Which brands of DVD media are good for everyday use? [2006-2007]

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Arita	3	0.47%
BeAll	0	0%
BenQ	19	2.99%
Bulkpaq	1	0.16%
Datawrite	12	1.89%
Emtec	3	0.47%
Fujifilm / Fuji Photo Film	25	3.93%
HP	25	3.93%
Imation	28	4.40%
Infiniti	15	2.36%
Intenso	5	0.79%
Maxell	44	6.92%
Memorex	29	4.56%
Moser Baer India	24	3.77%
Optodisc	11	1.73%
Panasonic	20	3.14%
Philips	24	3.77%
Plextor	203	31.92%
Princo	6	0.94%
Prodisc	13	2.04%
Ricoh	104	16.35%
RiDATA / RiTEK	26	4.09%
RiDisc	8	1.26%
Sony	70	11.01%
Taiyo Yuden / That's	376	59.12%
Traxdata	9	1.42%
TDK	54	8.49%
Verbatim / Mitsubishi Chemicals	266	41.82%
Whatever the house brand is at my local shop	2	0.31%
Other - please specify in a post	10	1.57%

Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 636. You may not vote on this poll

Posted: 18-06-2006

DrageMester (Retired Moderator): Posts: 17,611

Which brands of DVD media would you recommend for everyday use, based on your own experience?

You can select all the brands that you think qualify as good for everyday use - multiple choices are possible.

Most brands of DVD media have several types and speeds and may also use different manufacturers, so all media of a certain brand may not be equally suitable for the same purpose or for the same DVD recording device.

If you select the "Other" option, please make a post to explain your choice.

There are also two polls about Which DVD media is best for long-term storage:

Which DVD+R media is best for long-term storage?
Which DVD-R media is best for long-term storage?

The previous poll from 2005 can be found here: What is the best DVD media?

Last edited by DrageMester; 18-06-2006 at 06:41. Reason: Emphasized that multiple choices are possible!

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Posted: 18-06-2006

[buck] (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 809

I voted for Verbatim/MCC. It's not necessarily the absolute 100% best disc out there, but they're cheap and they're extremely reliable in general.

Posted: 18-06-2006

DrageMester (Retired Moderator): Posts: 17,611

Just to make things clear:

You can select multiple brands in this poll if you want to recommend more than one brand!

You don't have to limit yourself to a single brand in this poll - unless you want to.

Posted: 18-06-2006

kg_evilboy (CD Freaks Boy Toy): Posts: 5,360

There are so many.
Fuji, HP, Infiniti, Maxell, Panasonic, Philips, Plextor, Ricoh, Sony, TY/That's, TDK, Verbatim/MCC...
(Of course I would not pick all discs from all brands, for example I would avoid MIA Sony, or Ritek G05 by Maxell.)

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Posted: 18-06-2006

Arachne (Senior Moderator & Reviewer): Posts: 29,609

Yeah...multiple choice

I voted: Imation, HP, and Prodisc.

*Waits for all the Prodisc-haters to slap me*

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Posted: 18-06-2006

geno888 (Senior Moderator, Editor & CD Freaks Guru): Posts: 23,793

It's rather difficult to vote, because some brands sell many different mediacodes.

I voted for philips, ricoh (with mediacode ricohjpn), sony, tdk (again not all mediacodes), and verbatim (not pearl white series)

Posted: 30-06-2006

bear17 (CD Freaks Member): Posts: 207

So by everyday use I guess you mean decent quality, cheap for give aways or friends? If so then I vote for Gigastorage, Daxon, LG MID, CMC and Prodisc.
For archival and collection purposes then I vote for MCC, MXL and TY.

Posted: 30-06-2006

agent009 (CD Freaks Reviewer): Posts: 1,384

Isn't this akin to asking drivers which brand of tires is good for everyday use, without specifying what 'good' means?

Anyway, my vote is for Falken.

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Posted: 30-06-2006

CJ2 (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 957

I suppose ppl wouldn't use it for everyday purpose if it didn't work. Bascally anything that works and you'd buy again - even perhaps recommend to others :-)

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Posted: 30-06-2006

pejakm (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 510

I voted for the best media that I can find here (Bosnia) - and that's Verbatim.

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Posted: 07-07-2006

alkalac (MyCE Rookie): Posts: 34

Benq +- 16X discs are very good and they are cheap.
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Pozdrav komsija! Probaj Benq diskove 16X ako naletis na njih, dobri su a jeftiniji od Verbatima.

Posted: 07-07-2006

NBR (MyCE Resident): Posts: 1,322

well since the general thing in here is saying "Taiyo Yuden" disks and "Verbatim" disks in general for long term quality im going to vote for those

i also voted for FujiFilm dvd's to since i got some of those from like 3 years ago and they still got good burn results from a scan in nero's disc quality check.

Posted: 09-07-2006

pejakm (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 510

Quote:

Originally Posted by alkalac

Benq +- 16X discs are very good and they are cheap.
@pejakm
Pozdrav komsija! Probaj Benq diskove 16X ako naletis na njih, dobri su a jeftiniji od Verbatima.

Pozdrav!!!
I think that BenQ discs you talking about are actually Daxon. Their price in Banja Luka is the same as for Verbatim.

Posted: 10-07-2006

alkalac (MyCE Rookie): Posts: 34

They should be cheaper, but in HGspot BL they are too expensive. They sell them in ZG for about 17 KM for 25 pack spindle, and here for about 21 KM. In my burners, Nec 3500 and Sony DW-D22A, they burn better then Verbatim +-16X, although i burn them on lower speed, 6X,8X and 12X. Yes, they are Daxon made.

Posted: 15-08-2006

lawman491 (New on Forum): Posts: 7

I have had the most consistent success with Maxell regardless of speed. In fact after trying many different brands I never buy anything else.
In regards to this survey, how are the percentages calculated? It looks like
the total is something around 200%

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Posted: 15-08-2006

DrageMester (Retired Moderator): Posts: 17,611

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawman491

In regards to this survey, how are the percentages calculated? It looks like the total is something around 200%

In this poll you can vote for multiple brands, and that's why the total sum is larger than 100%.

Currently the sum is 252%, which means that on average people have voted for 2.5 brands.

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Posted: 17-08-2006

adam917 (CD Freaks Member): Posts: 225

I just go for Taiyo Yuden 8X DVD-R for all single-layer burns & Verbatim DVD+R DL for DL burns (non archive, just film/image/ISO burning). Kills my archival & 'everyday' burning birds with one stone.

Posted: 25-09-2006

Jesterrace (Moderator): Posts: 4,858

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arachne

Yeah...multiple choice

I voted: Imation, HP, and Prodisc.

*Waits for all the Prodisc-haters to slap me*

*Stabs Arachne in her furry behind with pitchfork*

Anyways, not a real big fan of Prodisc and since I live in the US I can really only justify Taiyo Yuden and Verbatim purchases anymore (at least for DVD media). They are just too affordable to bother with anything else.

Posted: 04-10-2006

Arachne (Senior Moderator & Reviewer): Posts: 29,609

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jesterrace

*Stabs Arachne in her furry behind with pitchfork*

OW! *shoves Jester's pitchfork somewhere painful*

Hehe, actually my opinion of Prodisc DVD media has down down a bit since rescanning and TRT'ing some year-old ProdiscF02 that I have. They don't stand up as well as the CMC MAG. E01 that I have from the same period.

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Posted: 09-10-2006

Freak0 (CD Freaks Junior Member): Posts: 88

When it comes to price\reliability\speed, my vote goes for Verbatim all the way, cheap (as far as it goes with high quality media).

Burned over 300 Verbatim medias all between 97-99 quality scans (some 92 but only some), and all are burnt at 16X.

Posted: 22-10-2006

cd pirate (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 3,234

Verbatim for me as well.

They are cheap, work great, easy to get a hold of and always reliable. If TY was cheap and easier to find, I'd go with it but it's not so verbatim gets my vote.

Posted: 22-10-2006

chas0039 (MyCE Resident): Posts: 7,123

MCC 004 used to be very good; the last batch I got was not. TYG02 used to be good; the last batch was not. The only reliable media I have found is YUDEN000T02.

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Posted: 07-11-2006

NLight95 (New on Forum): Posts: 19

I also use Legacy DVD+RW (INFODISCA10) discs. They work great for temporary backups.

Posted: 08-11-2006

Gary Kokkin (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 658

Depends on price found retail media.
Here,I recently use MIT Fujifilm's 8x DVD-R (fujifilm03) bought 7,5euro/25dics-Burn with LG -H10@H12N get similar results as unbranded TYGO2 which cost same price,but quality is mix due unbranded quality control standards.

Posted: 08-11-2006

HarrySmiith (CDFreaks Resident): Posts: 708

why bother with anything other than Genuine Unbranded TY YUDEN000T02 ? nothing else comes close in terms of quality AND reliability .In recent years the price has also become very reasonable.

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