What's the most reliable DVD media?

[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.

[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.

[Virtualbody1234]

Slowing down the burn speed can help.

[fkdup74]

Taiyo Yuden

I've bought Maxell DVD-Rs that were TY media,
the burner/burning app/settings can still fuck those up :P

[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.

[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

[SingaBoiy]

I love my Sonic media :)

Cheapest ive seen and always a perfect burn.

[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

[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

[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

[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?

[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

[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:

[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:

[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.

[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

[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.

[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

[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 )

[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.

[motov600]

datawrite dvd-r are good and so are ritek
goes good with a pioneer 109 dvd burning drive

[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:

[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

[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.

[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

[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.

[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.

[colombianino]

oh well, i guess so.

[ice76]

I will go for japan made taiyo yuden discs from rima.com

[FX2908]

I vote for Verbatim too. They are the best.

[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

[amarissa]

Slowing down the burn speed can help

[leaveapath]

i recently purchased 100pk verbatim dvd-r for wii games, and so far it hasn't failed me.

[wasaby]

philips is good one,
it's my choise

[chibislick]

cdfreaks.com has lots of information on this, did you check the site?

You might want to check out this forum, in particular:

LINK REMOVED - STOP SPAMMING THAT SITE

"most popular media code" and "most popular DVD brands" posts are what you're looking for :)

[peat moss]

Slowing down the burn speed can help

I smile every time a new burner be it BlueRay or DL comes out raving about its speed , I still burn @ 4 speed . Does n't mater what it is Data cd , movie or music . Old fart or creature of habit I guess .


I buy Memorex 75 packs , last me a week as I burn movies for mates or co- workers . Money well spent .

[chibislick]

cdfreaks.com has lots of information on this, did you check the site?

You might want to check out this forum, in particular:

LINK REMOVED - STOP SPAMMING THAT SITE

"most popular media code" and "most popular DVD brands" posts are what you're looking for :)


Stop spamming that site? I linked it twice to two posts where it was relevant. Is that what's considered as spamming?

[no_bother]

I use Nero 9, or DVD-Decryptor To burn, with a Sony Blu-Ray burner(Joys of Pooter science in uni, discounts from komplett in ireland)
on a low burn speed, usually with verbatim discs.
only get a fail rate of maybe 1 in 100 or so?

[ice76]

I use japan-made Taiyo yuden discs

[SpeakingSoul]

I usually buy the inkjet printable discs, even though I don't have a printer that can use them. I've gotten lots of Verbatum ones and had no trouble.

[Frankthetank1]

memorix works for me but am always looking for better quality

[Getcha]

Verbatim TY .

[Jiggles]

Verbatim DVD-R is the best.

[kooftspc11]

verbatim dvd+r ive found to be the most consistent

tbh though ive tried alot of different brands and i noticed that even the random $10 50-pack dvd+r discs work just fine

the only really shit dvds i came across were the hp dvd-r discs that i had to buy one day because i needed them right away and went to target to buy them. only 1 of the 5 pack that i bought actually worked

[j2k4]

I've been using Memorex DVD-Rs for the last couple of years; burning them at default (fastest) speeds, and I haven't made a coaster yet.

I suspect it has something to do with limiting my use to DVD Decrypter (for XP) and IMGBurn (for Vista).

The simple progs always seem to work the best, although I don't do any copying of DVDs, and so haven't run the copyright/DRM gauntlet.

[Esquire]

Verbatim (DVD-Rs manufactured by Mitsubishi Chemicals). From more than 200 used only 2 got wrong :cool:.