TDK 4.7GB 16x DVD-R (100-Pack Spindle) by TDK
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Digital camera reviews of TDK 4.7GB 16x DVD-R (100-Pack Spindle)
Digital camera Review: DVD-R
Summary: 4 Stars
Package was a little banged up when I got it, but the DVD's all work so far. So I'm happy.Digital camera Review: Cheaper than Local Stores
Summary: 5 Stars
Not only did I get this in 3 days after ordering, I had value-shopped at my local Staples and Office Depot. Both had the same product priced $15 higher for each. So, yes, I am very pleased with my purchase...and shipping.Digital camera Review: not 4.7 gb
Summary: 1 Stars
these disks are not 4.7gb there actually 4.4 or 4,489 mb,plus they dont come out right half of the time.im always having some sort of problem or error when trying to burn one.i would not recomend this brand,go with a good brand like sony or somethingDigital camera Review: Not real TDK--avoid
Summary: 2 Stars
As several other people here have said, this is not true TDK media but CMC Magnetics which is being sold under TDK's label. CMC is considered mediocre-quality consumer-grade media, so avoid it if you need anything truly reliable for medium to long term storage. The same is true of Ritek and Memorex--recently I checked a number of disks that I backed up 3-5 years ago and many were now unreadable. The Verbatims, however, were fine.
I would just buy Verbatim--or even better--Taiyo Yuden since you can get T-Y at about 36 cents per 100 pack. Unfortunately, even Verbatim's quality has suffered in recent years since they have licensed their technology to a number of offshore manufacturers who are making the disks under Verbatim's brand name and they are not the same quality as the true Japanese made Verbatims.
If you can find real Japanese made Verbatims those should still be good, but otherwise, beware. In the online discussions and blogs Taiyo Yuden came up all the time for top quality and reliability and I would just get those. I've recently bought their DVD-R 16x's and all have burned flawlessly. No coasters, although we will see if they last the 20-30 years or more that T-Y should last if stored properly. Of course, who knows if I'll be around that long :-). But I needed some good, archival grade media for family photos, important docs, and so on, and T-Y was the clear winner for a top quality, reasonably price media.
If you want the bitter end in price and quality, though, check out the "Century disk" which is a partnership between Mitsubishi and Kodak. It is dual-layer gold/silver media with a metal stabilized azo dye, similar to Verbatim's and said to be even better than Taiyo Yuden's super-cyanine dye. Another huge factor in their favor is that these media are pressed in runs of only 25,000, rather than half a million disks which is typical, when the glass master is replaced. After a few hundred thousand pressings, the glass master isn't that precise anymore, which is why people often get these coasters from an otherwise good 50 or 100 pack, because the manufacturers mix together disks from different parts of the run. If you get disks from the last 100,000 they may not be that good. These disks also have an extra hard, scratch resistant polycarbonate layer (or whatever it is, I'm not a chemist), similar to the Blu-Ray disks, which also helps protect the disks. These DVDs are pricey though--over 2 bucks per disk--so they're not cheap. They are also only made in DVD-R's, and some people prefer the +Rs because of their superior bit error checking and correction, better wobble detection and correction, and multiple laser burn profiles which makes for better control of the burn. But if you need the absolute best in a -R disk for critical files they might be worth trying. I bought some of these for some family photos and critical files.
If you need to burn dozens or hundreds of disks, it can get expensive. But these are probably the top quality disk on the market right now. Whichever way you decide to go, good luck with your optical media and archival storage!
Digital camera Review: Blank DVD-R Disks
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent results...clear pictures...after using at least 300 of these disks...I can only recall 1 or 2 coasters out of the lot...will continue to purchase again...