Verbatim Shiny Silver DataLife Plus 8x DVD-R Spindle, 50 Discs
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Customer Review: Good DVD-R 8x media.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have burned about 10 of these backing up files using Lite-On LightScribe 24X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive IHAS424-98 - Retail (Black) which I also bought on Amazon, and so far every burn has been smooth and successful.
It is very easy to label because there are no brands or anything on it, but sometimes hard to pick which side to label since they are so nearly alike.
I am using K3b 2.0.0 on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) and here is what is reported for a blank disc.
Type: DVD-R Sequential
Media ID: MCC 02RG20
Capacity: 510:38:38 min (4.4 GiB)
Rewritable: no
Appendable: no
Empty: yes
Layers: 1
Sessions: 0
Supported writing speeds: 6.0x (8310 KB/s)
8.0x (11080 KB/s)
16x would be faster, but this is pretty good and seems reliable.
Would consider purchasing again.
Customer Review: The only media I buy
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a videographer and have been through several brands of media trying to find the absolute most reliable and compatible disk for DVD authoring. I now ONLY buy Verbatim DVD-R discs with DataLife Plus. I have not had one client complain about playback (yet), and the price point is very competetive. I use a Pioneer DVD burner (DVR-109) and usually burn at half the maximum rated speed of the disc. After hundreds of burns, I don't remember making a single coaster with this media or encountering any playback problems in a multitude of different DVD players. DVD-R is definitely the format to use for DVD authoring - you can find reviews that say contrary, or say DVD+R is just as good, but my experience has shown otherwise, across several different brands. I first bought Verbatim after reading a technical article on compatability that put Verbatim DVD-R at the top of the list. I haven't bought anything else since.Customer Review: Works great at 8x!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have an NEC burner and these discs work great at 8X. Some people buy them because some Verbatim's carry an MMC003 media code and can burn at 12X. The truth is, Verbatim use to make their own media, but now just rebadges them with thier name and are actually made by varied media manufacturers. In the end, you get varied results when you burn faster than what the media is rated, becuase the media is not always the same, even though it was packaged as Verbatim. If you intend to burn at 8x, then these will be fine for your purposes. But if your intent is to burn these at above 8x, be careful, different burners will get varied and unstable results, becuase you'll never know what you'll end up with.
Customer Review: Great Quality DVD-R Blanks
Summary: 5 Stars
I barely find a coaster on the Verbatim DVD-R's. It is as par as with the Maxells, Sony's, TDKs and RiDatas that I have used before. Try to stay away from unknown brands that is kind of a hit or miss. The thing with DVD's or CD's is that when you find a bad one, it seems to be bunched into the same stack as they were manufactured at the same place and at the same time. My recommendation is not to burn DVDs or CDs using the maximum speed, the chance of a bad burn tend to be much much less if you use the next slower speed indicated on the media. Same as filling up the data capacity, 4200mb seems to work best for me as filling up the DVD to the edge may become problematic.
Customer Review: Verbatim Shiny 8x DVD-R 50pk
Summary: 5 Stars
At first i was wary of what i was buying because i have normally buy the Verbatim DVD-R 8x Movie Reel Discs 29pk that are normally 10-15 dollars here on Amazon. I took a chance on buying them and as it turns out, there's no difference at all. Before buying these "shiny" discs, I couldn't find compare/contrast with the Movie Reel Discs I usually buy. Like i said, these are the same discs basically just with out the Movie Reel look to them. These are just what they say they are, Shiny discs that have nothing labeled on them. Only thing you need is a sharpie pen to label them yourself. I hope this will help people in the future that had same skepticism as I did.