HP TS-LB23L

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in India)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 3.3x

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in India)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 4x

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in India)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 6x

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in India)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 8x

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in Taiwan)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 3.3x

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in Taiwan)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 4x

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in Taiwan)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 6x

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in Taiwan)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 8x

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in UAE)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 3.3x

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in UAE)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 4x

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in UAE)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 6x

[jadburner]

Verbatim 16x DVD-R
Branded
MCC 03RG20 (Made in UAE)
TS-LB23L (0600)
@ 8x

[zenonz]

Hi jadburner,

50% off-topic - have you checked BD-R readability of this drive? I don't know if my copy is dying after reading maybe 10-20 discs, but I noticed that it doesn't read some discs - it recognizes media type, reads MID code, but claims that media is empty.

So far I came to a following list:

MID               TS-LB23D
CMCMAG-BA3-000    "empty" (TDK)
CMCMAG-BA5-000    50%
CMCMAG-BA5-000    ok
CMCMAG-BA5-000    ok
CMCMAG-BA5-000    ok
CMCMAG-DI6-000    ok
INFOME-R30-000    "empty" (Philips)
MEI-RA1-001       ok
MEI-T01-001       ok
MEI-T02-001       ok
PHILIP-R04-000    ok
RITEK-BR2-000     ok
TDKBLD-RBB-000    "empty" (FTI Pro)
UMEBDR-016-000    "empty" (Kodak)
VERBAT-IMa-000    ok
VERBAT-IMc-000    ok
VERBAT-IMe-000    ok
VERBAT-IMu-000    "empty" (Verbatim LTH)

I assume that it can be an issue of my unit, but strangely it reads flawlessy terrible copies of PHILIP-R04 or BD-RE DL...

[jadburner]

Napisany przez zenonz

Hi jadburner,

50% off-topic - have you checked BD-R readability of this drive? I don't know if my copy is dying after reading maybe 10-20 discs, but I noticed that it doesn't read some discs - it recognizes media type, reads MID code, but claims that media is empty.

So far I came to a following list:

MID               TS-LB23D
CMCMAG-BA3-000    "empty" (TDK)
CMCMAG-BA5-000    50%
CMCMAG-BA5-000    ok
CMCMAG-BA5-000    ok
CMCMAG-BA5-000    ok
CMCMAG-DI6-000    ok
INFOME-R30-000    "empty" (Philips)
MEI-RA1-001       ok
MEI-T01-001       ok
MEI-T02-001       ok
PHILIP-R04-000    ok
RITEK-BR2-000     ok
TDKBLD-RBB-000    "empty" (FTI Pro)
UMEBDR-016-000    "empty" (Kodak)
VERBAT-IMa-000    ok
VERBAT-IMc-000    ok
VERBAT-IMe-000    ok
VERBAT-IMu-000    "empty" (Verbatim LTH)

I assume that it can be an issue of my unit, but strangely it reads flawlessy terrible copies of PHILIP-R04 or BD-RE DL...

Hi, zenonz. No, I have not tested BD media with my drive. Did you want me to test the media you had problems with?

[zenonz]

Napisany przez jadburner

Hi, zenonz. No, I have not tested BD media with my drive. Did you want me to test the media you had problems with?

Hi jadburner,

I missed that I missed to answer you

Yeah, that was my original wish, but I have just retired my copy. It turned out, that the unit got bigger and bigger issues to read CDs and DVDs, however CD/DVD burning did work flawlessly. I suspected some driver issues after playing with AnyDVD and DVDFab, because usually cold boot with disc in was successful.

Now I definitely excluded external factors, tried the drive in external case and with another PC - BD laser reads BD-ROM discs, but with BD-R and BD-RE shows media as empty (strangely each time is able the MID of inserted disc independently of type). Cleaning with compressed air and some cotton pads did not bring any BD improvement, CD/DVD readability was restored to normal.

I even tried flashing with older SC01 and re-flashing with original SC01 firmware - no luck there.

I wonder if the diode itself was so crappy or maybe the environment killed it? I noticed some fine dust inside of the unit, there is no sealing at all that could stop it.

I just installed Optiarc BD-5750L instead, (BC-5500S kept crashing for some reason), but if the dust is the killer I'd rather save the burner in a sealed bag...