What's the best brand of blank DVD discs?

[TheMojoPin]

I need to buy a new package of them and I've been having trouble burning discs lately...I think it might be the burner itself, in which case I'll get a new one before my warranty runs out, but in the meantime I want to see if using better discs helps at all. Any suggestions as to which brands are the best in terms of reliability and durability?

[PhishHead]

I use Memorex DVD+R 16x DVD's, have used over 300 and only 1 problem. I am sure now I will get lots of problems but they are great and hardly a problem

[IMSlacker]

I use Memorex DVD+R 16x DVD's, have used over 300 and only 1 problem. I am sure now I will get lots of problems but they are great and hardly a problem

I bought 50 of these last night. So far, so good. I'm three for three.

[JPMNICK]

I only use Sony. I have found that they play back the best in DVD players. I also have a sony burner, so maybe from a product testing standpoint it might have something to do with it.

i have used memorex in the past, and i find that they degrade quickly and in 18 months or so some of the disks are unreadable

[PhishHead]

I only use Sony. I have found that they play back the best in DVD players. I also have a sony burner, so maybe from a product testing standpoint it might have something to do with it.

i have used memorex in the past, and i find that they degrade quickly and in 18 months or so some of the disks are unreadable

see i have no problem with memorex and some of my blank dVDs are over 2 years old and most of my cds are over 7 years old.

Sonys i find to be absolutely the worse ones on the market today, i use to average about 5 out of 50 bad discs from sony.

EDIT: TDKs are pretty good as well.

[JPMNICK]

see i have no problem with memorex and some of my blank dVDs are over 2 years old and most of my cds are over 7 years old.

Sonys i find to be absolutely the worse ones on the market today, i use to average about 5 out of 50 bad discs from sony.

I think a lot of times it has to do with the burner.

and i just checked, all my bad memorex are CD's, not the DVD's. i have no DVD's made by them. My original sony burner shipped with sony DVD's, they worked awesome, so i have stuck with them.

[PhishHead]

I think a lot of times it has to do with the burner.

and i just checked, all my bad memorex are CD's, not the DVD's. i have no DVD's made by them. My original sony burner shipped with sony DVD's, they worked awesome, so i have stuck with them.

you are probably correct about the burner i cant remember what I have now, the computer came with one that broke and I think i forced them to send an NEC one because it was the best one that worked with my comptuer.

[Keotok]

We use plain old Staples brand burned from a Pioneer. Never a problem unless it's a software issue. I think we burned a coaster once in the past year or so.

[DolaMight]

It's not easy to determine the quality of a disc because:

"The thing that must be realized is that most media is produced by a relative small number of factories, located in several different places. Mostly Taiwan. That being said, understand that the media brand means nothing."

Look at the Branding Guide here for your brand and then look at the top to see if they are manufactured by a 1st,2nd,3rd or worst grade company:
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

If your disc matters and you want it 100% compatible buy one of these brands:

taiyo yuden
Vertabim

Expensive but the quality is worth it.

Most people buy from best buy, circuit city etc.. because they got good deals often. They for the most part only carry brands that contract out the manufacturing to a 3rd party. I like these brands:

Maxell and Memorex: good qual- Manufactured by Ritek.

Watch out for:

Fuji - Terrible -Manufatured by Ricoh (brand guide says otherwise but I always got Ricoh)
imatation??? - dunno who but they suck.

For DVD+R dual layer

Vertarim hands down. Memorex cheaper and damn good for the money. Every other brand I tried had been spotty burns and playback.

If you're in doubt who manufatured the disc (Brand doesn't say on the package) Look on the net for a program that will tell you when you put the disk in (ImgBurn, CloneCD orAlcohol120%) Example Memorex disk will display RITEKG01

[TheMojoPin]

It's not easy to determine the quality of a disc because:

"The thing that must be realized is that most media is produced by a relative small number of factories, located in several different places. Mostly Taiwan. That being said, understand that the media brand means nothing."

Look at the Branding Guide here for your brand and then look at the top to see if they are manufactured by a 1st,2nd,3rd or worst grade company:
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

If your disc matters and you want it 100% compatible buy one of these brands:

taiyo yuden
Vertabim

Expensive but the quality is worth it.

Most people buy from best buy, circuit city etc.. because they got good deals often. They for the most part only carry brands that contract out the manufacturing to a 3rd party. I like these brands:

Maxell and Memorex: good qual- Manufactured by Ritek.

Watch out for:

Fuji - Terrible -Manufatured by Ricoh (brand guide says otherwise but I always got Ricoh)
imatation??? - dunno who but they suck.

For DVD+R dual layer

Vertarim hands down. Memorex cheaper and damn good for the money. Every other brand I tried had been spotty burns and playback.

If you're in doubt who manufatured the disc (Brand doesn't say on the package) Look on the net for a program that will tell you when you put the disk in (ImgBurn, CloneCD orAlcohol120%) Example Memorex disk will display RITEKG01

That's the kind of site I'm looking for...thanks! The problem seems to be the brands that outsource to 3rd parties, so if I can avoid those I'm usually OK.