Model Forum / General / Rockets / November 2003

If it is from Extreme is must simply play DVD-R   Not +R,  not any other
format simply DVD-R......if you have a DVD-R capable player and it does
not work you probably have a bad disk, which happens once in a while on
ink printed disks as they are put on top of another before the ink is
completely dry.......those little fuzzy things are a pain in the asterisk

Don't feel stupid Curtis. I bought the LDRS 21 DVD, watched it one time, albeit
jerky, then it fried on me. Tried to run it on 3 other machines, no bueno.
Never bothered to send it back or complain, merely decided to wait to see if
the quality improved. I see by your problems, it has not. Thanks for saving me
the $$, I was considering ordering this years version. Guess I will wait yet
another year. On a brighter note, I understand ER will make it right with you
if you send it back in to get a replacement that works, as they had to do last
year. Good thing they don't make life rafts....glub...glub....

Pat G

I also got mine today, and it worked fine in my Sony.

it seems that they wanted to cover as many project as possible, so
you'll see quick launches and a cutover to recovery (in some cases).  I
was disappointed with the camera focus on serveral flights once they
were airborne, and a Cert Level 3 flight where you never saw if the
recovery was OK or not.

my good friend Paul Yarnold was interviewed, and it was good to see the
guy behind the voice.  I've seen alot of faces in mags and previous LDRS
CD's, but his was a first.  Rocket was straight as an arrow too.

Some of the flights I recognized from the TDC show, like the 'stubby',
'my stinkin rocket' and the 'cow-castrophe!', but I was glad to have
watched Rocket Challenge because it covered the projects much more in depth.

the music was nice too

I'd' also like to mention that Brent included a letter of apology as to
why the shipments were delayed.  He said due to economic he had to let
go his two staff, and now its just him working 12 hour days, 6-7 days a
week.

I know what that schedule is like, because I have done it myself off and
on for two years, but I was sorry to hear about his plight.  I can see
how vendors would decide to throw in the towel, but hope that the
situation turns around soon.  We need experienced vendors in rocketry.

Anyway, if your DVD won't play in a friend's unit, I would ask Brent for
a replacement, as it may just be defective.  Hope it works out for you.

- iz

The list of DVD players with verified compatibility with the DVD-R
format can be found at:

http://www.apple.com/dvd/compatibility/

If your ER disc doesn't work in your home DVD player, it isn't
necessarily an indication of a problem, as many early DVD players
simply can't read the DVD-R media.  Fortunately, nearly all of the
players manufactured today can read the discs.

OTOH, if you couldn't the thing to work in three different players,
you probably have a bum disc.  The glaring giveaway here is the fact
that it didn't work on the Apex unit; the Chinese manufacturers have
generally elected to go out of their way to make the DVD players they
produce work with as many different types of media as possible.

If a DVD-ROM drive can't read your DVD-R disc, check for the latest
software and firmware updates.  If that doesn't fix the problem, you
probably have a defective disc.

Early DVD adopters (those of you who purchased more than two years
ago), it's probably time to get a new player.

James

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jduffy@mac.com

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 01:52:36 GMT, "Curtis Turner"

Which model Apex?? I have the 600A and it wouldn't play DVD-R's but i
burnt a cd with new firmware and was able to update the DVD drive. No
problems now. I know updates are available for a few other models.

Email me and i'll try to help ya out. (take all the dashes out of my
email listed or find my email on the website below)

Dan Chandler
Southern New England Association of Rocketry
http://www.snear.org/

Curtis,

You probably have a bad disc. It happens. I've purchased regular DVDs
(not DVD-R) from Best Buy and gotten bad discs.

My Extreme DVD arrived today. It seems to play okay. Last year's Extreme
DVD would sometimes play and sometimes not play in the same machine. In
some machines it would play fine. I've seen the problem with other DVD-R
discs.

Dean

I remember past ER DVDs needed some wierd CODEC.

Ray Halm wasn't at LDRS but check his web site for some videos that
are much better than the ones ER does.  As far as I know, Ray is only
doing VHS.

Phil Stein

Phil Stein