Verbatim 25-Pack 16x DVD-R Disc Spindle $9.99 SALE/Best Buy

[RacerXRed]

This is the first time I've seen the Verbatim's on sale at Best Buy. I know these won't last at the store in my location, placed an order online for one. I've used there DL media with no problems so I thinking that the -R singles won't give me any problems.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=6965251&type=product&cmp=++&id=1099385476541

[jdizzy40]

I don't buy DVD's from Best Buy anymore. They purchase nothing but 3 rate junk for DVD Media. Why do you think it is on sale? Just to get you in to buy something else.

[CBC]

I wasn't aware that Best Buy manufactured Verbatim DVDs.

As always, check the country of origin when buying media.

[Gen-An]

jdizzy40, Verbatim from Best Buy is just as good as Verbatim from anywhere else. RacerXRed, I don't know where you've been but the 16x Verbatims have been on sale at BB many times. They are made in Taiwan like most Verbatim media, made by CMC using Mitsubishi dye and equipment.

[lordsmurf]

Good media, good price.

[Wile_E]

made by CMC using Mitsubishi dye and equipment.

CMC Magnetics Memorex CD's are going bad on me, after only 2 years in storage. I don't trust anything manufacturered by CMC. Even if they are supposedly using Mitsubishi Dye. They've switched dyes from MCC to CMC to MCC. They could always switch back to CMC dye without telling anyone. I just want and NEED media that lasts in storage for more than 2 years. I don't see why manufacturers continue to not listen to consumers. I would gladly pay a lot more per disc, if guaranteed the dye will last longer.

LordSmurf, you said yourself CMC was awful.
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

[RacerXRed]

Gen-An,

I usually don't hit Best Buy for anything but DL media, they are the only store in my area that has it in stock, but I've never seen it on sale. Sometimes I will catch the Sony, Fuji, and TDK SL on sale in the cake cases and buy them. The Verbatims caught my eye when I went to BB's site and saw that they were on sale, and like I said, no problems with Verbatim's DL media.

jdizzy40, I have yet to pick up anything "junk" from BB as far as media is concerned.

[lordsmurf]

CMC is awful. Their discs, their material, their standards. Real estate make no difference. MCC is just using their facilities, not their supplies or standards of workmanship.

Best Buy has plenty of crap media. Memorex, Imation, Dynex, and TDK (DVD+R) all use garbage media at some point or another. Usually CMC, but also some others. But that does not make the store bad. Just do not buy it. They have plenty of good stuff to go around: Fuji, Sony, Verbatim.

[Gen-An]

made by CMC using Mitsubishi dye and equipment.

CMC Magnetics Memorex CD's are going bad on me, after only 2 years in storage. I don't trust anything manufacturered by CMC. Even if they are supposedly using Mitsubishi Dye. They've switched dyes from MCC to CMC to MCC. They could always switch back to CMC dye without telling anyone. I just want and NEED media that lasts in storage for more than 2 years. I don't see why manufacturers continue to not listen to consumers. I would gladly pay a lot more per disc, if guaranteed the dye will last longer.

LordSmurf, you said yourself CMC was awful.
http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

All Verbatim DVD media sold in the US uses MCC's Azo dye, regardless of if CMC or Prodisc is doing the actual manufacturing. Verbatim has even gone back to putting the "Advanced AZO" caption on the packaging for the 16x DVD media.