It seems like the FMV on the game "Driver" is more difficult to burn stutter-free (on cheap media) for the SCPH-5552. Maybe it's a higher bitrate or it's the location on the disc. Even with the ND-3550A and CMC CD-R it stutters slightly. But with the Pioneer DVR-MCC it makes a good one from the CMC disc.
A NEC-Optiarc AD-7173A did a good one of this game on a Sony CD-R (with Sony mediacode), but I think those Sony discs are old and from a time when CD-R's has a better quality. They are rated 48x instead of 52x, making me think they are very old.
I also found a NEC ND-3530A and after a couple of discs I have the feeling it's a bad one. Not even near a ND-3550A while the model number is similar.
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Also, I just found some CD-R's that seems to be not compatible with the SCPH-5552. They are branded "Office Depot" and has a "Moser Baer" mediacode.
Even burned with a ND-3550A (8x and 24x) or DVR-MCC (4x) those discs stutter heavily on the SCPH-5552. If burned with the iHAS124 E (16x) it doesn't even boot on the SCPH-5552. They play fine on SCPH-7502 and up, but that's not good enough. Maybe Moser Baer discs are even more bad then CMC and Ritek
ATIP from those discs:
Code:
ATIP info from disk:
Indicated writing power: 5
Is not unrestricted
Is not erasable
Disk sub type: Medium Type B, low Beta category (B-) (4)
ATIP start of lead in: -12369 (97:17/06)
ATIP start of lead out: 359849 (79:59/74)
Disk type: Short strategy type (Phthalocyanine or similar)
Manuf. index: 69
Manufacturer: Moser Baer India Limited
I still have 70pcs of these left