TDK DVD+R Recordable Media Spindle, 4.7GB/120 Minutes, Pack Of 100
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great purchase
great product,great price when on sale,and fast shipping
March 14, 2013
Very Good DIsk
I have burned well over a hundred 100 packs which totals nearly 10,000 disks, a mix of Memorex and TDK (whichever is on sale at OfficeDepot).
I have always had excellent results with these TDK DVD+R disks, rarely if ever getting a verify failure. I have had more failed verify's with Memorex than with TDK, but Memorex's failures are few and far between. I've burned literally 1000's of these.
I cannot compare long term data read-back, such as reliability in 10, 20 years, etc, which is best, Memorex or TDK.
Lastly, I gave 3 out of 5 stars for "Meets Expectations" instead of 5 for this reason, the disks will easily get 5/5 stars, "the disks" meets my expectations, the packaging does NOT. A couple of years ago, both Memorex and TDK changed the plastic storage/product spindle package and it is just horrid.
Previously, these disk packages, the outer cover had multiple tabs which snap-locked onto the base. Recently they changed this to a screw-on lid to the base. Apparently these companies must purchases these from a supplier because they all changed, and they are just horrible.
The screw threads do not hold very well. Once I burn my disks, I store them back onto these spindles, and archive them. When I need to retrieve a disk, I'll located and retrieve the spindle and disk, the only problem is, if you pick up the spindle by the top (which most everybody does) the bottom can and does just fall out. I've had multiple disks damaged from the drop onto the floor and / or the spindle breaking. Just remember to tilt the spindle and pick it up and carry it from the bottom, if not you'll risk it falling out / fall apart.
This is a case of somebody trying to redesign something that worked perfectly fine, and made it a total mess.
When you get this home / back to the office, and remove the outer plastic-wrap, you won't have the plastic warp for protection, so be very careful handling the spindle package... it can be a nightmare
Why anyone would do this, I have no idea....
February 21, 2013
Not What I Expected
I burned 27 DVD's and had to switch to another brand of disks half way through the process. For short burns (1gb or less) I had no failures in 9. As soon as I breached the 1gb threshhold, I started to see a 2:1 failure rate and ended up creating my fair share of coasters. After about 25 more burning attempts with 16 DVD's showing errors, I switch to a year old batch of Office Depot brand DVD+R's I had sitting on a shelf. Magically, all burn issues went away. This points directly at the compatability of these disks with my DVD burner. For this reason, I cannot recommend these disks.
December 21, 2012
A very good product at a very good price.
I have used TDK DVDs in the past with good results, and these did not have any problems at all. Even more expensive brands could not outperform their flawless performance.
December 10, 2012
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