What is the Best DVD-R Blank media (1 Viewer)

[Aaron Reynolds]

Yeah, the Future Shop sales are crazy right now. I just bought a 100 disc spindle of Mitsumi DVD-R 4x 4.7GBs for $39.99 CDN. I have no idea if they stink or not, but I'll let everyone know how they go in my Panasonic E55 (which was a Christmas gift from my wife).

 

[MikeGee]

yeah i'd like to know if those Mitsumi dvd's are worth the buy.. the name and the price kinda make me doubtful... but with regular blank CD-r's no-name brands worked just as good for me.. not sure if its the same with DVD's

 

[Jeremy K]

I thought the same thing about these Dynex brand DVD+R's, I got them for $3.00/50 pack on Black Friday. But out of 10 or so, they have all burned and played prerfectly.

 

[Aaron Reynolds]

The Mitsumi discs arrived -- they're not in a spindle, they're shrinkwrapped together with a blank at each end and then packaged in a white cardboard box with a sticker on it. High class all the way.

The discs themselves are unbranded, which is nice. First one I tried had no problems in the Panasonic E55.

 

[Aaron Reynolds]

Well, I've burned 5 of the Mitsumi discs now, and the last one failed. I was disappointed until I looked at the disc: there was a big thumbprint along the edge. When I wiped the print off of the disc, I could clearly see the pattern of the burn interrupted where the thumbprint had been.

User error!

 

[Aaron Reynolds]

They keep getting cheaper -- Future Shop's weekend flyer had boxes of 200 of those Mitsumi DVD-Rs for $69.99 CDN.

 

[Matthew Perry]

I would stay far away from a lot of the cheap Futureshop media deals. Such as the Kodak ones they had one sale etc....

If you purchase cheap media you will get cheap results. I would definitely suggest Ritek Ridata branded media, I have burned thousands of these without a single issue and they are very reasonably priced.

I order mine from blankmedia.ca for $56/100 spindle and thats CDN dollars!

Just my $0.02!

 

[James Gumbart]

Keep in mind that quality is not just limited to if the disc burns right. A couple other factors are 1) will it play in other drives and 2) how long will it last.

Not wanting to take risks with my data, I just buy exclusively Taiyo Yuden, a Japananese manufacturer with one of the best reputations in the business.

I paid about .75 per disc shipped for 100 at rima.com but I felt it was worth a little extra for peace of mind.

 

[Ian]

I was able to pick up two 50-packs of the Sony DVD-R (1-8X) for $39.98 this afternoon. When I called Customer Service to check availability there were 19, however, by the time I got to the store there was only three or four.

I noticed the Memorex –RWs are always on sale. Do any of the other brands go on sale?

 

[Ian]

There is a buy one for $19.99 get one free sale on Maxell 15-pack DVD-RWs thru Feb. 5 at Office Depot.

 

[Elizabeth S]

Ian,

Just tried a couple of spindles of those Maxell -RWs for my Toshiba XS-32. This machine has been finicky with media (would not accept the 2X Memorex), but I'm happy to say these Maxells worked fine on a test run yesterday. I was getting worried about not being able to find -RWs for it, as my hard drive is a bit full.

 

[Ian]

 

[Dustin A]

Ritek G04's

 

[stephen la]

I have a question.
it seems like dvd-r's are more expensive that dvd+r's
are dvd-r's really any better?
Ive been using dvd+r's mostly from memorex for 2 years now and they have worked great for me in all my dvd players
thanks

 

[Elizabeth S]

I'm not sure it has anything to do with -Rs being any better, but perhaps, which format is more predominant? (Probably more for computer usage than recorders at this point.) I know that +Rs and +RWs are so much easier to find at the stores. -RWs are so scarce it gets me a bit worried.

 

[CraigL]

Any more good deals at the moment?

 

[Ian]

Elizabeth,

I do no think you have anything to worry about. I think the -RW scarcity is because they are popular.

 

[Gary OS]

I was just given a Panasonic DMR-E75V DVD Recorder for my birthday. It's my first dvd recorder and I was hoping someone could recommend the best blank disks (-R) for this player.

I only know (from this thread and other such threads across the net) that some disks work better with some recorders. But I haven't read anything about this particular Panasonic recorder and don't want to buy garbage disks.

Thanks for any help.

Gary "I'm really excited about this gift" O.

 

[Jeremy K]

I have a panasonic dmr-e80h, and the CompUSA DVD-R's work the ebst for me. If you are not near a CompUSA, I think you can get them off there website.

 

[Gary OS]

Thanks Jeremy. I don't have a CompUSA near me, so I'd have to order online (which is ok, but if I can pick something up from a Circuit City, Office Depot, or Staples, all the better). Any more suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Gary "hoping the hookup isn't as difficult as some reviews I've read" O.