Verbatim DVD-R 4.7 GB 2x

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EUROPE verbatim Ltd, Egham, UK.

These DVD's were made in Taiwan.

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When I first got my camcorder in December, I needed something for my home movies and such like to be copied onto, so like any girl and the DVD choices, I picked up the first box I saw, without actually knowing what it meant. These DVD +R are okay, but could be a lot better. They come with the DVD cases and they look okay, very plain, but would be easy to cover up. I bought mine in a pack of ten, but there was also a pack of 5 there as well. This way, buying the pack of ten would make it easier for me if I needed more in the future.

The box packaging

The box that the ten DVD's come in is plain, and wouldn't catch my eye, as it is blue and white with a little red logo on the box. The front and top of it has a picture of the actual DVD disk, and a few bits and pieces of information. The information, in little brainstorming fashion, says 8x certified (which I have no idea what it means), advanced AZO, RW DVD+R and 4.7GB/ 129min. now like all girls, I don't know what half of this means, so I will look on the rest of the box, and inside the box for anything that may help me to understand this.

On the left hand side, it says faster recording speed and superior resistance to UV light, and high quality and sound with superb reliability. So I sort of understand this part. What it means is from what I can understand is that it can record sound really well, the pictures that are playing are of good quality and that it records really quickly. Well, I will test this out later. It also has on the side, the disk size, which has a 119mm diameter, 49mm radius, and the hole in the middle has a 21mm diameter. It also has once again, an advanced AZO shape on it, but once again it doesn't tell me what this means. It also has some small print on the bottom saying, to print photographic images, you will need an inkjet printer that has direct print function suitable for printable CD or DVD. But once again, it doesn't have any information on it that may help me.

Moving onto the back of the box, it has some information on, little paragraphs of a summary of the DVD's which in English says, 'DVD+R. for use in DVD+R/RW recorders. "Advanced AZO technology enables high quality picture and sound with superb reliability. Fully printable surface for use with the latest disc inkjet printers.' So from what I can gather from this, it basically means that AZO technology is picture and sound quality which sounds really good, so at least that's one mystery solved. But there isn't really anything else on it about the features so I will keep looking for what I am looking for. There is also at the bottom in small print, the web address, where it is made and the contact details (which is at the bottom of the review).

On the right hand side of the box, there is a picture of a DVD disk, with other pictures on the outside, like a brainstorm. It has a CD player, a boom box, a DVD player, a camcorder, a computer and some other sort of machine. From a wild guess, I think that this is what the DVD's can play in. the bottom of the box is just plain white.

The flaps on the box. The flaps on the box have pictures of other recordable DVD cases in the range, different memory cards in the range, and different recordable CD's in the range.

The DVD's and their cases

Taking out the DVD's (and dropping half of them on the floor) I can see that the back and front of the box is on the front and back of the DVD cases. Opening the wrapping on one of them, then opening he case, I can see the bright white DVD and it looks so white, I don't want to put any marks on it. Inside the booklet is a list where you can write down what is on the DVD once it has been recorded on. It also has a blank page on the other side.

The Recording part

The recording part is pretty easy, but the only problem is how long it takes to record. I had edited my first home movie, to my preferences and went to the burn part of the DVD menu. It came up with a selection of areas that I could add to, to go back, or my front page that comes up with play movie. I sorted this part out within five minutes and away the burning started. I had 33minutes worth of film to record and it took exactly one hour and 14minutes. I thought that this was very slow, and I didn't like the fact that I was in a rush to finish it off and go out to show my friends. I was very disappointed with this process and thought that it could have been faster.

The testing part

When I took this round to my friend's house to watch, I found that it had been a great DVD to watch. It was easy to follow, and the picture and sound quality really was good. We were all in stitches, laughing at ourselves so hard. Overall this was the best part of the DVD.

Conclusion

Overall, I would rate this six out of ten. Three out of ten for the recording speed, seven out of ten for the packaging, Nine out of ten for the testing and watching part, and five out of ten for the information given to me. The packaging was okay, but could have been a little more in your face to get my attention, and the recording speed was just pathetic and terrible! As for the information, I would have had to look it up on the internet or the Argos catalogue for the information needed.

Prices

Jessops - £8.99
Amazon - between £7.49 and £10.99
E-bay - between £3.49 and £22.49 depending on how big a pack you get.

Additional information

For more information and to order the products go to:
www.verbatim-europe.com

Or write to them at
EUROPE verbatim Ltd, Egham, UK.

These DVD's were made in Taiwan.

Thank you for reading.
 

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