Is a Optodisc DVD-R a good brand for making movies?

[awhitney]

I have a Pioneer A05 dvd writer and saw a good deal for a 50 disk spindle of Optodisc dvd-r disks for $54. SO I was wondering if its worth the money to buy this brand so I won;t have any coasters for making movies and what not.

Thanks

[LanEvo7]

I bought a test pack and it came with two. Both worked fine.

[Dumpster]

I use the OptoDisc 1x silver/purple in my Pioneer 105 and they work great. I've burned about 15 of 'em so far with no coasters. They even burn at 2x with the hacked v1.3 firmware.

Dumpster

[awhitney]

thanks for your replies, guys. Thanks a lot!

[ShibaInu]

I bought 100 of the gold/purple ones from supermediastore.com and they have worked great so far... no playback problems.

[Robert Simandl]

I've used four 50-pack spindles of blue top Optodisc DVD-R 1x discs. The first three were flawless.

But the fourth, I'm wondering if they changed their formulation or something. I got ten discs that locked up and froze toward the end of the movie. That was bad enough I'm gonna try Samsung BeAlls next.

[dolby]

livewharehouse.com has a 50 pack for $39. these are the gold color ones. cool looking dvd-rs

[ckdexterhn1]

Optodisc is the only ones I use now in my Pioneer A05. I get them for $1.20 each in DVD cases shipped, silver tops. Burned a few hundred now with no coasters.

[SaSi]

I have a SONY DRU500A and have been primarily using TDK 2x DVD-R media. I was given a pack of 20 Optodisc DVD-R disks.

I have used 5 of them already. Record at 2x. One of them failed the verify (I always verify recordings). The disk (DVD-Video) was usable and apparently the discrepancy was small enough to be skipped by the DVD player.

The Optodisc media is quite cheap, and I may be using lot of it for DVD Video, but will never use them for backing up data. For that, I only use TDK.

[ktnwin]

A few comments on OptoDisc:

1) 55$ for a pack of 50 is more expensive then what I paid for. I paid 9.95$ for 10, each in its own jewel case, local store
2) haven't got any coaster with this brand yet.
This seems a good brand for me, especially each disc is in its own jewel case. The bulk 50 sells for 45$ but I am afraid some may have scratches due to the way the are packed together.

I used up my 100 Ritek (purple) and only got 6 coasters: 3 due to bad software, 3 due to visible scratches on media.
My burner is Pioneer 105.

[txpharoah]

Get gold-coated or blue-coated OptoDiscs, and you won't be unhappy. They are great. (But any silver-topped disc is liable to have more problems, so stay away from the cheapo optodiscs if they make any - didn't know they did until I saw it in this post).

[awhitney]

I also hear the Pioneer 4x dvd-r is also pretty good, so I will give them a try too. I've always liked Pioneer

[ckdexterhn1]

any silver-topped disc is liable to have more problems, so stay away from the cheapo optodiscs if they make any

Well, the company I use has the silver top Optodiscs in full DVD cases shrink wrapped in packs of 10. Best DVD cases I've seen. Burned a few hundred and haven't had a coaster yet. I know I've had problems with other brands of silver top spindles as there are almost always some scratched, but since these Optodiscs never touch each other, not an issue. These are best for me timewise, as the company I order from is one state over. I can order a hundred, pay for UPS Ground shipping, and have them the very next day!