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(83 customer reviews) 11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Finally, DVD media I can trust and afford.,
January 31, 2004 Christopher Wanko "-C" (Nutley, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Memorex 4.7GB 4x DVD+R Media (25-Pack Spindle) (Electronics)
I've owned burners for years and years, and I'm well-acquainted with coasters and bad media and bad drives. My latest incarnation of a Frankenmachine has a Sony internal DVD read/CD burner and an external Sony DRX-500ULX DVD/CD burner. I kicked Roxio's s/w to the curb awhile back and now use Nero's suite of tools almost exclusively.I turned to dvdrhelp.com for some DVD media advice, which led me to some generic DVD-R Optodiscs. Wow, huge waste of money despite reviews saying they burn at 4x with my burner. So, after that spindle of coasters was burnt, I looked again at media, this time for a name brand.Memorex had a run of cheap CDRWs a year ago that were 50% awful, 50% fast. I was reluctant to try them again, but Amazon had a great deal on DVD+Rs and the return policy is generous. Plus, I heard +Rs were generally more compatible... so I ordered the 25-pack.I was burning at 4x, and every disc played in every DVD reader in the house (all Sony equipment). I can safely...Read more
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
movie burner,
October 28, 2003 By A Customer
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This review is from: Memorex 4.7GB 4x DVD+R Media (25-Pack Spindle) (Electronics)
I have used the Memorex DVD+R discs for quite a lomg time now. I have probably burned over 100 movies using DVD X-Copy Express and Memorex DVD media without one failure. Can't get any better than that!
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Disappointed,
December 24, 2003 By A Customer
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This review is from: Memorex 4.7GB 4x DVD+R Media (25-Pack Spindle) (Electronics)
My experience with my first two spindles of these discs was very satisfactory. Actually I had not a single coaster, and I was able to burn all my DVDs at 4x with my NEC 1100A burner. I went ahead and bought 3 more spindles. What a mistake! Even though the package seems identical to that of the first spindles I bought, the discs looked physically different. And to my surprise, they were actually different media. My burner can only roast them at 2.4x. I made a bit research about it by using DVDIdentifier and I found that the last discs I bought have manufacturer id = CMC.MAG.F01 whereas the first ones I bought have manufacturer id = RICOHJPN.R01. Most probably my burner's firmware doesn't support this id, so that's why it uses its default speed of 2.4x. I knew I can flash my drive to correct this problem, but this is risky. In conclusion, I cannot recommend this product to anyone since I wouldn't know if other burners had this same issue. I am giving two stars to this product for the...Read more