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Hi i want to buy some blank DVD+R disks

dont know which brand to buy which are reliable and value for money

Verbatim
Philips
Maxell
Memerex
TDK
Infinity

Thanks

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I always go for Verbatim as i have never had any problems with them, but they won't be the cheapest. You may be able to pick up 50 for £10 though at a guess.

This is what i have bought in the past for movies etc, 100 for £17.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B000BEZYL...SIN=B000BEZYLA

Edit

These are DVD-R though not that that should be an issue and i don't know what is best but i have never used DVD+R.

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I think the maxells are shipping with a Ritek Dye I bought some + rs by mistake and they were fine

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I posted this on another thread about blank discs:

Two of my local Sainsburys are doing Verbatim CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R spindles 1/2 price.

Verbatim spindle 50 cd-r 52x 700mb £6.00
Verbatim spindle 100 cd-r 52x 700mb £9.00
Verbatim spindle 50 DVD-R or DVD+R 4.7gb 16x £7.50

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I always go with either Tesco or Aldi's own, they have never failed me to date and are excellent value for money

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My burner (Optiarc) don't like Verbatim disks. If I burn a film at x16 it won't play very well, yet with Maxell DVD-Rs I've never had that problem burning at x16. So it could also be down to the burner and firmware to match up with certain media brands.

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Maxell -r's have been Ritek F1 dye for a while now and I also have good results

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I have used Asda DVD+R i dont know who makes them

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I usually use SVP - http://www.svp.co.uk/ - for my media needs, they have pretty decent prices and very good information including the exact dye used in each product.

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I get a 50% coaster rate on memorex CD-R discs. That's on 4 different writers on 3 laptops plus a portable writer.

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You'll need to buy plenty of cups to put on them then :D

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Out of interest, are you always burning at the highest speed available?

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Verbatim as the dye used is a very high quality which will allow you media to last longer without becoming corrupt in a few years to come, like what happens on poor dye media...

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Unfortunately Verbatim is not universally good, which is why I recommended SVP. Verbatim have used very cheap and poor quality dyes in the past and it is difficult to tell which dye is used in a particular packet without opening it. SVP is one of the only places I know that tells you what dye is in what before you order.

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In the ones i linked to above, they're using Advanced AZO+ recording dye. I've never had one fail on me. Have you considered lowering your burning speeds? Burning at a higher rate is prone to a failed burn.

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The ones you linked to above could just as easily be rubbish el-cheapo MCC dyes, you can't know for sure. Bought the exact same ones from Amazon a few years ago, returned them because they were so rubbish. A few months earlier the exact same product had a completely different dye. Advanced AZO+ means nothing. My recording speed has nothing to do with it, poor dyes = poor burns. Verbatim have used the same "Advanced AZO" name on anything from the best Taiyo Yuden dyes to the cheapest crappy junk used in the 5p no-name DVDRs.

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Hi i burn on slow speed 8 ive seen tdk 50 discs for £8.49
dose anyone use Infinity discs 50 for £7.29 free p&P verbatin 50 £10.99
thanks

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Burning a disc at a slower speed will be easier to read by cd / dvd drive, safer but need more time to burn.

Burning at a higher speed will make data faster to get inside the disk but for the consequence need a cd/dvd drive with high speed to read the disk.

Sometimes the data cannot be read (corrupt) when we burn at a high speed, just use the medium range speed to burn a cd/dvd for the safety of your data inside.

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Incorrect, all burning at a slower speed does is give you a better chance of an error free recording, when you play it back it is played back exactly the same as any other disc and burn speed is irrelevant.

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You talk rubbish mate

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No he isn't.

I always burn my dvd's at a slow speed and the verification is always much faster than the speed at which they are burnt at.

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errr no you do!

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Are these at Sainsbury Full face Printable?

I am currently creating a DVD for a Scooter Sprinting Club for their presentation night and I am printing directly onto the DVD. I have done this for a lot of my vhs tapes that I have put onto DVD.

I normally get them from SVP but their delivery is a bit steep now just for a spool of 50 discs. I usually get the Titanium brand from them and they have been good.

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I had to read that a few times as I did not quite believe what I was reading, so the faster you burn to a disk the faster the drive needs to be to read it, now that is funny and thanks for the insight it meant so much to me.https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/12/10.gif

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No, the verbatims at Sainsburys aren't printable. I used to use svp, but their postage prices made them less competitive than play or amazon

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Muppets

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Something i recently found out about Verbatim discs is that they are made in two places. The ones made in Taiwan by CMC are apparently inferior to the ones made by Mitsubishi in Japan. The only way to tell is to look at the "made in xxxx".
This probably explains why iv`e had some Verbatim`s with a low coaster rate and some with a high :p:
Recently got some Sony DVD+R from the local Sainsburys (£8 for 50 i think) and they seem to be pretty good.

As to Lister of Smeg :nono:..............do some looking up, burn speed has absolutely no bearing on reading (assuming no errors)
Here`s a good place to start http://www.dvddemystified.com/dvdfaq.html