Verbatim vs Verbatim Digital DVD--Which burns at 2x?

[terryj]

While this week there were no TDK DVD-R media sales,
both Office Depot and Best Buy have Verbatim Media on
sale, at decent prices. Office Depot has Verbatim,
Best Buy Verbatim Digital Movie ( the ones that look like movie reels).

My question: Has anyone using a MAC, and herefore possibly
a Pioneer Superdrive ( A04, A05) used these discs, and if so :

1. Can they be burned at 2x speed
2. Which is better, IYHO?

Going to buy today, so any help is appreciated.
I checked the "DVD Media" list tab, but no one
has provided enough ( mac) evidence...

[Frobozz]

I have had zero problems with Verbatim DataLife DVD-R that I bought as a 25-pack awhile ago at Office Depot. They are made in Taiwan and have no speed rating on the package, but burn at 2X on my Sony burner. I don't know how this compares with the Verbatim DVDs currently on sale.

[Justin42]

I just picked up a pack of the Digital Reel media, the media ID shows MCC (Mitsubishi, i.e., good media-- equivalent to their DataLife Plus line). The DataLifePlus discs are definitely better than normal DataLife (which is usually rebranded CMC lately). They're rated at 4X speed, so I'd assume they'd do slower as well.

I'd say get the Digital Movie ones... no rebates!

[terryj]

Thanks Fobozz, and Justin.
Justin, have you attempted to burn one yet in your Apple?
I'm still looking across the web to see how these burn,
but most 4x media I have tried ( Apple, Fuji)
usually burns at 1x in a Pioneer A04.
If you could, just put one in your mac DVD Burner,
fire up Toast 6, and post back what the burn speed defaults to after
it reads the media. Also, what model of Mac you have and if you know,
the model of Superdrive you have.

Thanks!

[terryj]

According to Pioneer's website, it says it will burn with latest firmware
( 1.4) at 2x. Anybody with this FW , can you verify this?

[terryj]

Anybody?

[Vintageman]

Sorry I have used them on a 106d at 4 times and they burn fine but I wouldn't use Toast I would use Disk Utility and burn in that. I first make an image and then burn it and all go wells. For some reason Verbatim 4 times burns at 2 times on Toast 6.0.3 but at 4 times with Disk Utility.

PS: I have a G4 733 with 620mb ram and OS X 10.3.3.

[Justin42]

I don't have a Mac so I can't comment! Sorry... didn't realise what your specific issue was when I jumped in.

[terryj]

Sorry I have used them on a 106d at 4 times and they burn fine but I wouldn't use Toast I would use Disk Utility and burn in that. I first make an image and then burn it and all go wells. For some reason Verbatim 4 times burns at 2 times on Toast 6.0.3 but at 4 times with Disk Utility.

PS: I have a G4 733 with 620mb ram and OS X 10.3.3.

2x on a 106d isn't bad, and you say you can achieve 4 times speed, eh?
I might have to look into Best Buy's return policy, but these discs
may be the way to , when TDK's aren't available, provided they can do
2x burns on an 104....