Best brand of DVD+R/+RW

[Daniel]

I'm getting a new DVD burner (LiteOn, duel layer) in my new system I'm
building (haven't ordered parts yet, just been researching). My question
is, what is the best brands of DVD+ media? I've had good luck with
KHypermedia & Memorex (& in the old days, Verbatim) in the CD-R world, but
never tried the DVD+ area yet.

 

[S.Heenan]

I'm getting a new DVD burner (LiteOn, duel layer) in my new system I'm
building (haven't ordered parts yet, just been researching). My
question is, what is the best brands of DVD+ media? I've had good
luck with KHypermedia & Memorex (& in the old days, Verbatim) in the
CD-R world, but never tried the DVD+ area yet.

In general, if you stay clear of bargain basement media, you'll do well.
The Verbatim DataLifePlus 4.7GB 8x DVD-R and original Taiyo Yuden 4.7GB 8x
DVD-R work well for me in a variety of burners.

Fuji products marked "Made in Japan" are almost certainly TY.

 

[Daniel]

In general, if you stay clear of bargain basement media, you'll do well.
The Verbatim DataLifePlus 4.7GB 8x DVD-R and original Taiyo Yuden 4.7GB 8x
DVD-R work well for me in a variety of burners.

So you're saying almost any name brand, hard labled surface (not the "the
metal is at the top of the disk ready to be scratched & flaked away" type of
media)?

Memorex or other names like that? Any names that are generally bad ones
(too often low quality / bad disks compared to other places)?

Fuji products marked "Made in Japan" are almost certainly TY.

"TY"?

 

[S.Heenan]

So you're saying almost any name brand, hard labled surface (not the
"the metal is at the top of the disk ready to be scratched & flaked
away" type of media)?

Before buying a large quantity, purchase and test a few of a given brand.

TDK, Maxell, Memorex, Fuji, Ritek, and Taiyo Yuden have all worked very well
for me.

Memorex or other names like that? Any names that are generally bad
ones (too often low quality / bad disks compared to other places)?

"TY"?

TaiyoYuden, who are among the very best makers of CD/DVD media.

 

[Curt]

I've had excellent results with Maxell, Memorex and Imation +R media.
Imation in particular 'cause they make media specifically for high-speed,
(8x), burning. I've used these brands on Memorex, Samsung and Plextor
burners with no issues at all.

Curt.

 

[theyak]

I'm getting a new DVD burner (LiteOn, duel layer) in my new system I'm
building (haven't ordered parts yet, just been researching). My question
is, what is the best brands of DVD+ media? I've had good luck with
KHypermedia & Memorex (& in the old days, Verbatim) in the CD-R world, but
never tried the DVD+ area yet.

get the NEC 35xx series. much better burner.
club.cdfreaks.com is a good place to find out what media to get.

 

[Daniel]

get the NEC 35xx series. much better burner.
club.cdfreaks.com is a good place to find out what media to get.

I've seen them both looking the same & getting good reviews.
What is it that makes the NEC one better (the specs & other reviews don't
seem to say)?

 

[theyak]

I've seen them both looking the same & getting good reviews.
What is it that makes the NEC one better (the specs & other reviews don't
seem to say)?

writing quality.

 

[Daniel]

I've seen them both looking the same & getting good reviews.

writing quality.

What exactly are you referring to though?

 

[theyak]

What exactly are you referring to though?

The ability of the device to write a disc correctly as in no errors on a
wide range of media.