DVD brands to use

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vfranke

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I will be backing up my 8gb P2 cards to DL DVD's and an external hard drive when traveling. Any recommendations on DVD brands to use or stay away from?

I will be burning from a PC if that makes a difference.

Many Thanks!
 
I use Riteks on a Pioneer 111 never had problems. Be wary though that it takes about 40 mins to burn to dual layer DVD at 2.4x.
 
I have used Ridata inkjet printable for over 2 years with good results. This past week I threw away over 20. Must have gotten a bad bunch. and will be switching to Taiyo Yudens that I received today. I use a duplicator 3 disc....Tornado
Mule
 
Thanks for the quick responses! I don't want to stop the brand suggestions coming in but...

CacheMoneyVideo brings up another question for me.... what speed are you all burning your DVD's to back up media from the HVX?

Thanks again,

Vince
 
T-Y's typcially here and recently been using Verbatim, inkjet printable. The only issues I've had were the inability to switch burn speed at all on a mid 2004 G5 powermac dual 2.0 with 16x stock burner, in disk utility. Locked at 2x for Verbatim and 4x for TaiyoYudens- but neither brand has ever had an error in over 200 burns.
 
skat said:
I buy whatever is on sale at meritline.
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That may not be the best approach.

We're talking backup of critical data and some of the brands are pretty inconsistent.

Why not spend a four bits more for blank media and maximize the potential for good and long lasting backups
 
costco... sells the TDK brand of media.. which is really good and it's cheap.. and it's also inkjet printable. NOthing looks as sweet as nicely printed on disks...
 
My stuff needs to play in consumer DVD players so I can't risk it.
I use 8 speed DVD-R Verbatim & TY but in an emergency, I've also used Ritek.

Never use whatever's on special or cheap OEM DVDs.
 
beziermask said:
My stuff needs to play in consumer DVD players so I can't risk it.
I use 8 speed DVD-R[...]
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You'll get even better compatibility with DVD+R media and a burner that has bitsetting / book type support, which allows the disk to appear as a DVD-ROM.

I've got a Panasonic TC/VCR/DVD/CD/Radio combo unit in my bedroom that was intentionally designed not to play any user-recorded disks (ack'd in the manual). It refuses to play either DVD-R or DVD+R disks, but it will accept the same DVD+R media with the book type set to DVD-ROM.
 
Taiyo Yuden!
The most reliable brand on the planet. Period.
Do not trust your data on something below that.
I mean it. I tested them all. An I do a few thousand copies per year.

The new "WaterShield" Line looks absolutely gorgeous.

Peter
 
David S. said:
Brand is only about one out of four factors in the equation of compatibility.

But it's 20%
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And the rest?

I've had issues from time to time. I check most of my discs that go out to customers. On occasion I get a report of a video "breaking up" or getting "pixely" from people. In that event I exchange for a disc of a different brand. Funny thing, the "bad" disc always works just fine on my player, I have a Sony.

I usually use Imation or Maxell discs. Sometimes TDK. Trying to keep my total bitrates under 8.5mbps with audio. Burn on G5 in DVDSP4 and I have a tower duplicator.

On average I'll say 1 out of 100 discs come back to me as "bad"
yet they work fine for me.
 
And the rest:

1. Encode Rates
2. Treatment of Audio
3. Choice of encoder
4. Brand of blank media
5. Burn speed.
 
I found this page to be useful, but they are pretty vague about how they did their testing, sample size, etc. I've been going with T.Y. based on what I've read.
 
TY are the best... best of the cheapest are Ritek but they scratch a little easier. BE VERY VERY CAREFUL WITH VERBATIMS!!!! They were once the gold standard but in an effort to compete with the cheap manufacturers, they created a new line of DVDs that are pretty terrible. Make sure your discs are "DataLife PLUS" media. If they were cheaper, they are probably just plain old DataLife and those discs are pure junk.





ash =o)
 
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