Best quality BD-R Blanks?

[dcc1048]

OQ's

Just ordered this morning (03/21/13) from NewEgg.. 6X OQ's 25pk for 16.99, free shipping... Good deal..

And yes same as you.... regular DVD's I only use Verbatim. Best out there and very little issues with over 2000 copies.

[chaostoday]

Just ordered this morning (03/21/13) from NewEgg.. 6X OQ's 25pk for 16.99, free shipping... Good deal..

And yes same as you.... regular DVD's I only use Verbatim. Best out there and very little issues with over 2000 copies.

I saw the same deal. Not sure how long it will last. Just wondering if you could let me know if you have any issues with them. I am going to order the same deal....
Thanks

[bmiller]

I've been using Optical Quantum and Vinpower ( same company i believe) for about 3 years now on a windows machine with a Panasonic burner, and now on a Mac with an LG burner. 99% success rate. Great discs at a great price. Purchased from Newegg.
So far they are all Philips RO4.

[chaostoday]

I've been using Optical Quantum and Vinpower ( same company i believe) for about 3 years now on a windows machine with a Panasonic burner, and now on a Mac with an LG burner. 99% success rate. Great discs at a great price. Purchased from Newegg.
So far they are all Philips RO4.

I saw from your other thread and this one that your luck has been great with these. I am just really interested in knowing if you see a difference in the batch we both get. Mine just said it was shipped today from Edison, NJ. That means I should see them at the latest by Monday and I will know by Monday evening if they will work for me using my LG burner and Imgburn for back-ups. I'm convinced if they work for you that I will have success but there has been so much hype surrounding Optical Quantum and the changes they have made to their disc's.
thanks again!

[glenns]

Just so you know LTH blu-rays (Low to high) is not quite a standard blu ray they are wrote to backwards and a lot of drives don't do backwards unless their firmware is updated to use these cheaper made on production line disks.

Some drives will only play them others won't write to them.So if you make your collection on these disks they may not play in other players because of this i think it's something i will not use because they are cheaper in price.

[dcc1048]

Hey chaostoday,
I have never had any issues with them, both on a Sony burner and now on LG burners. I have the DVD Fab Write setting at 4X, even tho my burner is 6X. The slower, the better.. I can altho don't use the 2X speed..

No issues tho on Optimum discs at all tho, wheter they are 4X or 6X. As long as you have the burner write setting within your disk speed requirement, it doesn't matter.

I don't know what the glenns is talking about with backward writing... it is a mute point if your settings are set up so they won't try to write faster than the disk will allow... Verbatim disks are very good, but they are priced higher. I have used Verbatim both as a regular DVD copy (always) and have tried the Blu-Ray disks as well. Just a higher price, and I have had a couple coasters on Verbatim disks back when I had a Sony burner.......Bought for their sale price 1 time and tried, then went back to Optimum 100%.

NewEgg is classic to put disks on sale for 1 week, then off until they replenish their stock. I have learned to get them in quantity when they are on sale, but if you aren't sure, or you have never tired them, then don't go crazy until you feel comfortable with them..

[glenns]

BD-R LTH (Low To High) for those talking about LTH disks as in post #11 this is why theirs trouble with these disks on older blu ray players & recorders.

BD-R LTH is a write-once Blu-ray disc format that features an organic dye recording layer. "Low To High" refers to the reflectivity changing from low to high during the burning process, which is the opposite of normal. The advantage of BD-R LTH is it can protect a manufacturer's investment in DVD-R/CD-R manufacturing equipment. Only modifications are required to current equipment; no investment in new production lines is required. It is believed this can lower the cost of disc manufacturing.

Old Blu-ray players and recorders cannot utilize BD-R LTH; however, a firmware upgrade can enable devices to access BD-R LTH.

[trashmon]

chaostoday,
I'm throwin' in with the votes for Verbatim. Used a lot of these discs over the years in LG, Sony, Pioneer and Brand X burners, with more than acceptable fail rates. Any failure is an expensive thing, but there is a rate that most people can accept. If you're interested, Amazon has verbatim inkjet-writable 50gb 4x discs in a 50-disc spindle for $143. Less than $3 a disc, who knew??? I remember spending $12 for one (when they finally came down to a price that wasn't pornographic).

[chaostoday]

Hey chaostoday,
I have never had any issues with them, both on a Sony burner and now on LG burners. I have the DVD Fab Write setting at 4X, even tho my burner is 6X. The slower, the better.. I can altho don't use the 2X speed..

No issues tho on Optimum discs at all tho, wheter they are 4X or 6X. As long as you have the burner write setting within your disk speed requirement, it doesn't matter.

I don't know what the glenns is talking about with backward writing... it is a mute point if your settings are set up so they won't try to write faster than the disk will allow... Verbatim disks are very good, but they are priced higher. I have used Verbatim both as a regular DVD copy (always) and have tried the Blu-Ray disks as well. Just a higher price, and I have had a couple coasters on Verbatim disks back when I had a Sony burner.......Bought for their sale price 1 time and tried, then went back to Optimum 100%.

NewEgg is classic to put disks on sale for 1 week, then off until they replenish their stock. I have learned to get them in quantity when they are on sale, but if you aren't sure, or you have never tired them, then don't go crazy until you feel comfortable with them..

Thank you Dcc1048!!! Again, you are very wise. The Optimum have burned well. I'm 3 for 3 so far with zero coasters! I'm very happy and excited. I agree with everything you said regarding disc quality and burning with proper settings and speeds.
I was surprised to know that my 3 discs have apparently burned with the VSO burning engine. My Imgburn normally launches when I make a back-up of a DVD but when making a Blu-Ray Imgburn doesn't launch. Weird but maybe not to you.... Thanks again

[babyboy]

I have to say in my experience Ritek is a good overall brand that is useable anywhere really problem with them they don't hold the info for very long. After a year for some reason it can't read the discs. Now Verbatim on the other hand is a very very good quality disc. It not only burns and has no burn failures with them but they also hold the info for a very long time. I've had some for over 5 years now without ever missing any info. Hope this helps.

[chaostoday]

chaostoday,
I'm throwin' in with the votes for Verbatim. Used a lot of these discs over the years in LG, Sony, Pioneer and Brand X burners, with more than acceptable fail rates. Any failure is an expensive thing, but there is a rate that most people can accept. If you're interested, Amazon has verbatim inkjet-writable 50gb 4x discs in a 50-disc spindle for $143. Less than $3 a disc, who knew??? I remember spending $12 for one (when they finally came down to a price that wasn't pornographic).

Thanks trashmon. I love verbatim but will stick with the less expensive 25GB Optical Quantum disc's while they work. 50gb disc's are still a little too rich for my blood. Not to mention time consuming to burn. Compression is fine for my Back-ups right now. Just trying to keep the kids from destroying my good originals

[chaostoday]

I have to say in my experience Ritek is a good overall brand that is useable anywhere really problem with them they don't hold the info for very long. After a year for some reason it can't read the discs. Now Verbatim on the other hand is a very very good quality disc. It not only burns and has no burn failures with them but they also hold the info for a very long time. I've had some for over 5 years now without ever missing any info. Hope this helps.

Good info. Since I'm new to Blu- ray this is an excellent comment you have made. I know there is a sticky about disc life in this forum. I would love to know if Dcc1048 or any other member has had extended disc life or short life from the Optical Quantum's. I know I will be very upset to put these movies in a year from now to have my player(s) not read them.....

[CBR929]

Hi chaostoday
You might find this thread helpful
CBR929

[chaostoday]

Hi chaostoday
You might find this thread helpful
CBR929

Thanks CBR929! You always come through. This is the thread I mentioned in post #28. I just needed to read through it completely as I have now. Real good info on the OQ disc's. I have some info on the new ones I'm using from Newegg. Imgburn shows them as LGEBRA-S06-000
This is the OQBDR06LT-25. UPC 842378003746 from Newegg

[chaostoday]

This is the Disc info I received from Nero DiscSpeed:
Nero DiscSpeed: Disc Info
Basic Information
Disc type: : BD-R
MID : LGEBRAS06 (000)
Write speeds: : 4 X - 6 X - 8 X - 10 X - 12 X
Blank Capacity : 22.56 GB
: 23098 MB
: 24220008448 bytes
Extended Information
Layers : 1
Disc Status : Empty
Raw Data
Physical Format Information (00h)
0000 - 44 49 01 20 00 00 62 00 42 44 52 01 12 01 00 00 - DI....b.BDR.....
0010 - 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 19 4E 7E - ..............N~
0020 - 01 EC 64 64 28 28 28 28 1E 1E 1E 1E 00 00 00 00 - ..dd((((........
0030 - 58 75 6C 04 04 36 1E 89 70 F8 F8 F8 F8 F0 F0 F0 - Xul..6..p.......
0040 - F0 00 00 00 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 40 - .....@.@.@.@.@.@
0050 - 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 40 00 60 60 B0 - .@.@.@.@.@.@.``.
0060 - B8 B4 00 00 4C 47 45 42 52 41 53 30 36 00 00 00 - ....LGEBRAS06...

ImgBurn basically tells the same story with less detail.
Anybody know anything about these disc's? If you look at my Post #6 I mentioned that these disc's have received some new feedback and that they have changed. It appears they have. Is this a good change or a bad one??