I buy Memorex blank DVD-Rs 16x at Best Buy when on sale. I hear there are only 4-5 DVD manufactures who then sell to brand name companies who place their own as labels egâ¦Memorex, Sony, Verbatim...Is there much of a difference in the brand names? Any brand best suited to use with DVDFab? Does anyone recommend Memorex blank DVD-Rs as reliable DVDs or any other brand? Thanks,

Nope. Would not recommend them. The only disks that I have seen decent results from on this and other forums are Verbatim (Made in Singapore) and Taiyo Yuden.

Gregiboy, Thank you, I will stop buying Memorexs. I am now switching to Verbatims. I am sure others on our forum will find this information useful as well.

Even using Verbatim has become a coin toss as to who made them. Of the last few hundred I purchased they were a mixed bag. India --- ritek R05 001 Taiwan-- ritek R05 01 Taiwan-- ritek F16 01 The verbs I purchased yesterday are. Taiwan ritek F16 001 I have not seen in Verbatim MCC 004 (MMC 004) in two years. They were very good quality. The ritek R05 were junk. The ritek F16 01 were all good burns but I do not have the confidence in them as I did in the older Verbatim.

I posted this on another topic before this topic was started. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ GregiBoy (and anyone else), I guess with most things in Life you usually get better quality with more expensive things, though not always, I normally use Sony DVD-R blank discs and they always seem okay, as long as everything else on the computer is working okay, are they okay too? The latest unopened stack of them I have says ""Made in Malaysia'', but they appear to be genuine Sony. :confused:

not a problem for me.... I have burned thousands of disc using all brands. I have not found a problem with any of them. HP, verbatim, gq, memorex, sony...basically whatever is on sale. noone has ever said " hey that movie looks like you burned it on (name your brand) wise choice." I guess it's just like your preference in a car, you think your choice is the best.;)

[QUOTE=tamalyn;5025]I have burned thousands of disc using all brands. I have not found a problem with any of them. HP, verbatim, gq, memorex, sony...basically whatever is on sale. noone has ever said " hey that movie looks like you burned it on (name your brand) wise choice." I guess it's just like your preference in a car, you think your choice is the best.;)[/QUOTE] That was why I ask previously, I use the Sony DVDs, and (when my computer and DVDFab are working okay), I have had no trouble with them.

I too use whatever is on sale and have no problems. I have been told Sony's are bad but I used them a few weeks ago with no problems. I think it's just a preference thing myself. I'm using Magnavox now because I found them at office max for $10 for 50 discs and I bought 4 boxes and should have gotten more. Tracy

[QUOTE=kasiestracy;5058]I too use whatever is on sale and have no problems. I have been told Sony's are bad but I used them a few weeks ago with no problems. I think it's just a preference thing myself. I'm using Magnavox now because I found them at office max for $10 for 50 discs and I bought 4 boxes and should have gotten more. Tracy[/QUOTE] As long as you didn't go all the way to ''Wally World'' again to get them. ;) By the way, was it open when you got there, or closed like when the Griswalds finally arrived? :D

[QUOTE=GruÃ±Ã³n;5020]Even using Verbatim has become a coin toss as to who made them.Of the last few hundred I purchased they were a mixed bag.India --- ritek R05 001Taiwan-- ritek R05 01Taiwan-- ritek F16 01The verbs I purchased yesterday are.Taiwan ritek F16 001I have not seen in Verbatim MCC 004 (MMC 004) in two years. They were very good quality.The ritek R05 were junk.The ritek F16 01 were all good burns but I do not have the confidence in them as I did in the older Verbatim.[/QUOTE]To note, I just purchased a 25pack spindle of Verbatim DVD+R "Lightscribe Colored" (so definitely recently manufactured) Made in Taiwan and according to IMGBurn Manuf. ID is MCC-004-00@GregiBoy mentioned Singapore not sure if they differed or were also MCC-004'sThe Hardware/Firmware is still the key to whether Junk or Good media is usable. The idea I gather being better media should be more widely usable w/o being a spindle of Coasters.I just got a new Plexi aka 'Lite-On' so I hope the 2 will play nice.So I should I stock up on these Verbatim MCC 004's if all goes well? Are they actually becoming hard to find and still one of the top medias?----P.S. http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2008/08/12/company-nicknames-trekking-to-walley-world-instead-of-wal-mart/There's debate on how the Nick got started. Some say from the Movie, some 'Where's Wally/Where's Waldo and others the relation to Disney and his World. (which basically is where the movie got it from).@davidh - Well depending on where Tracy's is, lots are open 24hrs so other than Christmas their open. I've never even known them to close while remodeling so even the Griswalds would catch them open :)

Hello Phonedudes, From reading your reply, I think the country where the disc are manufactured makes a big difference? How would you rank the top 5 countries of manufacturing? Perhaps: 1-Japan, 2-Singapore 3-Indonesia 4-China 5-??? Is this about right? For reliability, How would your rank the top 5 DVD Brands from 1-5. Five (5) being the best (memorex, sony, verbatim, tdk, dynex)? I think we all could use this information. No sense making a backup if you can not view the movies without gliches? right? Thanks for your input.

Are Memorex Blank DVD-Rs any good?

maineman

[QUOTE=davidh;6232]No wonder I am confused. :confused:

I now only use the DVD-R with no problems. :confused:[/QUOTE]
So why fool with success?
If it ain't broke, don't fix it...;)

fab_admin

[QUOTE=maineman;6235]So why fool with success?
If it ain't broke, don't fix it...[/QUOTE]

Yes, I agree 100%. :D

And that is what I have decided. :D

But then someone posts here that they only use the DVD+R, AND that the DVD-R never works for them. :confused:

I just tried that ''discinfo'' link again, was interested to see what it says about my drive, but it did NOT work again, had to shut my computer down because of it? :eek:

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