What's the most reliable DVD media?
(Click here to view the original thread with full colors/images)Posted by: worldpease
Hi guys,
based on your experience and the common knowledge combined,
what is the most reliable DVD blank media?,
cus I don't know if I mentined it before, but I got these TDK 50pk and
Im having a lot of bad DVD copies.
So I'd apresiate if you could tell me what you think,
so I can take it into consideration the next time I go shoping.
edit: moved as requested.
Posted by: Darth Sushi
Taiyo Yuden (made in Japan)...over a thousand burns and not a single coaster. Also, make sure your burner has the lastest firmware otherwise the burner will not know how to write each brand/type of media.
Posted by: Virtualbody1234
Slowing down the burn speed can help.
Posted by: fkdup74
Taiyo Yuden
I've bought Maxell DVD-Rs that were TY media,
the burner/burning app/settings can still fuck those up :P
Posted by: Duffman
It's really a hard question man, I bought some cheapo ritek 4x ones off line for about .20 cents a disc, and the worked perfect, not 1 bad one that was the disc's fault, but I have some memorex I think ones I got when I got the burner. They sucked. So search on google for you model dvd writer, get the latest firmware, and see if you can find other people that wrote about the media on your burner.
Posted by: accat13
Most made in Japan media is of higher quality.But its getting harder to find.Some times if you actually pick thru the shelf buried amongst the made in taiwan you will find made in japan.The brand name will be the same but the manufacturer is different.What kind of burner do you own some prefer plus media like my liteon 832s.Just for a laugh check out all the different media codes for tdk http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?... (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?dvdmediasearch=tdk&dvdmediadvdridsearch=&type=6&size=All&dvdburnspeed=All&order=Name&hits=25&search=Search+or+List+Media)
Its a real crap shoot lol:lol:
Edit: edited your link, it was distorting the page
Posted by: SingaBoiy
I love my Sonic media :)
Cheapest ive seen and always a perfect burn.
Posted by: accat13
even the sonic is a crap shoot everything from tygo2 :) to Longten 001 :( http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?dvdmediasearch=sonic&dvdmediadvdridsearch=&type=6&size=All&dvdburnspeed=All&order=Name&hits=25&search=Search+or+List+Media
Posted by: muchspl3
I have never had a problem, I like Ritek/RiData but I buy the cheapest I can get
have you got the latest firmware for your burner? that fixes lots of compatibility issues
Posted by: Adster
heres something interesting
I had a Lite On burner and just about every 4th copy or lets say every 2nd or 3rd copy I would make the end of the movie is fucked I went everywhere searching for the problem tryed 10 different software tryed shit loads of different media you name it wouldn't solve it the answer I got from most people was 90% of thees cases are DVD media. also data I would burn would be fucked at the edge of the disk yes tryed write speed at 1!!
audio CDs would be perfect though
well guess what I just recently purchased a Pioneer burner no coasters!!!! its consistent so it was the burner all along
so obviously the burner was not compatible to some reason
just saying its not always the medias fault
Posted by: Duffman
Yeah but the media is the cheapest and the biggest variable, why buy a hundred stack of blank dvds, end up with a coaster and keep byeing new burners till one works?
Posted by: Adster
Yeah but the media is the cheapest and the biggest variable, why buy a hundred stack of blank dvds, end up with a coaster and keep byeing new burners till one works?
not in australia it isn't expect to pay $4 each for DVDr or $50 for a pack of 25 where you can get a burner for $132
Posted by: Darth Sushi
not in australia it isn't expect to pay $4 each for DVDr or $50 for a pack of 25 where you can get a burner for $132
OMG! And I was bitching about the recent price jump from .25 cents to .32 cents per/disc for TAIYO YUDEN at supermedia. :blink:
Posted by: lynx
If you haven't already got it (or something similar) get DvdInfoPro (http://www.dvdinfopro.com/). You can find out exactly which dye your media uses. If you are having problems with a brand make a note of the dye, than don't buy disks with that dye.
I find that my NEC drive seems to work fine with Ritek G05 based media. I've been using Ridisc Xtreme which are 8x rated but burn fine at 16x. Unfortunately I just got some more Ridisc media, and despite the name they haven't even got Ritek dye. They won't burn at 16x, in fact I just burnt a 2.5GB disk and I don't think it even got above 4x. :angry:
I guess the thing to do is check the quality here (http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia) when you find a cheap one. I would say that if it isn't listed there don't buy it. If it is listed there, check out different media with the same media code. Watch out for poisoned reviews though, I read one guy complaining about the burning troubles he had, then said the media wouldn't read in 7 players. :blink:
Posted by: accat13
heres something interesting
I had a Lite On burner and just about every 4th copy or lets say every 2nd or 3rd copy I would make the end of the movie is fucked I went everywhere searching for the problem tryed 10 different software tryed shit loads of different media you name it wouldn't solve it the answer I got from most people was 90% of thees cases are DVD media. also data I would burn would be fucked at the edge of the disk yes tryed write speed at 1!!
audio CDs would be perfect though
well guess what I just recently purchased a Pioneer burner no coasters!!!! its consistent so it was the burner all along
so obviously the burner was not compatible to some reason
just saying its not always the medias faultthe problem with the liteon could have been most likely fixed with a hacked firmware.You most likely had a huge number of errors at the end of the disc.I think the "omnipatcher tool" solves this issue with force fall back http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=97590 If you still own the burner you may like to have a little fun playing with it.
Posted by: Adster
heres something interesting
I had a Lite On burner and just about every 4th copy or lets say every 2nd or 3rd copy I would make the end of the movie is fucked I went everywhere searching for the problem tryed 10 different software tryed shit loads of different media you name it wouldn't solve it the answer I got from most people was 90% of thees cases are DVD media. also data I would burn would be fucked at the edge of the disk yes tryed write speed at 1!!
audio CDs would be perfect though
well guess what I just recently purchased a Pioneer burner no coasters!!!! its consistent so it was the burner all along
so obviously the burner was not compatible to some reason
just saying its not always the medias faultthe problem with the liteon could have been most likely fixed with a hacked firmware.You most likely had a huge number of errors at the end of the disc.I think the "omnipatcher tool" solves this issue with force fall back http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=97590 If you still own the burner you may like to have a little fun playing with it.
thanks sounds interesting
Posted by: SingaBoiy
even the sonic is a crap shoot everything from tygo2 :) to Longten 001 :( http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?dvdmediasearch=sonic&dvdmediadvdridsearch=&type=6&size=All&dvdburnspeed=All&order=Name&hits=25&search=Search+or+List+Media
Dont know if you have ever tried it but tygo2 is great. Between me and my brother in law, weve gone though a few thousand w/o a bad burn that wasnt the dvd burner's fault.
Posted by: Adster
ill tell you one brand to NEVER EVER GET!! PRINCO
another interesting thing is the stuff I burned on teh LITE ON wouldnt play on DVD players and wouldnt play on my LITE ON DVD but it will play on Pioneer so I was able to revover some of that what I thought was fucked coasters
Posted by: accat13
heres something interesting
I had a Lite On burner and just about every 4th copy or lets say every 2nd or 3rd copy I would make the end of the movie is fucked I went everywhere searching for the problem tryed 10 different software tryed shit loads of different media you name it wouldn't solve it the answer I got from most people was 90% of thees cases are DVD media. also data I would burn would be fucked at the edge of the disk yes tryed write speed at 1!!
audio CDs would be perfect though
well guess what I just recently purchased a Pioneer burner no coasters!!!! its consistent so it was the burner all along
so obviously the burner was not compatible to some reason
just saying its not always the medias faultJust curious which particular liteon it was.Also if you realized liteon(especially older models) don't particularly like dvd- media .I've burnt a few ty's that were dvd minus.Lets just say they really work great as coasters.The liteon drives also develops a memory of the last three or 4 burns, not that great if the burns were bad(can be cleaned with utilities http://codeguys.rpc1.org/utilities.html )
Posted by: Peerzy
I have never had a problem, I like Ritek/RiData but I buy the cheapest I can get
have you got the latest firmware for your burner? that fixes lots of compatibility issues
Same, i do with the cheapest i can find and buy in bulk of 200. So far i've had no problems.
It's a better idea to buy a good burner and cheap media, than a cheap burner and expensive media. Also my really cheap media is still working 2 years + on so nothing's degraded yet like some say.
Posted by: motov600
datawrite dvd-r are good and so are ritek
goes good with a pioneer 109 dvd burning drive
Posted by: Snee
ill tell you one brand to NEVER EVER GET!! PRINCO
another interesting thing is the stuff I burned on teh LITE ON wouldnt play on DVD players and wouldnt play on my LITE ON DVD but it will play on Pioneer so I was able to revover some of that what I thought was fucked coasters
I've got both princo and Lite on at home.
Actually, in my experience it works just fine, except that you can't burn several of them one after another, you have to let it rest between burns or it'll say it burned them fine, but the discs won't work.
Slowing down the burning speed is also indeed a good idea, if you get those burns that are fucked up at the end of the movie.
Which would mean that you have to burn the princo discs I have at no more than 2x at the most. But sometimes burning discs at really low speeds have worked badly for me with other drives in the past, so I wouldn't immediately set the speed to 1x.
DVD decrypter might have issues with the Lite on drive, tho', or maybe it's the princos it doesn't like :unsure:
Posted by: Lion7718
datawrite dvd-r are good and so are ritek
goes good with a pioneer 109 dvd burning drive
I use Riteks also..for about 2 years...never had a problem with them & my TDK Burner
Posted by: Valentino
I think Verbatim is the best single layer.
I have not found a good dual layer DVD+R yet. They are all unstable and works only from time to time.
Posted by: 2slick4u
so who would have the best deals on DL DVD'S and which 1 would you buy to burn xbox 360 games and 720 rips movies any suggestins
Posted by: colombianino
haven't had much problems with my LITEON dvd burner, a couple of times which said "cd out of space" but it really wasn't. that also could have been my not so great 20gb hard drive that i sue for OS.
you must carefully read what the hardware can or can't do before you decide to buy it, doing research might help too. if i had the money i would have bought a better one, but i trust Lite ON.
Posted by: lynx
Another good idea is looking at the age of a thread and deciding whether it's really sensible to add your question to a three year old topic.
Posted by: colombianino
oh well, i guess so.
Posted by: windchime
I will go for japan made taiyo yuden discs from rima.com
Posted by: FX2908
I vote for Verbatim too. They are the best.
Posted by: j2k4
Another good idea is looking at the age of a thread and deciding whether it's really sensible to add your question to a three year old topic.
Best post in this thread over the last 3+ years, I'd say. :whistling
Posted by: amarissa
Slowing down the burn speed can help
Posted by: leaveapath
i recently purchased 100pk verbatim dvd-r for wii games, and so far it hasn't failed me.