Memorex DVD+R 16x 4.7GB 100 Pack Spindle
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Customer Review: They Should Be Ashamed
Summary: 1 Stars
I have never ever given a 1 star rating to any product before as far as I can recall, but this baby deserves it; if I could give a zero I would.
I bought 4 of these 100 pack spindles. Everyone of them dont work, not even one. You can tell by the amount of disks that I ordered that I am no novice when it comes to making DVD's.
I have tried these with 3 different burners and all of them give the same result. Dont get me wrong the burn process went fine, but after years of burning and going back to copy something you burnt earlier and cant copy them because of disk error you come to realise that a "succesful burn" does not mean that it was done right.
This is why I started to chose the 'Verify After Burn' method. This process ensures that what is burnt is actually an exact replica of what you wanted to backup. I did this process with these disks and all of them had no problems in the burn process but everyone of them FAILED the verify process, and I do mean all of them.
Like I said I used 3 different computers with 3 different burners and all failed. I even used 3 different softwares (DVD Decrypter, Nero and Roxio) and all failed. I tried some other DVD's I had and they burned fine and verified perfectly.
These disks are utter Crap and I will never use memorex again. I used them before but to varying degrees of sucess but never as catastrophic as this. Oh and by the way I even took some disks from the middle of the stack and same results.
It is just inexcusable for me to have 400 of these coasters and ever consider buying that brand again. What a waste it is for me; especially scince i live in the Bahamas and the cost to send them back to amazon is going to be almost as than buying them again.
I hope this review helps someone, sometimes low price means just downright LOW in the approach to quality.
Customer Review: Be skeptical of blank DVD reviews based on a single batch
Summary: 4 Stars
Over the last six months I've burned well over 400 DVD's. While I've also used Verbatim, Fuji and TDK, the majority were Memorex. I've had one bad spindle of Memorex DVD-9's in which most couldn't even be recognized by the drive, and in general, about 1 in 20 DVD5's don't verify. My experience doesn't prove that Memorex is the best brand, but any manufacture process can have a bad run, and I won't pass a brand up just because someone else bought one bad spindle. Memorex isn't perfect, but I haven't seen a brand yet I'd give 5 stars, and they're at least as good as anything else I've tried.
A few observations - the combination of PC, drive and media can make a big difference. Some of the OEM drives that come with bargain PC's are just junk, and even good drives can be finicky. I use mostly Sony DRU 810A's, which are currently less than $60. This gives great results in a Gateway, but is less reliable for some reason in an eMachines - you get what you pay for. You're also far safer leaving the pc alone while it's burning DVD's - the faster the burn speed, the more true this is. I have yet to see an old-fashioned "buffer underrun" message, but the error rate is consistently higher if the machine is distracted while it's burning.
Just because the ads make DVD burning look simple and bullet proof, doesn't mean it is. Go slow - buy a few small batches of different brands, and *really* test them. Find out what brands your burner maker recommends, but don't take that as the last word. Sony does not like Memorex, but I just bought another 400, because only your own experience - and not somebody else's bad luck - is going to tell you what brand is best for you.
Customer Review: My recordable media of choice
Summary: 5 Stars
I burn a lot of DVDs - 3 or 4 per day lately - so I'm looking for quality and value when it comes time to buy more. That's why I love these Memorex DVD+R 100 packs. For me, Memorex and Sony have always stood apart, but I'm not giving any of my money to a company (Sony) that secretly installed root kit software with their music CDs. Besides, I've never had a problem with a single Memorex DVD (DVD-R or DVD+R) - and, while I've only burned a few on my DVD recorder, I've burned at least a couple hundred on my computer. I started out transferring long videos from my hard drive to individual discs; although those played fine on my standard DVD player as well as computer, I soon realized it was much too costly. Since I only rarely use my standalone DVD player anymore, I'm much happier filling as much as possible of the 4.7 GB of available space on each DVD+R. That means I can only watch those videos on a computer, but that's fine with me. It will be a different story, of course, when I finally get around to using my DVD recorder to transfer some of my old VHS tapes to DVD. There, you're looking at only 2 real-time hours of recording if you want the best quality transfer possible, although you can go up to four or six hours if video quality isn't a priority.
You don't burn anything to DVD without a reason, so you don't want to go out and buy the cheapest discs you can find. There's no good reason to pay too much, either, especially when you have these perfectly good Memorex DVD+R discs available in bulk for a pretty decent price.
Customer Review: Why Pay More!?
Summary: 5 Stars
Listen to Michael Brumley, he knows his stuff. This DVD burning isn't as cut and dried as some would like you to believe. However, just because you get a bad burn doesn't mean it is the discs. There is a whole bunch of stuff going on in your computer that can affect the burn.
I have a Dell 1.2 ghz, with a Lite-On 8x drive, running Nero 6 OEM. Pretty generic, but these Memorex 8x and now 16x discs burn just fine. In fact, I have burnt about 600-800 of these discs and have had very few fall-outs. Not enough to justify buying the "better" quality discs.
Now for the caveat: I did have one spate of problems, caused by a not so well behaved antivirus program. I tossed out the antivirus program and went over to Avast!(it's free, check with Microsoft). Problem solved even though I run Winamp and a logging environmental sampling program while burning discs.
We burn hundreds of discs for a hospital lecture series. They are being played on all sorts of equipment, including some pretty banged up junk. So far I have not received one complaint about the discs only suggestions about the content.
Michael Brumley is right! Before you spend big bucks on some "better" disc, pop up your task manager in XP and see if there is some runaway task that needs some discipline. Also, if you must run "better" discs then do a surface test in Nero. I bet the "better" disc will look very close to failure if the Memorex failed.
Customer Review: Nice improvement in redesign of discs
Summary: 5 Stars
I've always been sceptical of low reviews based failure rate. I've used Memorex discs on three or four occasions (by that, I mean that I've purchased three or four 100 Pack Spindles -- I buy what is cheapest either on Amazon or at my local Staples). I have found none of the problems with failure that some other reviewers have noted. I am not saying that they haven't had those problems. I can only assert that I have not had the same experience.
I have, however, had some complaints with Memorex discs in the past. I do not bother to make labels for the discs that I burn -- I don't want to spend the money either on the printer ink or for labels. I write on the discs using DVD markers. Until recently Memorex's discs were all silver, but covered with a number of irritating dots. You could write over them, but the surfaces weren't as marker-friendly as other discs, like those made by TDK or Sony. So, my only complaint against Memorex has disappeared.
This may, however, only be academic. Amazon is now producing its own brand of blank DVDs. I've been extremely happy with both the DVD+R and DVD-R discs that Amazon now makes. And their prices so far have been below $20 for a 100 Pack Spindle. If Amazon maintains those prices I'm unlikely to buy anything other than Amazon discs in the future. But if Amazon raises its prices and if Memorex puts its disc on sale, I would definitely feel comfortable buying them in the future.