thanks for the help with that. i just scanned with VSO inspector and these are the results of the scan:
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info File test complete
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info File Test started
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info Surface scan complete
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Layers: 1
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Surface Scan started
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Capacity: 1.99 GB (1041776 Sectors)
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Media ID: SONY16D1
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Volume Label: NEW
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Media Type: DVD
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info File test complete
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info
2009-08-06 22:01:42 Info
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info File Test started
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info Surface scan complete
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info
2009-08-06 21:44:29 Info
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Layers: 1
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Surface Scan started
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Capacity: 1.99 GB (1041776 Sectors)
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Media ID: SONY16D1
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Volume Label: NEW
2009-08-06 21:37:22 Info Media Type: DVD