43p DVD-r media at CDR-Media.co.uk

[Craig Tucker]

Just bought a Pioneer DVR-A04 and am looking to buy some media for it. I noticed that there was an ad on VCDHelp.com for this company and I have used them for CDR, cases and labels and have been pleased with their products.

Has anyone used these cheap DVD-r's. What do you think of them.

http://www.cd-rmedia.co.uk/cgi-bin2/cdrmedia/listproducts.pl?type=specific&catid=8&manufacturer=20

[ronnylov]

I must warn you!

The bulqpac DVD-R discs are not good. All discs I tried were coasters, they play in the beginning of the disc but after half of the disc they stutter and in the end of the disc they don't play at all on my standalone player...
I have heard from many people that these discs are useless.

I recommend the "DataSafe 'Classic' DVD-R 4.7GB - 1x Speed - Generation 3" discs. Ther are worth every penny! No coasters at all and I have burned 20 of them and they play in all player's I've tried. I've hard that they also work in Playstation2. I bought mine from http://www.cdr-by-mail.co.uk because they shipped to Sweden where I live.

[ronnylov]

Oh forgot to mentiuon. They have changed name from Datasafe classic to datawrite classic. Check this article: http://webplus.dvd-recordable.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=79...rder=0&thold=0

[epo]

There is mixed experience about Bulkpaq. I myself have NEVER experienced this "first 80% OK" problem. But I have Gen3 discs from 3 patches (3 different codes on inner hub). 2 patches are recognised by my player and they play well to the last second. 3rd patch isn't even recognised by player.

[Craig Tucker]

I must warn you!

The bulqpac DVD-R discs are not good. All discs I tried were coasters, they play in the beginning of the disc but after half of the disc they stutter and in the end of the disc they don't play at all on my standalone player...
I have heard from many people that these discs are useless.

I recommend the "DataSafe 'Classic' DVD-R 4.7GB - 1x Speed - Generation 3" discs. Ther are worth every penny! No coasters at all and I have burned 20 of them and they play in all player's I've tried. I've hard that they also work in Playstation2. I bought mine from http://www.cdr-by-mail.co.uk because they shipped to Sweden where I live.

Thanks for your input ronnylov, although the datasafe discs are more than 4 times the price of the bulkpaq discs. And all out of stock at the moment. What I am looking for are some budget discs (less than £1) that are reliable, and not just going to end up as coasters.

[Craig Tucker]

There is mixed experience about Bulkpaq. I myself have NEVER experienced this "first 80% OK" problem. But I have Gen3 discs from 3 patches (3 different codes on inner hub). 2 patches are recognised by my player and they play well to the last second. 3rd patch isn't even recognised by player.

epo, where did you get these discs, cdrmedia.co.uk lists their discs as generation3, they also list a 2x speed generation4 disc for £0.9. Do you have any experience of these.

[epo]

Got from www.BigPockets.co.uk
They have been out of stock of Gen3 for some time now, but have many sub £1 discs (WhiteLabel 2x for .69 ...). No experience with Gen4 (I have enough Gen3 for couple of months and do not write for sale).

[P@iNKilleR]

I must say I would never buy the bulkpaq dvdr's ever again The gen 2 disks were fine as they were princo disks & burnt every time but he last batch of abortion gen 3 were terrible. I had the error of it veiwing the first half of a film then the picture breaking up then locking the player up. The company where they came from were not 100% helpfull & insisted it was my player at fault!! When I stated that it did not work on any other players either they said it was my writer or firmware. This was getting a little silly so I had to explain that it works with the older generation disks & white labels They just gave in so I return 75 disks 9 of which were failures!!

I have since contacted pioneer about this & they said they already know about these disks & the place where I'd purchased them from have now put a warning on the newer generation stating not suitable for video!!



Kev!

[ronnylov]

Thanks for your input ronnylov, although the datasafe discs are more than 4 times the price of the bulkpaq discs. And all out of stock at the moment. What I am looking for are some budget discs (less than £1) that are reliable, and not just going to end up as coasters.

But the price of a 25-pack is £22.50 (0.90 each), thats below £1, isn't it? If you buy single discs they are £0.98. They are at stock on cdr-by-mail.com. Remember it's not the 2x discs I use, it's the 1x discs. The name of the disc is

DataWrite 'Classic' Branded (Generation 3)
4.7GB 1X General Purpose DVD-R
(Formerly known as DataSafe Classic DVD-R)

[ronnylov]

Here's a nice webpage where they have compability test results of cheap DVD-R discs. http://www.dvd-recordable.org/

This is an interesting compability list: http://www.dvd-recordable.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=Reviews&file=index&req=showcontent&id=19

It shows that the datasafe classic 1x is on top of the cheap media compability list. So I'm not alone thinking this is a good and cheap disc that is highly recommended!

[Craig Tucker]

Thanks for your input ronnylov, although the datasafe discs are more than 4 times the price of the bulkpaq discs. And all out of stock at the moment. What I am looking for are some budget discs (less than £1) that are reliable, and not just going to end up as coasters.

But the price of a 25-pack is £22.50 (0.90 each), thats below £1, isn't it? If you buy single discs they are £0.98. They are at stock on cdr-by-mail.com. Remember it's not the 2x discs I use, it's the 1x discs. The name of the disc is

DataWrite 'Classic' Branded (Generation 3)
4.7GB 1X General Purpose DVD-R
(Formerly known as DataSafe Classic DVD-R)

I was looking at the price of the 2x discs, did'nt scroll down that far .

They are £0.89 at CDR-Media.co.uk. Thats 1 whole penny cheaper :P

[Craig Tucker]

I must warn you!

The bulqpac DVD-R discs are not good. All discs I tried were coasters, they play in the beginning of the disc but after half of the disc they stutter and in the end of the disc they don't play at all on my standalone player...
I have heard from many people that these discs are useless.

I recommend the "DataSafe 'Classic' DVD-R 4.7GB - 1x Speed - Generation 3" discs. Ther are worth every penny! No coasters at all and I have burned 20 of them and they play in all player's I've tried. I've hard that they also work in Playstation2. I bought mine from http://www.cdr-by-mail.co.uk because they shipped to Sweden where I live.

Well, in the end I went for the Zero Defex at £0.59 each. I phoned up CD-R media.co.uk and spoke to their technical support who said that the Bulqpac and Datasafe media are made by the same company in Scotland and there is no difference between the discs apart from the labelling. He recommended Zero Defex as being a superior product. I get them today, hope he is right.