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Thread ID: 83670 2007-10-09 06:42:00 Blank DVD's Metla (12) PC World Chat
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599628 2007-10-09 09:04:00 Yep Sony. gum digger (6100)
599629 2007-10-09 09:33:00 TDK is quite good
Sony has problems
Mitsubishi works quite well
Imation works with me although doesn't work on my father's dvd writer
Verbatim works
SOHot works
Ninjabear (2948)
599630 2007-10-09 10:39:00 can anyone recommend a reasonable brand at a reasonable rice.
Don't buy Sunrice brand, as mentioned previously.

The best varietal is Basmati.
Greg (193)
599631 2007-10-09 11:13:00 Verbatim for me now...
other discs do work, but if you compare burnt discs after a period of storage you can see a difference
then again the error-correction mechanisms means cheaper brand discs are still quite readable even though the quality is not so good

oh and make sure you store them properly too
no matter how high quality the discs are..non of them will work if they're kinda..bent..(bad past experience..)
heni72847 (1166)
599632 2007-10-09 15:27:00 Beware of the el-cheapo from dirty dick's. JJJJJ (528)
599633 2007-10-09 15:31:00 Verbatim, but if you want cheap go for Hyena which have a Sony code and I have had no coasters from them.

Plod - yeah great sig !
Morpheus1 (186)
599634 2007-10-09 15:45:00 everything you didn't need to know blank dvd's
( . digitalfaq . com:80/media/dvdmedia . htm" target="_blank">www . digitalfaq . com:80)

Verbatim Sony TDK all top rated . Princo and SKC bad . Imation questionable .

the media brand means nothing . Verbatim became infamous in 2002 by switching from high-quality MCC ID media to the inferior CMC ID media, although they quickly returned to using MCC .

It is the media ID that is important, as it reveals the disc manufacturer . Unfortunately, this is not written on packaging or anywhere else . Companies want consumers to be oblivious to this sort of behind-the-scenes information . To learn the media ID code, a blank disc must be put into a computer DVD burner drive and the ID read by a special utility . Some burning software reads the code by default (DVD Decrypter, for example, in ISO write mode) . There are also a handful of freeware or trialware tools available
Morpheus1 (186)
599635 2007-10-09 17:12:00 Kinda got put off Verbatim. Was given a couple as a donation, one or both ended up as coasters
TDK +R is my medium of choice now. On third spindle and don't recall any having become a coaster. Sony aren't too bad either
Myth (110)
599636 2007-10-09 17:21:00 I use Verbatim and buy online from Blank CD in Christchurch. Great service!!

Have a look at his range for price and choice... http://blankcd.co.nz/

Ken :thumbs:
kenj (9738)
599637 2007-10-09 18:42:00 I use Verbatim and buy online from Blank CD in Christchurch. Great service!!

Have a look at his range for price and choice... http://blankcd.co.nz/

Ken :thumbs:

Same here. They also sell Taiyo Yuden which are supposed to be the best in the world ..at a price and assuming they're not counterfeit..
paulw (1826)
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