Best DVD-R or +R media out there?

N

Nerdface Killah

Gawd
Joined
May 31, 2013
Messages
608
I haven't looked into this for a while but Taiyo was the best or JVC. I bought some Verbatims from Best Buy and almost half of the disks were bad. Is there any one brand that you guys would recommend?
 
D

drescherjm

[H]F Junkie
Joined
Nov 19, 2008
Messages
14,937
I bought some Verbatims from Best Buy and almost half of the disks were bad.
Click to expand...

Sounds like a bad burner to me. Or you you got some disks that were damaged by heat exposure.
 
N

Nerdface Killah

Gawd
Joined
May 31, 2013
Messages
608
drescherjm said:
Sounds like a bad burner to me. Or you you got some disks that were damaged by heat exposure.
Click to expand...
Nah definitely not the burner. I've used my internal and a USB external and this 100 pack of disks haven't had much luck. I've used my work computer with its internal and even my MacBook. My old batch of TY still works great, no coasters at all.
 
bigdogchris

bigdogchris

Fully [H]
Joined
Feb 19, 2008
Messages
18,604
I stopped buying shit media like Memorex a few years ago. Tired of every few disc being bad. I buy 50-100 count Verbatim disc from Newegg now.
 
F

FnordMan

[H]ard|Gawd
Joined
Apr 22, 2011
Messages
1,727
bigdogchris said:
I stopped buying shit media like Memorex a few years ago. Tired of every few disc being bad. I buy 50-100 count Verbatim disc from Newegg now.
Click to expand...

FYI: "Memorex" and "Verbatim" don't make their own media and can change manufacturers over time.

I mention this because i've got some 8-9 year old DVD+R Memorex that read fine and some similarly aged Verbatim that barely read in places. (not to mention also buzzed like heck when spun up to max speed by the drive)

Aka: results vary, though overall i'm surprised to have almost no problems with such old media.
 
M

me4get

Weaksauce
Joined
Jun 15, 2011
Messages
102
I've never had trouble with any DVD-R media, every problem has been burner trouble.
 
H

HeavensCloud

Oswego, not shitty as Buffalo
Joined
Feb 7, 2008
Messages
7,485
JVC Taiyos still, although I only had one bad disc out of 225 from my HP discs.
 
E

ep0x73

2[H]4U
Joined
Sep 5, 2013
Messages
2,574
Verbatim with MCC I've used for years without a single bad burn. Even the best media can torch if the burner has funky firmware or the laser is dying.

Verbatim makes most of their discs in Taiwan but their lower recycled versions are made in India and have a bad rep already for high coaster counts.

I have a few boxes of RW's from <2003 that still read and write without issue, those were made in Taiwan too.

I have since moved to BD-R which are now under <$1 per disc which is cheap plus almost 5x the room of DVD it means condensing down/less discs.

Burned a few dozen of Verbatim without issue. Even the BD-RW's are now more reasonable for that junk you might change your mind about saving.
 
Last edited:
N

nekrosoft13

[H]ard|Gawd
Joined
Jan 4, 2005
Messages
1,573
Nerdface Killah said:
I haven't looked into this for a while but Taiyo was the best or JVC. I bought some Verbatims from Best Buy and almost half of the disks were bad. Is there any one brand that you guys would recommend?
Click to expand...

Taiyo Yuden and some JVC (JVC media is mostly Taiyo Yuden)
 
F

fsh42na

[H]ard|Gawd
Joined
Jul 13, 2004
Messages
1,472
Taiyo Yuden; Falcon currently my favorites in terms of failure rate and longevity.

Sony and Phillips - pretty good write failure rate; can't comment on longevity (haven't been using them long enough to test this out).

Currently using some HP -DVR that are CMC Mags. So far so good.

I'd stick with TY and Falcon if price isn't a concern.:p
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top