Is there a brand of recordable DVD that anyone recomends? I have had trouble with Imation, Memorex, and Sony.
I have had alot of luck with Verbatim dvd-r's
Is there a brand of recordable DVD that anyone recomends? I have had trouble with Imation, Memorex, and Sony.
I use nothing but fuji blanks,but your problem could be your burner,Iwas haveing problems till i bought a plextor burner.
There's a lot that you haven't said. That is what is the writer being used, what are you expectations regarding the time it takes to record, etc.
I have found, after tons of expermenting and being burned, that the Taiyo Yuden product line provides excellant performance and reliability over time. I'd suggest buying the 100 at a time from on-line stores such as SupermediaStore or Meritline - I tend to gravitate towards SupermediaStore as they have always delivered a good product at an excellant price. I get the Printable ones and for the 8X media the cost is about $35 per hundred (shipping included). The "sliver/shiny" media tends to cost a few dollars less. In any event after thousands of burns, they have proven to be the ones with the least errors and maximum compatability. The 16x are about $50 per hundred. I buy in lots of 600 (one Case) and tend to recommend and use the 8X ValueLine products.
But.... Beware of imitations. Just because a DVD has an internal Taiyo Yuden Media Code doesn't make them true Ty's.
Hey TPLAT, know you from another board, my name was blugrssdude there. Anyway, In my experience, the brand name on the disk means little, except in Verbatim;s case. Verbatim is the exception to the rule as far as made in taiwan media, although other's have had different experiences(and as mentioned, the burner can play into it and change the rules). The only media I trust is Taiyo Yuden, or anything made in japan, most can only be found from online sources these days, although the white printable maxells in the stores are made in Japan from what i have seen. As far as online stores that I trust, I go with Supermediastore.com Rima.com and meritline.com and always buy Taiyo Yuden plus R's 8 X and usually hope to spend about 40 cents a disk
I've been using Philips DVD+/-R and am very satisfied. Is there anything that I should know about Philips before I make another big purchase of blanks? Has anyone ever heard of "laser rot"? I heard a guy at Circuit City talking about it once - how blank media degrades over time. I hope not - I have a whole bunch of DVDs that I'd like to keep forever!!
I've been using Philips DVD+/-R and am very satisfied. Is there anything that I should know about Philips before I make another big purchase of blanks? Has anyone ever heard of "laser rot"? I heard a guy at Circuit City talking about it once - how blank media degrades over time. I hope not - I have a whole bunch of DVDs that I'd like to keep forever!!