Best DVD-R Media, Price does not matter

[brougham]

I have a Pioneer A04/104 DVD Burner.

I am looking for the best quality DVD-R media, price does not matter. I'm looking for the overall most stable and compatible blank disks possible.

Thanks

[gcutler]

I've burned over 200 TDK 2x (Singles, 10-packs, or 15 pack spindles) and the only 1 or 2 costers were self induced.

[VinnySem]

I like Samsung BeAll, but I don't think they burn @ 2X in the Pioneer burner. You didn't specify if burn speed is a necessity.

[tgpo]

Two come to mind first

Apple & Verbatim

[brougham]

Burnspeed does not matter either. 8)

[txpharoah]

Apple = Reliable, fast 2x, reasonable cost.

[peeps]

1.TDK
2. Real Verbatim's not the new CMC's
3. Taiyo Yuden
but if i had to pick my fav..it would be tdk.

[peeps]

hey vinnysem....are you burning beall's at 2x on your sony ax.....and if so what firmware..i just bought a 50 pack from gayline... also are you just writing on top of them?..is there any bleed through?

[disturbed1]

What everyone else said

My picks

Mitsui
Verbatium (made by Mitsubishi Chemical Corp)
Apple (made by Pioneer Video Corp)

[BJ_M]

Apple disks are not really apple disk really and if you buy them you are over paying -- but they are good disks ..

but these are all the same disks - notice the big price spread depending whose name on it ..


https://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia.php?dvdmediasearch=&dvdmediadvdridsearch=MXL&search=S...archdvdplayer=

[rhegedus]

If it's going to be once only (-R/+R) then I use Verbatim. If it's a disk I'm going to be re-using over and over (-RW/+RW) then security is not that much of an issue so I use Imation +RW (because the burn speed is 2.4x as opposed to 2x for -RW).

Regards,

Rob

[VinnySem]

hey vinnysem....are you burning beall's at 2x on your sony ax.....and if so what firmware..i just bought a 50 pack from gayline... also are you just writing on top of them?..is there any bleed through?

Yes the BeAll's burn @ 2X in my DRU-500UL. I have the 2.0e firmware, but I believe it did since 1.0f. I've always just written on the tops of disks with a Sharpie, but I get the branded ones. I don't like the silver top disks for asthetic reasons. shop4tech has spindle packs of the branded media.

I recently purchased a spindle of Optodisk media, 80 cents a piece for 100 from rima.com. They burned @ 2X and had good compatibility with the set top players I tested.

[jaxxboss]

LOL, OPTODISC? HAHAHA, get a better job and u can afford better discs.

[simmons3d]

Well, if price is no object then why not just buy authentic Pioneer brand media?

[shochan]

LOL, OPTODISC? HAHAHA, get a better job and u can afford better discs.

What is wrong with those discs. I have burnt over 200 of those things now and lost one from its own faults and 2 that were my fault. Why the hell would someone want to spend more when those discs work for them. Your right i probably need a better job to. One that pays more, one that doesnt make me leave my family for a year to move to south korea. I hate people like you. so why dont you take your better discs and cram them sideways up your ass and stop ragging on people for not spending more when less works for them.

Shochan

[ROBERT BLACK]

I've burnt several Pioneer DVD-Rs, and I've found the quality to be better that the Optodiscs,BeAlls, and Princos. But it's not significantly better, considering the price. The Pioneers load faster that Optodisc, and princos. Riteks are probably the best quality vs price choice, in my opinion. Although the Emtec discs I've burned had better than average (the three above)quality. And they're the same price as Optodiscs.