Good DVD-Rs

[ej82m]

TDK's work fine for me.

 

[mshan]

http://www.cdfreaks.com

 

[Kenny12]

after losing about 100gb of data

i only use tuyo mugen

 

[BlindTiger]

Which brand that is made in Japan sold in brick and mortar stores? (staples, bestbuy etc)
I can't seem to find any, even the Fuji's are made in taiwan.
I remember when Kodak made excellent cdr's.

 

[ScubaSteve87]

watch the speed you are burning at too. I have found that even with good discs I can get crappy burns when burning at 8x. Whenever I have to burn PS2 games I do 1x or otherwise I get a good chance of glitches and crap. Seriously 1x all the time. It may take longer, but it makes a difference

 

[Stephonovich]

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Originally Posted by BlindTiger Which brand that is made in Japan sold in brick and mortar stores? (staples, bestbuy etc) I can't seem to find any, even the Fuji's are made in taiwan. I remember when Kodak made excellent cdr's.

Japanese-made Fujis are Taiyo Yuden. That's what I usually find in Best Buy.

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Originally Posted by ScubaSteve87 watch the speed you are burning at too. I have found that even with good discs I can get crappy burns when burning at 8x. Whenever I have to burn PS2 games I do 1x or otherwise I get a good chance of glitches and crap. Seriously 1x all the time. It may take longer, but it makes a difference

I think that's one of those things that used to be partially true, but is now a myth. I remember when you had to burn pretty much everything at 1x to avoid corruption, but that was years and years ago. With how advanced burners have gotten today, I have no problem burning everything at full speed. You know how much nicer it is to get a CD done in a couple minutes instead of 70? Or a DVD in 5?

 

[BPRJam]

I've had good luck with the memorex DVD-Rs. To be honest, though, I've been very lucky in that of all the approx 150 CDs and 20 DVDs I've burned in my life, I've NEVER burned a coaster.

And I've used some crap brands. It is my technique? The burner? The burning program? The disks? My good looks? I dunno, but I'm not complaining. (Knock on wood.)

BPRJam

 

[Kenny12]

its not about burning coasters its about the longativity on the disc, my princos all burned perfectly but were dead after 5 mths

 

[Stephonovich]

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Originally Posted by Kenny12 its not about burning coasters its about the longativity on the disc, my princos all burned perfectly but were dead after 5 mths

This is very true. I have some Taiyo Yudens I burned in 2002 that are still good. A couple of them have developed some strange spots; almost mold-like, but it hasn't killed the CDs.

At my work (Sears Portrait Studio), we have the option to burn customers images onto a CD for them. Rather hefty price, but it buys you the unlimited copyright for the image. I haven't been able to ID one positively, but they're rather cheap buggers. You can see the top screen printing from the bottom, and it's a very faint yellowish/brownish dye. The type you see on bargain bin cakepack CD-Rs. I always tell people to make backups, as we have absolutely no guarantees on the discs.

 

[brian183]

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Originally Posted by ej82m TDK's work fine for me.

ditto

 

[Sovkiller]

Verbatims, but the DVD+R, all the DVD-R I ahve tried had given me errors later on while playing, using + no problems ot the date....

 

[Stephonovich]

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Originally Posted by Sovkiller Verbatims, but the DVD+R, all the DVD-R I ahve tried had given me errors later on while playing, using + no problems ot the date....

I've heard + is a bit more reliable than - most of the time. Also, + burns faster in all the tests I've seen. I find this odd, since - was the original, and most compatible with set top boxes. I guess it doesn't matter much anymore, though. Our + discs work fine in everything.

 

[dj_mocok]

For DVD -R, I think the best choices are either Verbatim 8X or TDK 16X, and burn them slow, 4X max.

Don't try el cheapo brands, they have higher burn failure rates, and even if it's successfully burnt, the dye won't last long and after awhile, the DVD will skip around (while watching movies).

Burner also quite important. If I were to buy one now, I'd get the Pioneer one.

For movies , I read somewhere +R is a better choice though.

 

[blip]

Fujifilm is my standard... I don't remember if they are TY manufactured or not... anyway, they are the ones they sell at Fry's and work great for me.

My biggest disappointment were some Verbatim 16x DVD+R media that just refuses to work reliably for me.... Ah well... It may just be some kind of strange burner issue.

 

[MN Ham Phones]

The single most importanct thing is to keep the drive firmware updated.

The media vendors update the dye layer to account for new drives and to improve performance with existing drives. The drive vendors tweak the firmware to account for these changes.

You can also look up your particular drive and see what some of the recommended media is.

Stick to name brands and stay away from house brands.

From Jan thru Oct, I shipped 19k+ burned discs.
I use Verbatim media (-R) with Pioneer burners.