Bad Verbatim media

[jhansman]

Has anyone here bought Verbatim DVD-R media that was bad? This is a first for me, but a 100 pk. I got at Microcenter is apparently defective. The last three blanks from this batch that I've tried to burn all failed. I buy Verbatim when it's on sale because of its reputation for quality. I tried some other media and it burns fine, so I'm confident it's not my burner. TIA.

 

[C1]

At least try this. whatever maximum speed the Verbatims are specified as, force the writer to write at half that speed (selectable in the writing software). Optical drives can be very fussy about the dye (eg, color/formulation) used for the media. I have four different DvD writers between all my computers and it is amazing how one can read a disk (even commercial) while another drive for some reason cant. In any event, when it comes to writing, reduced write speed (from maximum) has been found to be beneficial more often than not when there are writing problems. Sometimes it is just incompatibilities between drive and media, but sometimes I think that one may have media that is defective in the sense that its write speed capability is mis-specified (eg, not a true 8X or 16X capable write media).

 

[jhansman]

I thought about that, but when I put these discs in the drive, I didn't get the normal "What do you want to do with this disc" Windows prompt. Must have been a few bad ones, however; I just dropped the next one in stack in and did get that prompt. I can't remember the last time I had trouble with media of any kind. Not since the bad old early days of CD burners.

 

[dualsmp]

Yes I've bought some defective Verbatim DVD+R (actually twice). I called the Verbatim headquarters and they gave me a RMA with paid return shipping. The second time they had me send it to their lab for testing. Some of the discs had pin-prick fisheye defects.

Verbatim should help you out if you call the number on the packaging.

 

[jhansman]

Good to know, thanks. If anymore turn up bad, I'll contact them.