also.... but after burning so much stuff ont eh media i've had and also testing them for CRC errors i have come across NONE so far.... leads me to stick with my 16x burning.

As I said, if it works for you.........then again, if U take your disks and put them in someone else's machine it may not be so. And do you notice the color difference (rings) on your disks? If not then the media is very good :D and/or the machine has the resources enough to ensure that the buffer doesn't drop and the transfer rate is steady. If so, then good for U :p

-_- khat u have patience

Patience works out in the end. It's more compatable when I carry it around, and less likely to give CRC's over time.