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Originally Posted by jr_tech
Home-burned DVDs may degrade over time and become unplayable 
I have some that I burned less than 10 years ago that no longer work... the VHS tapes that I copied still play fine. Sunlight seems to be the main killer of these disks, so storing in a dark, cool, dry place may help. |
If you still have those failed discs, can you scan them with a media ID tool and tell me what it says? You can find the software here (click on and download Nero "Disc Speed"). Copy a paste the contents of the "Disc Info" tab here.
http://www.nero.com/enu/tools-utilities.html
Stacy, the AG-1980 is a fine VCR for archiving VHS to digital as long as its working properly. They tend to be plagued with capacitor problems, but are otherwise solid units. Panasonic still provides parts, and any VCR repair shop should be able to fix them.