Which the brand of DVD media is best?

Discussion in 'DVD±R media' started by meritshop, Jul 20, 2005.

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  1. Visor4

    Visor4 Member

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    I am finding out the hard way that Ritek discs are of poor quality. I burned a batch of 4X Riteks that worked well at first, but within a few months to a year they have all started "expiring". They may play in my Denon for the first 20-30 minutes, but after that they start to freeze up and pixellate like crazy. My BenQ 1620 DVD-Writer will read them as having "bad sectors". This really ticks me off as I was building quite the library these past couple of years, and the majority of discs have been Ritek. Heck, even my CD-R Riteks are going bad, and my stash of blank discs are crashing during burns 1/2 to 2/3 of the time!

    I recently bought a batch of Taiyo Yudens, but I haven't had them long enough yet to find out if they'll "expire" within the same time as the Riteks. If they do, then I think I'll give up archiving DVDs altogether. What's the point if they all expire? My VHS collection still plays after 20 years...
     
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  2. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    i hear ya!, that's one of the reasons why i try to get posters to give middle of the road media or crap media the old heave-ho, just not worth it, or worth me getting RSI from typing about bad media every night :)
     
    creaky, Jul 21, 2005
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    Other than my only crap Memorex purchase, I have pretty much stuck with Verb, which after two years are still playing. Have only recently been using TY so I will have to wait and see if they perform as well as Verb.
     
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     ••• But creaky, no media is perfect ••• Case in point • Last night I had back to back coasters using your precious Verbs ••• Surprised the dookie out of me ••• This makes 4 Verb coasters out of slightly more than 500 ••• Maybe I should start using another manufacturer? ••• At least I outta clean my office chair off ••• LMFAO
     
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  5. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    shocking!. but of course you're quite right, nothing's 100%, but imho they're the best. if i ever do have any bad ones i'd admit it upfront, but no probs yet :)

    all the more reason to make bad media users repent though :O
     
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  6. kivory666

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    :) to all the opinions on here...while i agree wholeheartedly w/ catfreak that no manufacturer is 100% proven successful, i would much rather take my chances with companies that are in the high 90% (TY and Verbatim and even Ritek G05s are 90%+ successful for me) rather than the crap companies that are closer to 30% success rate (from my OWN experience these companies being memorex-cmc mag discs, princo, and the no name brands that have fake TY coding-example Linkyo for me)

    i don't like to gamble w/ media, so i just recommend the ones that have worked well for ME personally in the past...different people and different setups will account for a few coasters here and there, but overall, i will still continue to use TY and Verbs for all my future backups~ :)

     
    kivory666, Jul 21, 2005
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  7. Solidus90

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    i use verbatim dvd+r 8x and they suck :(

    idk why they are just horrible on my ps2 and take forever to load while memorex works fine :[
     
    Solidus90, Jul 23, 2005
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  8. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    my eyes are deceiving me, i just saw one person who likes Memorex :)

    Can help wean you off those and burning successfully on those fine Verbs if you give more to go on...
     
    creaky, Jul 23, 2005
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  9. kivory666

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    different strokes for different folks i guess :)

    i do not have any current game consoles, so i don't know about backing up games whatsoever, however, that is VERY odd that my fav. flavor of Verbs are causing you so much trouble...

    i personally will NEVER use memorex as i've probably had 10x as much trouble with them in the past for movies as you have with ps2 backups.

    but, we're doing two separate things, so i can't compare apples 2 apples here...
     
    kivory666, Jul 23, 2005
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  10. Visor4

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    Maybe he's using the ValueLife brand instead of the DataLife?
     
    Visor4, Jul 23, 2005
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  11. kivory666

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    im not even familiar with the "valuelife" brand you speak of? what is that?
     
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  12. ALAND

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    Hey Kivory666:
    Staples has a deal tomorrow that even you cant pass up Yuden000-T02-000 9.99 for 30 Fujifilm branded in 3 different colors. Made in Japan. My decision is, do I buy the 8x Yudens or go with the 16x Verbs at 9.99 for 25 from Best Buy. Tell me oh wise one, please advise. (Don't let the the Verb God read this)
     
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  13. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    i saw that, cus i'm still working :)
     
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  14. ALAND

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    I didn't want to wake the " Verb God " Now I am really in for it. Please my lord let me have peace.
     
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  15. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    lmfao

    and rotfl

    you having fun over there. i'm not as it's nearly half 2 in the morn and my work is done but i'm waiting on a DBA for a few hours so gonna go sleep soon and he can whistle when he wants something :)
     
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  16. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    ps can't remember if i mentioned it in this thread, i'm half way thru a 25tub of 16x Verbs (+R even) and boringly they work fine. i'd say i'm chuffed but my Verbs just work for me
     
    creaky, Jul 23, 2005
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     ••• I'm struggling through a bad batch of FujiFilm™ Yuden000-002 •• For some reason the same ID Sony™ discs are working fine •• Go with the Verbatim™ discs, they're excellent •• No more FujiFilm™ media for me, ever! •• I'm having better luck with the Office Depot™ Ritek™ discs •••
     
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  18. ALAND

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    @catfreak
    Are you serious? I was on my way to Staples to buy the Fujifilm Yudens tomorrow and I am torn between the 16x Verbs at Best Buy 9.99USD for 25 or the Fujifilm Yudens T02 30 for 9.99USD. What would you buy?
     
    ALAND, Jul 23, 2005
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  19. creaky

    creaky Moderator Staff Member

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    *cough* pretending to be catfreak *cough*

    Verbs !!
     
    creaky, Jul 23, 2005
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  20. ALAND

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    @Creaky
    I get excellent scans with both and I burn them both at 16x. Not one coaster in the batch. My Nec 3520 burns the Verbs better than the 3540 but the 3540 burn the Yudens better. I think I ight just get 50 MCC004 and 60 Yudens. The dash 16x Verbs don't seem to burn as good as the MCC004.
     
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