Good/Better/Best Blank DVD Media?

[j00fek]

i get what ever is on sale for regular dvd-r dvd+r

but for DL i get verbatim only

 

[AnonymouseUser]

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
$31.99 with Free Shipping for 100 here:

100 Pack Taiyo Yuden Premium Line 8X DVD-R Media 4.7GB Silver Thermal Lacquer No Stacking Ring Blank DVDR Disc on Spindle, Free Ground Shipping
http://******.yahoo.net/taiyo-yuden-8x-dvd-r-silver-thermal.html

Why does it edit that out?

Put Meritline dot stores where all those ***s are.

I ordered some of these earlier this week.

Why not just use the http://meritline.com domain istead?

 

[Raduque]

Originally posted by: Zero001

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Am I the only one that has never had a problem with any media whatsoever? Honestly, if I had a burner that failed using some brand of media, I'd blame the burner, not the media itself...

You are not alone :thumbsup:

Same here. Bought 150 DVD+Rs for about $40 from an officemax sale and my Lite-On wouldn't write to them. Said "illegal disc". So I got a new burner.


They are Dynex RITEKF1, btw.

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: AnonymouseUser

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
$31.99 with Free Shipping for 100 here:

100 Pack Taiyo Yuden Premium Line 8X DVD-R Media 4.7GB Silver Thermal Lacquer No Stacking Ring Blank DVDR Disc on Spindle, Free Ground Shipping
http://******.yahoo.net/taiyo-yuden-8x-dvd-r-silver-thermal.html

Why does it edit that out?

Put Meritline dot stores where all those ***s are.

I ordered some of these earlier this week.

Why not just use the http://meritline.com domain istead?

I started there but as soon as you add something to the cart, it takes you via the Yahoo site. I guess Yahoo does their eCommerce side of things.

 

[Luthien]

Memorex and TDK work good for me as well as verbatum. Memorex I have used the most of. Got some verbatim cheap during the christmas sales but have not used many yet.

 

[Colt45]

i usually just use ritek... but i basically only use a dvd once.

I use HDD's for backing stuff up.. I don't trust optical media

 

[imported_Lothar]

Originally posted by: Kelemvor
What is the difference between Taiyo Yuden discs?

I find some with the code: DVD-R47ZZSB8
http://www.rima.com/Merchant2/merchant....duct_Code=1736-100&Category_Code=DMRTY
or
******/taiyo-yuden-8x-dvd-r-silver-thermal.html

And I also see some labeled: DVD-R47ZZ600SK-8
http://store.yahoo.com/meritline/taiyo-yuden-8x-dvd-r-media-silver-lacquer.html

Are they just TY has a Good line and a Best line? Or is everything TY makes better than the rest?

Looks like the same thing.
As mentioned by someone else earlier, there's a LOT of fake TY media floating around.
I don't know how credible that site is as I've never ordered TY media from there.

Rima sells genuine TY media. I can atest to that.

 

[Sphexi]

Just tested the Samsung 8x DVD+R discs that I had, they came out as being made by Optodisc, but the ID number doesn't match anything I can find, so they're either 2nd class or 4th class. I have noticed that DVD movies I burn on them skip sometimes on players, when the disc itself has no scratches on it.

So I picked up some Verbatim discs, very cheap too ($15 for 25 on sale), and they're Mitsubishi made, 1st class all the way, 16x DVD+R. Much nicer