VERBATIM DVD+/-R, 100-Pack Back on Sale at OfficeMax

There's no way to tell without opening the packaging. It used to be that the top disc was visible (around 2004-early 2005 I guess) but then Verbatim started putting a paper label on top of the top disc and it's been that way since.

Keep in mind, I have been able to salvage some mediocre MCC 004 by burning on a Pioneer 111 or an LG at 8X. Not as good as alan1476's scan above but defiantly worth keeping.

For some reason, I was under the impression that the paper insert wasn't on the neo-Verbs? You guys who have them let me know?

The new packaging has the paper insert as well I'm afraid.

Sigh.

I have to say that I'll probably pick up both some +Rs and some -Rs despite the fact that my ZD5518's were the worst Verbatims I've ever had. Even burned at 4x, they weren't up to the standard I'd previously seen in Verbatim.

Scans here, compared with some MMC01RG20's I picked up for a decent deal at meritline: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.ph...&postcount=142

...and yeah, I've been lurking for a while.

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Last edited by GasSnake; 02-09-2007 at 07:26.

Very true

I've had a 100 MCC004 pack from OM that are Prodisc made and I sold 50 of them to a friend because I found them horrible with Benq 1640 or LiteOn 20A1P @8X, then I decided to hook my Pioneer 111L and for my amazement the quality was excellent @8X with ~7.5% Jitter and beautifull PIF/PIE count

I noticed you scanned at 4X, so I tried it. Is there a reson for this, the usual for BenQ drives is 8X.

He probably scanned at 4x because the drive was a LiteOn type BenQ DW2000 which is the same as the 20A1P. Many of the 18x and 20x LiteOn drives have issues scanning at 8x. My 18A1P produces jibberish at 8x.

I'm guessing both the Litey and BenQ scans were done on the same drive. The DW2000 is a rebadged LH-201AP, a 1ECC scanner that's a little unpredictable @ 8x.

edit: guess I'm getting slow in my old age.

Here's one of the Neo Verbs i burned in the Ativa 18x Drive (Lite-on) on sale at OD this week.

Hi Dalen:

This new code that everyone is talking about now, the CS10-? I see it on the nib of the spindle top but is it also on the discs?

No, it's not on the discs....

I maybe able to recover these poorer batches that I have on the Plextor 760 @ 6x with a custom write strategy.

I don't know about everyone else, but I've had only one decent burn out of a random sampling of five from this stack of 100 -R's I got from the sale.

These were ZD9030's, burned at 12x on my Asus 1680p2s, which gives good results on other 16x discs I've used.

4x scan of the last one I did:


I think I may take them back.

4x scan of another Verbatim burned with the same burner at the same speed with the same data:

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Last edited by GasSnake; 03-09-2007 at 07:52.

here is the coupon i downloaded from somewhere., i have used it several 2 times so far to get a couple of 1gig microsd cards for my phones. well it is in pdf format and for some reason it wont let me post it. if anyone needs it email me and i will email it to you. awilliams2007@woh.rr.com
are all of these verbs at officemax good enough to thow movies for the kids??
i have benq 1640 and 1655 drives

Those are good burners, I foresee no problems. I'm going to exchange the 100 stack I got, but the vast amount of Verbies that I've owned have been top-notch.

Good enough for your sprites anyway.

If they are MIT.

I found one spindle of DVD+R 16x MIT, the rest were all MII, except for the DVD-R. I haven't opened them yet.

Heres a burn I did of the new Verbs on my DW1640, they all burn like gold on the Samsung so I thought I would try a burner that showed " Jitter".
12X burn MCC004 MIT Papa New packaging

Looks like it might be a keeper!

i got a 100 pack today mit(the shelves were full of them) and they are MCC 004. i havent had a chance to burn any yet but for $12 after coupon i will take my chances!

Tried to buy 100pk DVD-R last night, .....scan does not show item on sale as advertised.; only the 50 pk. Anyone in Southern California been able to snag these at $22.99?

Verbatim DVD+R 100 pk. $59.99 in Amarillo, TX. USA. Didn't check DVD-R. Had a $10 off coupon burning a hole in my pocket. I was able to get a 100 pk a week or so ago when they were 24.99 - 10.00 = $14.99. The shelf tag at the time said $59.99.

Rusty

Cashed in my $10 off $20 coupon and picked up a spindle of Verbatim DVD+R MITs...$14 for a 100 spindle is great

It sure is a great price. 14 cents a disc for this media cannot be beat. Good deal.