I have bought this pack of 25 in a cake box from Amazon.co.uk a week ago for £13.28 (really and it still is the same price). On the face of it, it is truely a bargain.
When I read the Amazon user reviews, there was a mixed reaction. It appeared that at certain period of time the media quality ... Read review
Advantages: good quality dual layer, fast writing, printable Disadvantages: none
I have bought this pack of 25 in a cake box from Amazon.co.uk a week ago for £13.28 (really and it still is the same price). On the face of it, it is truely a bargain.
When I read the Amazon user reviews, there was a mixed reaction. It appeared that at certain period of time the media quality was quite bad and then it improved recently. So I dived in.
Price comparison with other brands:
Verbatim 8X DVD+R dual ... ...price but expected to be excellent quality) Memorex 8x DVD+R dual layer pack of 10 - £8.99 Aone 8x DVD+R dual layer pack of 10 - £5.20 (similar price per disc but I don't know this brand at all ! This could be third class material)
Specification: DVD+R 8x dual layer Printable if you have a CD/DVD printer (inkjet or thermo). I haven't got one therefore freehand drawing.
I have bought this pack of 25 in a cake box from Amazon.co.uk a week ago for £13.28 (really and it still is the same price). On the face of it, it is truely a bargain.
When I read the Amazon user reviews, there was a mixed reaction. It appeared that at certain period of time the media quality was quite bad and then it improved recently. So I dived in.
Price comparison with other brands:
Verbatim 8X DVD+R dual layer pack of 25 - £24.48 (almost twice the price but expected to be excellent quality) Memorex 8x DVD+R dual layer pack of 10 - £8.99 Aone 8x DVD+R dual layer pack of 10 - £5.20 (similar price per disc but I don't know this brand at all ! This could be third class material)
Specification: DVD+R 8x dual layer Printable if you have a CD/DVD printer (inkjet or thermo). I haven't got one therefore freehand drawing.
Brief testing results: I have got quite a few single layer DVDs to consolidate to send to my cousin and therefore I have burnt a few of these from the box. No problem so far.
Also, they were written just within 18 minutes with my Samsung SH-182M DVD writer - fast for a dual layer. However when I tried one of them with my NEC ND3500A with the latest firmware, it can only do 4X burning (firmware limited).
All the photos are retrievable with my stand-alone Liteon DVD recorder and Pacific DVD player.
Media ID: RICOHJPN D01 067 (good manufacturer, made in Japan) One says premium grade material and the other says 2nd class (recommended, only a handful of media fit into his first class catergory) material.
Overall, good quality and fast writing with an added advantage of being printable.
