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Nathan Quattrini · April 13th, 2009, 10:55 PM

I am looking for a good success rate DVD with a fairly cheap price. I got some Memorex -R'`s last day after thanksgiving for pretty cheap and they seem OK. I am looking to buy about 200. Anyone know a good brand to hunt out for best universal success?

Tom Hardwick · April 14th, 2009, 02:05 AM

DVD-R blanks have settled down a lot in the last few years and the risk of dye fade has subsided I'm pleased to say. I'd always go for a brand name you recognise like Verbatim, Ritek, TDK etc, but the main thing (if you're burning 200 for the general public) is not to encode at too high a level. Make 6mbps +AC3 audio discs and you won't have any returns whatever medium you use.

tom.

Ervin Farkas · April 22nd, 2009, 11:05 AM

Sony or TDK are my choice.

Harm Millaard · April 22nd, 2009, 12:00 PM

Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim are the preferred brands with the best reliability. Especially with Memorex, Sony, and other names you have to realize they buy from third parties and on a single spindle you may end up with three different brands with different reliabilities. Ritek used to have a good name, but quality problems have thrown their reputation down the drain.

Peter Manojlovic · April 22nd, 2009, 12:43 PM

Taiyo Yudens in -R and Verbatims in +R DL...

Tom....Bitrate shouldn't matter..The decoder has to be licensed to playback whatever bitrate, so long as it falls within legal boundaries of DVD structure.....
If you're getting funny results, i'd double check out the encoder you use..

Tripp Woelfel · April 23rd, 2009, 07:20 AM

Verbatim -R here. Hundreds of disks burned with zero coasters. I've never tried T-Y because I've had great luck with the Verbatim, but they've had a great reputation since I first heard of them about a decade ago.

April 13th, 2009, 10:55 PM	#1
Nathan Quattrini Major Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Warwick, Rhode Island Posts: 740	Good quality DVDs? I am looking for a good success rate DVD with a fairly cheap price. I got some Memorex -R'`s last day after thanksgiving for pretty cheap and they seem OK. I am looking to buy about 200. Anyone know a good brand to hunt out for best universal success? __________________ Cinematography Site

April 22nd, 2009, 11:05 AM	#3
Ervin Farkas Inner Circle Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta/USA Posts: 2,515	Sony or TDK are my choice. __________________ Ervin Farkas www.AtlantaLegalVideo.com

April 14th, 2009, 02:05 AM	#2
Tom Hardwick Inner Circle Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Billericay, England UK Posts: 4,711	DVD-R blanks have settled down a lot in the last few years and the risk of dye fade has subsided I'm pleased to say. I'd always go for a brand name you recognise like Verbatim, Ritek, TDK etc, but the main thing (if you're burning 200 for the general public) is not to encode at too high a level. Make 6mbps +AC3 audio discs and you won't have any returns whatever medium you use. tom.

April 22nd, 2009, 12:00 PM	#4
Harm Millaard Trustee Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,832	Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim are the preferred brands with the best reliability. Especially with Memorex, Sony, and other names you have to realize they buy from third parties and on a single spindle you may end up with three different brands with different reliabilities. Ritek used to have a good name, but quality problems have thrown their reputation down the drain.

April 22nd, 2009, 12:43 PM	#5
Peter Manojlovic Major Player Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hamilton Ontario Posts: 769	Taiyo Yudens in -R and Verbatims in +R DL... Tom....Bitrate shouldn't matter..The decoder has to be licensed to playback whatever bitrate, so long as it falls within legal boundaries of DVD structure..... If you're getting funny results, i'd double check out the encoder you use..

April 23rd, 2009, 07:20 AM	#6
Tripp Woelfel Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Conway, NH Posts: 1,745	Verbatim -R here. Hundreds of disks burned with zero coasters. I've never tried T-Y because I've had great luck with the Verbatim, but they've had a great reputation since I first heard of them about a decade ago.