Radius Technology DVD-R Printable 4.7 GB / 120 Min 4x ( 25 pack Cake box )

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Summary: Radius DVD-R Media
Review: I ordered 100 of these and after using over half of them have not had one bad disc yet so I ordered 300 more. I am sure there is better media to be had but not for $.30 delivered to your house and printable. My only complaint is that the media is not hub printable.

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Summary: No problem here
Review: I purchased a pack and used them all, not one was bad. Each recorded just great, using MyDVD and then printed perfectly on my Epson R300. Not one coaster in the pack! I was buying only Verbatim because they were the only ones I could count on to work all the time. If the price stays down, I'll buy these instead.

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Summary: Very good printable surface, doesn't smear like others...
Review: One thing I really like about this media is the quality of the print surface. It is not hub printable, but the printable surface is among the best I have used. Many other printable media smear when touching the surface with moist fingers, this media seems to completely dry quickly, doesn't smear, seems to be very durable. I use Epson R200 to print on surface.

As far as burn quality, I have had no problems. These discs show a MFG ID as OPTODISCR004. I burn these in a Sony DRU-500A with firmware 2.1a without a problem. I use Philips DVP-642 for playback, they play fine, but this player seems to play everything. Haven't tried the media in any other player, will update review later if I find problems, but for now this seems to be a great deal!

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Summary: Cheap, unreliable.
Review: Radius Technology DVDs ID as "OPTODISC" brand media. (That is, OPTODISC makes the discs for Radius). OPTODISC media are generally found to be lousy: poor compatibility with many burners and many "coaster" (unreadable) burns. Amazon has high quality RIDATA blanks for a little more money. I highly recommend you buy them instead. Save yourself a lot of headaches and (if you store anything of importance) heartbreak. There really *IS* a significant difference between very cheap DVD media (like these) and better DVD media (like the Ridata).