What DVD blank media to use?

[worldpease]

Hi guys,
remember me?

Well I just bougth a PC with DVD Burner,
so, I was wondering?
What DVDs should I use to burn movieson to?
cus my burner says 8x in the front,
and I´ve seen some DVDs that are not too expencive
but say something like 4x...
Can I also use those on my PC?
I think the 8 or 4 mean speed,
If Im right, could you tell me what to expect
refering to the time it will take to burn a movie?

As always, thank you guys!

[RealitY]

I think about 15 minutes and I buy whats on sale although I prefer name brand although some are very opionated in this area...

[spirex]

i have an 8x dvd burner but i use 4x media all the time. bought a 100pk for $40 at newegg. my dvd burner reads them as 6x dvd+r and it only takes about 10 minutes to burn a movie after its been encoded. btw dvd only hold 4.3 GB of video and not the 4.7 GB it says on the label. as for the 6 and 8, they are the speed at witch the data is written to the disc. 6x is 8300 kB/s.

[vivitron 15]

i like verbatim 4spin - they work at 8 with no problems.

i did have a 100 spindle of cheap stuff, and the last 30 wouldnt burn - got loads of errors with them...so i hate the cheap ones, though i know some people swear by them.

btw: i get my disks 40p each, in 25's

[3RA1N1AC]

i hate the cheap ones, though i know some people swear by them.

often depends on what brand of burner you own. some are very picky about the disc brands they'll burn satisfactorily, others will do a great job of burning whatever generic crap you throw at 'em.

Princo discs have been cheap and reliable, with my Pioneer burner.

[accat13]

often depends on what brand of burner you own. some are very picky about the disc brands they'll burn satisfactorily, others will do a great job of burning whatever generic crap you throw at 'em.

Princo discs have been cheap and reliable, with my Pioneer burner.

If you have a liteon or a rebadged liteon(sony possibly) you had better stick with good quality dvd+ disc..have a look around here for more dvd burner info http://club.cdfreaks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=61

[HeavyMetalParkingLot]

i like verbatim 4spin - they work at 8 with no problems.

i did have a 100 spindle of cheap stuff, and the last 30 wouldnt burn - got loads of errors with them...so i hate the cheap ones, though i know some people swear by them.

btw: i get my disks 40p each, in 25's

Actually the price of the disc can be misleading. Just because it is cheap doesn't mean the disc are cheap. For example, the discs spirex bought are 100 for 40 dollars. Yes cheap, but the "manufacturer" is actually using TY discs which are top of the line.

[{I}{K}{E}]

I use Princo 4X

[fkdup74]

often depends on what brand of burner you own. some are very picky about the disc brands they'll burn satisfactorily, others will do a great job of burning whatever generic crap you throw at 'em.

Princo discs have been cheap and reliable, with my Pioneer burner.

true, and that kinda sux
i got an HP (rebadged NEC) and hp seems to wanna support dvd+r more so than dvd-r
(HP is kinda gay like that)
but tests done show that dvd-r is a little more compatable on stand-alones
cant remember the site, so ppl will have to google of they wanna see reviews

and as for the cheap vs. name brand....
i cant bring myself to buy the discount media, too risky
anyone want an opinion on that, ask Adster

[baccyman]

i use datawrite dvd+r and they work alright for me.