What's the best DVD-R brand?

[Paul]

Any using Taiyo Yuden dye for sure.

[DaDude]

if those dvd's are readable in full speed (which means less errors or retries that your dvd-rw player is making while reading those memorex dvd's) than it's allright.But if your drive is reading it slowly like 1mb/sec than it's not a good sign.

how can I test if they're readable at full speed? They play on my DVD players just fine. How do I test and see if it's reading it slowly?

[PhillAholic]

I'll echo the same thing a few above have said. Taiyo Yuden are by far the best. Even their value line, which are considerably cheaper come out better then just about any other brand. I think someone else said it above, but the blanks made in Japan are just about always better than when they are made anywhere else.

[muratoner]

how can I test if they're readable at full speed? They play on my DVD players just fine. How do I test and see if it's reading it slowly?

use the program Nero CD/DVD Speed.

[XIII]

Verbatim if you can afford it. Otherwise, any other DVD would be fine but you need to burn at low speed to minimize errors. They can advertise as 8x 16x or whatever but don't trust the advertising. Besides, cheap DVDs will stop working after a couple of years so check them regularly to make sure everything is ok.

[Buttus]

I'll echo the same thing a few above have said. Taiyo Yuden are by far the best. Even their value line, which are considerably cheaper come out better then just about any other brand. I think someone else said it above, but the blanks made in Japan are just about always better than when they are made anywhere else.

right, I always try to have a spindle of Taiyo Yuden blanks to copy stuff that needs to be kept, but i'll buy any brand for stuff that i'm not going to need in a while...

[PGHammer]

:laugh: Fair enough, I guess it is clear-cut.

Verbatim is the brand to go for.

I have nothing against Memorex (I've used their DVD+RW and CD-RW media for the past year-plus); however, I'm not a fan of -R media (from anyone) given recent stability advances in terms of +RW media.

Also, while -R media used to have a large price advantage over +RW media, that is now only true for CD-sized media; the advantage for DVD-sized media has practically gone away, especially given the increased tolerances for rewrites. I don't even buy write-once media any more.

[eilegz]

taiyo yuden and verbatim (those that are not made in india)

[+Raze Subscriber²]

JVC by Taiyo Yuden

Verbatim

Verbatim Blu-ray

great place to buy from, fast service, good selection: http://www.supermediastore.com/

[azure.sapphire]

It depends on where the disc was manufactured... not the brand name. There are a number of low cost Verbatim DVD-r and DVD+R that are causing a lot of people grief... mostly in the Life Series. The last I checked it was made by CMC MAG-coded media and is pretty crappy (but I could be wrong).

Honestly, the state of DVD media is going downhill. It probably has to do with the razor thin margins they are making on the sale of discs... 100pak for less then $20 sometimes. Not much profit to be made here, and much easier to outsource to cheap manufacturing plants.

The only real archival DVDs are: JVC Taiyo Yuden and some Verbatim/other branded... those produced by Mitsubishi Chemicals, Mitsubishi-Kagaku Media, Verbatim. I would avoid TDK. It stopped producing quality media in 2006 and Sony left the market in 2010. You will find both still, but they are not the same, though you probably should be able to purchase quality Sony sources for a while.

Here is a guide:

http://www.digitalfaq.com/reviews/dvd-media.htm

[Fraud OS 11]

Verbatim and Sony (most of Sony's are re-branded Taiyo Yuden).

[Kreuger]

Ive never found a difference in them but I generally buy Memorex at Walmart

[azure.sapphire]

Verbatim and Sony (most of Sony's are re-branded Taiyo Yuden).

Sony outsourced all of their DVD manufacturing outside of Japan. Taiyo Yuden is made only in Japan. It is really hit or miss with the new DVDs.

[nub]

To me, it doesn't matter. I've used about every brand there is. They all have worked fine. Although Verbatim discs do seem to work better for drives that are finicky (game consoles).

[DaDude]

I saw these in the store for only $14.99 and was tempted to pick it up but am unsure of the quality.

http://www.jr.com/dataright/pe/DBM_630/

Are DataRight DVD+/-Rs any good? Never heard of that brand, to be honest.

[DigitalSnow]

Taiyo Yuden is what I use. Just seem to have a higher success rate for a stack of 100. Also I like to get them because there is no branding on the discs. Overall they cost a little more, but I will happily pay it.

http://www.rima.com/CTGY/TAIYOYUDEN.html

[DukeEsquire]

Which ever is the cheapest is the best.

[Peter Griffin]

Taiyo Yuden is what I use. Just seem to have a higher success rate for a stack of 100. Also I like to get them because there is no branding on the discs. Overall they cost a little more, but I will happily pay it.

http://www.rima.com/CTGY/TAIYOYUDEN.html

I don't use my burner a lot, but I have used this brand and they worked very well. As with most things, you get what you pay for.

[+jamesyfx Subscriber²]

Where I work, brands like Mr. DVD, TDK, Memorex and Tuff-Disc are interchangeable (same product codes...), whereas Verbatim sorta stand alone... Hmm....

[Hum]

I have learned to use RW DVDs.

You get a second chance to burn, if something goes wrong.

I have also learned to keep the burn speed low, say at 2X -- no matter what the advertised DVD label says, or the DVD drive claims.

And I give a plus 1 for Verbatim.