DVD-R Media

Nick_A_2

What DVD-R do people commonly use?

Ive used the Bulkpaq orange ones recently. Are they any good?

Also, I'm thinking of buying a DVD burner for my pc.... Ive read the reviews on the NEC 3500 and the Samsung TS-H552B.

Are they currently 'the' top of the range? and what are people's experiences with them?

Cheers,

Nick.

Woby_Tide

I've been using datawrite yellows from SVP on my Panasonic, no coasters so far

shrek101

I use Ritek G04 as they are regarded as one of the best dyes out there. I have used them for 2 1/2 years with no problems I woudnt touch anything else especially Bulkpaq which are regarded by many, as cheap and nasty.

Pat__3

I use datawrite greys, not that I understand them very well but they have been good so far

I'm still learning too.

blinky

I use Ritek G04 as they are regarded as one of the best dyes out there. I have used them for 2 1/2 years with no problems I woudnt touch anything else especially Bulkpaq which are regarded by many, as cheap and nasty.

A lot of people over at https://www.cdfreaks.com have found the Ritek G04 dye to be very variable. Never used them myself, although I found Ritek R03 (8X+R apparently) to be quite poor, which moderate to high error levels. However, I find that Bulkpaq 8X+R (Prodisc SO3 dye) work very nicely in my NEC2500A with low PI/PO errors.

I still prefer Verbatim Datalife Plus, so I'm using their 4x -R at the moment which burn nicely at 8x (£5 per 10 from the computer shop).

The best is acknowledged to be Taiyo Yuden, but real ones aren't cheap (I know SVP sell them), and there are a lot of fakes around at the moment.

I suggest you look through the forums at cdfreaks before buying your writer. I know there is a big NEC community there.

Nick_A_2

Thanks for the replies!

I'll research a bit more and will probably buy at the end of the week.

Nick.