Which brand DVD's

[xr8 007]

Whats the best brand of blank dvd's to use??

[charles_wif_xf]

Taiyo Yuden discs rock, but are pricey ($35 for 50). I use Ritek discs ($20 for 50). Work great at any speed.

[pauljh74]

TDK are meant to be OK if you want to pay a little less, but Taiyo Yuden are the benchmark and Verbatim would be very good. The Riteks are known to have dropped in quality since the 4x discs as they changed supplier to a lesser brand when they switched to 8x and higher discs.
I get these:
http://www.jpldisplays.com.au/catalo...roducts_id=221
at $57/100 DVDs

MSY computers now has them for $57 too

Considering how much you store on a DVD (that you could lose) and their cost of up to 57 cents each, why skimp on quality? I remember buying 74 min CD-Rs for $2.50 each and $4 for 80 min CDs - and $700 for the CD burner

[eb_5litre]

I usually use Ritek but if I'm feeling a little more cashed up i'll grab the Verbatims.

[robjh80]

Verbatim DVD+R

[xr8 007]

Taiyo Yuden,,,where can i purchase them. and what sets brands and discs apart?

[JC]

TDK, Sony & Ricoh.

[S3SR]

Ritek's for me or verbatim its deeper the purple the better, not who has their name on it

xr6007 most of the time ebay is best for those unknown brands (which happen to be some of the best) or a computer shop

as far as brands go most like sony, LG, whoever use repackaged mitsubishi electric or some no name brand from china that has nothing to do with quality, quality is in the purple colour of the disk, deeper and darker the better but also look out for slow disks or ones rated above their max

otherwise if its movies, music, photos and data that has no monetary value then TDK and verbatim are cheap and prob best value for money with quality in mind, if its quality as in home theatre for your $7000 system and quality does make a difference Riteks work 100% everytime and quality is 2nd to none

[farah9]

Just don't use Princo printable dvds, or any printable dvds for that matter nothing but trouble.
On this subject has anyone tried the new dvd burners with the light scribe built in, apparently it etches a label in the top while it burns the dvd.

[1970galaxie]

Originally Posted by robjh80

Verbatim DVD+R

Without a doubt.
PC User magazine always does tests, and Verbatim always come out on top.

[blown351]

Originally Posted by farah9

Just don't use Princo printable dvds, or any printable dvds for that matter nothing but trouble.

these are the only ones that i havent had any trouble with. been using them for over 2 years now not 1 fault yet.

[AU2PWR]

Im Using TDK's < never had a problem

These ones !

[MrSparkle]

Have had the best run with TDK myself. It pays to read reviews on blanks as well, where proper testing technique is used and a decent set of metrics is provided.

[kenz]

I use Sony and havent had any issues

[farah9]

Originally Posted by blown351

these are the only ones that i havent had any trouble with. been using them for over 2 years now not 1 fault yet.

You must be lucky, most people have problems with these, plenty of complaints around the net, sometimes it depends on the brand of burner you have as well.

[Professor Farnsworth]

Verbatim, Verbatim, Verbatim ( no pun intended )
2nd Phillips
3rd TDK.

[robjh80]

Originally Posted by 1970galaxie

Without a doubt.
PC User magazine always does tests, and Verbatim always come out on top.

As they usually do on most tests carried out on blank DVD media,

I always use them with "1 Click DVD Copy 5.0" and "AnyDVD" software, 1 Click is simply the best DVD copying software available and AnyDVD is the only software I have used that "successfully" removes the copyright protection on any DVD out there.

The copies I get using this software and the Verbatim DVD+R disks are absolutely perfect.

Just for the record the burner I am using is a LiteOn SMH-165P6S