Is the expensive media worth the price?

[manosteele12]

If I need my DVD-R's that I burned on a Panasonic E60 to play on the majority of home DVD players is it better to go with the expensive media, Like the Panasonic -R's.

[SLK001]

Please define what you call "expensive".

I've had problems with certain media not working in 100% of the players that I've tried.

In my experiences, I've had 100% compatibility with Verbatim and TDK (that's the real TDK stuff), even in Sony's PS2 (the most picky player).

[manosteele12]

Like 3-5$ a disc. Like panasonic discs. What is the real TDK?

[Tearren]

manosteele12

I have a HS2, which is similar to the E60. I believe the E60 is a second generation, so you may not have the trouble I did. But, In my experience there are going to be compatibility issues with DVD-R media buring from the Panasonic no matter what brand media you use.

Whenever I would burn a DVD-R in the HS2, it would play in my other DVD player, but wouldn't FF or RW. Also, in yet another player the media would not play at all. I tried all different types of media: TDK, Apple, ACCU (from meritline.com), Memorex etc. with the same result in both players. There are a couple of threads about this, but the problem has something to do with the way Panasonic burns the DVD-R.

I have since purchased a PC DVD burner. I can copy the content from the HS2 via DVD-RAM to DVD-R on my PC. So far, all PC burned disks now play fine in both DVD players.

I would just to some testing, don't buy in bulk and see the results you get.

Good Luck,
Tearren

[SLK001]

Real TDKs are the branded type (TDK told me last year that they do NOT sell unbranded TDKs at all). A lot (if not all) of the generic, unbranded TDK discs are pirate media.

Try BestBuy for a small spindle (25 pieces) of TDK branded for about $2 a piece.

[manosteele12]

Thanks for the help, have any of you used the panasonic brand? In my manual it says they were designed for the burner, I guess ill just get some of the TDK's and some other brands and see how it goes. Man its gona be some expensive testing .