Removable Media

Verbatim are no longer word-perfect

Advantages: Great reputatioon, large storage capacity
Disadvantages: Half of them didn't work

I have been buying this brand for ages, and was always a big fan. They are more expensive than some other brands, like memorex, but I thought they were worth the extra. They were reliable, burned well (no coasters as people say) and you could always tell by looking at them that they were good. This is the first time I've bought this particular type - with two recording layers they are supposed to offer you almost double the capacity on a single side, ...
...for even the most enthusiastic home movie maker! Well that's true, and the one's I got to work, worked fine, but lots didn't work. One you could see when I took it out of the box it was all bubbled on the surface, so I didn't even try to burn that one. And of the pack of 10 I bought, 3 so far have not worked out of 7 I've used, not including the bubbled one, which I'm sure won't work. So that's only 50% good, so far. I'm not happy, especially ...

sadoldbag 29.01.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Verbatim DVD-R DL 8.5 GB 4x

Verbatim DVD+RW 4.7 GB 4x

Advantages: Enough space
Disadvantages: Keep stopping

...to say about this pack. Verbatim always had good CDs and DVDs. But the last 3 dvds just didn't did their jobs... Maybe it's just my computer that burns really bad dvds or just my program for burning them.... It's also posible that I have DVD player that isn't so good. I really don't know but i know that my Verbatim DVDs keep stopping... I keep them in boxes, so they aren't damaged. I will decide if I will keep buying them or not. There are other ...

nekdopac 18.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Verbatim DVD+RW 4.7 GB 4x

rewritable unfortunately not lightable

Advantages: nice cover
Disadvantages: no indication of speed, bad write speed

...on buying 2 of these Sony dvd-rws. Solely because they were £2 each, came in a nice jewel case and it had the sony brand on which meant good quality to me. What i found interesting was ebuyer sent me the 2 dvd-rws in a big box and a bag of air which meant they had f*cked me on shipping (excuse my french) So i received them after a few days of ordering and off i went in writing all my essential data and porn. Once placing the dvd into my drive i proceeded ...
...burn stage there was no option for speed, i was using nero and since i wasn't in a hurry i just pressed burn. But unfortunately what happened was that each bar which represented 1% took 30 or more seconds to appear. This frustrated me as i was used to quick dvd-r writing at 4x. I realised that this was 1x writing and i immediately turned the monitor off and went to watch Eastenders. Eastenders begun at 7.30 and when I returned from watching the worst ...

oblivious0r 02.10.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Sony DVD+RW 4.7 GB 4x

It's only storage

Advantages: Cheap enough, Sony Brand
Disadvantages: Unreliable on some writers

...a green colour, with the Sony logo, and CD-r in large letters, as well as siez 700Mb / 80Min. The reverse of this is a white are to write the title of the disk, date etc. The front also has a small circular cut-out which allows you to see if the disk is inside the case or not - meaning you don't even have to open it to find out! The reverse of the packaging is in a black design, including the spine - this is annoying as you cannot write on the spine ...
...reliability of writing onto these Sony disks, both with my previous old slow Medion CD-Writer and my current Samsumg CD-Writer. I've got far too many coasters lying around for my liking. I am not expecting perfection, I expect 1% to fail, but anything more than this and I'll look elsewhere. I'm not suggesting for one moment that Sony disks are poor quality, because I'm sure they're not. They do however not like my CD-Writers, and I have more problem ...

Kingseany 13.05.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Sony CD-R 700 MB 48x

Possibly one of the best on earth

Advantages: For high quality and professional use
Disadvantages: Price might not be for everyone

Verbatim is possibly one of the top Recordable and Portable media suppliers that i've ever come accross. Although some products mas seem a little pricey I can pretty much tell you that it's probably worth it, of course that will depend on what you are using the dvd for. Verbatim disks are very high quality so i wouldnt suggest that you buy this simply for storing your extra files, music or videos. They are more expensive than the rest for a reason. ...
...professionals in industries that require DVD use, such as music composers and photographers. If you are planing to buy this product then i suggest that you think carefully what it's going to be used for. The last thing you want to do is waste money on something that can be accomplished with cheaper DVD's. So... to summarise my point: * Buy this high quality product for use with important tasks. things like making videos or birthdays or weddings ...

emerald_fang 23.02.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Verbatim DVD-R 4.7 GB 2x