DVD-R: Fuji/Maxell/Verbatim vs. Princo and Ritek longevity?

[VEFF]

I am thinking of buying Maxell or Fuji DVD-Rs for only $2 a piece inc. tax after instant coupons, versus paying only about $1 a piece for Princo 2X (or $1.70 for 4X Ritek).

The reason being that I am starting to worry about the longevity of some of the lesser name brands.
I don't want my collection to become useless in a couple of years.
DVD-R media is still relatively new...

Does anyone know of a good site regarding DVD-R longevity/reliability?

Are my concerns (totally) unfounded?

Also, which is better in terms of quality: Maxell DVD-Rs or Fuji DVD-R?

Thanks!

[LanEvo7]

I'd stay away from princo. If you read the comments in DVD Media list regarding Princo media there are quite a few people that say their dvds no longer read or skip after a couple months.

[Jimmyvcdfuckwit]

Try http://www.disqworld.com/forums/index.php

[deejay.2001]

I think if you buy inkjet printable ritek G03, B & P 7 - advdinfo,
then you will not have any problem in few years...it should be readable as the same as maxell or fuji.

(FUJI-these have tayio yuden recording dye....)

I have some fuji cd-r with tayio yuden cyanine 1 long strategy recording dye and found out that some of these have already after 1 year damaged areas....and they are tayio yuden first class cd-r.....so as you can see....there is not big deal but stay out of princos....my advice for sure...

I am using ritek printable G03 and burnt about 150 movies....no problem at all...to this time....readability to the end of media is good....will see how long...but Fuji should be fine....they are tayio yuden made....
of course do not forget to buy good dvd player...like KOSS 2161...this is better than apex and others.....it plays mpeg2(mp3) directly without encoding to svcd on dvd-r and dvd-rw too....so buy good one......

[mazinz]

verbatims might give you a problem as they are very thin and very see though. So much so that my dvd palyers would gltich on them (panasonic, pioneer, apex, etc). i had to use a cd label to put onto the verbatim disc to make it darker and heaveir and that fixed them. But by jusdging that alone i would stay away

currently using maxelles and they seem to be be made quite well

[VEFF]

Thanks for all the advice.

I got Fujis over the weekend, because they were on sale.

Regarding Verbatim quality, I have played my batch on my Toshiba
SD-4109X, new Panasonic CP67K and (I think) my Apex AD-703 without any problems so far.

I will test my older Princos again in six months to see how they hold up.
So far, they have been fine, but I am not putting all my eggs in one basket, especially after all the not so complimentary comments about them...

[Wayne Wilt]

The Samsung BeAll Disk have worked great for me. On my Pioneer A104 burn speed is only 1X, but other than that I would highly recommend them!
Wayne


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