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Ultimate Testing of Recordable DVD Media Discs

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http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/dvd-discs.html

What are the major criteria for your decision when you shop for blank recordable DVD discs? Is it the brand name of the manufacturer? Or the maximum claimed write speed? Or the price per piece? Well, we decided to check out over 40 different discs available in the market today to see how good they are. Hopefully, this roundup will help you make the right choice.

Read the results and benchmarks at:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/storage/display/dvd-discs.html


I just found this good deal on a CD-RW Drive $15 52x Brand New!

http://www.ioffer.com/i/Hi-Val-CDRW-4438559
 
I know some brand and Manufacturers were left out of both the review and my poll, please let me know what Manufactureres or brands I may have forgotten.

:light::music:
 
I know some 3M/Imation Discs are manufacturerd by Sony. Many other brands are made by 3rd party Companies.
 
I hear media made in japan is of a better quality (like verbatim, most of maxell media, and some other brands)
I don't mind paying a premium for quality that will last longer than others. I've had too many CDRs just crap out after sitting around for too long...
speed? i like 16x for DVDs, and CDRs are pretty much all 52x by now..
 
I had a Samsung CD-RW that gagged on all CD-RW media I tried to packet write large files to (even the included Samsung disc!) except for TDK. So TDK gets my approval. Currently using TDK DVD+RW, CD-R and Sony DVD+R, CD-RW with a Plextor 12x DVD burner, all working well, though Plextor drives do have pretty good coping skills.
 
Originally posted by: Painman
I had a Samsung CD-RW that gagged on all CD-RW media I tried to packet write large files to (even the included Samsung disc!) except for TDK. So TDK gets my approval. Currently using TDK DVD+RW, CD-R and Sony DVD+R, CD-RW with a Plextor 12x DVD burner, all working well, though Plextor drives do have pretty good coping skills.
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I am currently Using CD-RW 32x Verbatim on My Plextor Drive(8mb buffer), It's an awesome combination!
 
Ritek and Ridata are the same company btw. I use the matte finish or the printable surface ones from them.
 
Originally posted by: akugami
Ritek and Ridata are the same company btw. I use the matte finish or the printable surface ones from them.
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Yes, But are differant brand labels. If you Buy only Ridata Labeled media the vote for Ridata.
 
I've got a spindle of RiData here; I bought it after running Kprobe on one of the cheap generic things I'd been using. Loads of errors - averaging at least 700+ C1 errors. The Ridata averages less than 75. I can't say I know precisely what it means, but I was able to discern that errors are bad things. 🙂
I can't say I've used anything "the most" though - I burn a DVD-R about once every two weeks. 😛
I mainly use DVD-RW - for that, I have found that Maxell's "DVD version 1.1" DVD-RW discs are the most compatible with my DVD player.

That is a heck of a roundup they did there; sure must have taken a long time to do.
 
I bought Legacy brand from Newegg. Only burned a few discs, but no problems so far.
I bought them because they were cheap and had positive reviews on Newegg. I guess I'll just have to wait and see if they last very long.
 
You do know that TY makes Fujifilm's disks right? I voted for Fujifilm since that's the brand that I buy, but they're really just TY disks with a differnt label.
 
Originally posted by: eLux
I use Verbatim CDs (Tayo Yuden) and DVDs. Haven't any complains about the quality.
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Verbatim is maufactured by it's parant company Mitsubishi Chemical.
 
Originally posted by: Brian23
You do know that TY makes Fujifilm's disks right? I voted for Fujifilm since that's the brand that I buy, but they're really just TY disks with a differnt label.
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Just vote for the label the you buy most, In your case It would be Fuji Film.
 
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