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Memorex 4x Printable 4.7GB DVD-R (100 Pack Spindle)

Memorex 4x Printable 4.7GB DVD-R (100 Pack Spindle)

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Be wary of these discs
Review: While I'll admit that the price is right: $100 for 100 discs and that the printable surface is superb using an Epson R300 direct to cd printer... I've had many failures burning a full DVD with this particular brand. My other burns that only make use of 25 to 50% of the disc were great, no problems. It's just when I burn a DVD that has about 4.36 gigs on it that problems arise, with skipping, stuttering and sometimes complete failure to recognize the dvd from both my computer dvd drive and my set-top dvd player. In short, I can only recommend this brand if you plan on not using the outer tracks of the disc because I surmise the dye on the outer portions of the disc media is not consistent and will lead to burn and/or read failures.

I recommend TDK brands at this time over Memorex brands.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: 1 Out of 5 Were Bad
Review: I bought the Memorex DVD-R 100 Pack and 1 out of 5 were bad. The one's that worked were fine. I've tried other brands, before and after, without even 1 problem on my machine; so I know it's a problem with the disks.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Despite reviews work great on Sony 510 UL
Review: I purchased these at a great rate after buying the 25 pack spindles (silver coated discs) on Amazon. Burned about 10-15 so far and no problems in either the burn or playing yet.

The surface is a white, printable coating. I have no printer to print on the surface, but am having no trouble with my Sharpie labeling.

Unless you have a picky burner (i.e. Pioneer), these should pose no big problem for you. They are identical to the 25 pack spindles with the exception of the printable coating.

As for pricing, I've yet to find a vendor with better pricing on writable media than Amazon.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Bad quality
Review: These DVD-R discs are of bad quality. Lots fail to burn. I should have known something was up when they were priced $0.50/disc. No one else comes close to that price.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Low quality for the brandname
Review: Before I purchased this spindel of DVD-Rs, I had a 50x spindel that was also Memorex. The previous (non-printable) DVD-Rs worked great, but these ones are horrible. So far I have tried to make 10 backups of my movies and NONE of them have worked. I had a couple of the previous batch of DVD-Rs and tried them and they worked great.
Don't waste your money on these!!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Memorex Printable DVD-R Is Not For Me
Review: Recently I've purchased one of each of the Memorex Printable DVD+R and DVD-R 100pk spindle. Somehow the minus one doesn't work on any of my three 4X DVD burners. I have wasted 8 so far as none of them burned successfully and I'm afraid I have to stop using them and wondering what I'm gonna do with the rest. Hope I can return them to Memorex and exchange for the plus ones. I never have any problem with their regular (the silver kind) ones regardless it's minus or plus. But this Memorex Printable DVD-R is very disappointing. Sorry, I have to rate it a "1 star". As a matter of fact a "zero" would be more appropriate.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Not the same as the silver topped Memorex DVD-Rs
Review: Purchased these thinking they would be the same as the silver topped memorex discs. Not so. I use a DVD duplicator tower to copy hundreds of DVD movies (ones I own the rights to). Sent the discs off to customer's only to have reported problems with them being read halfway through the movie. It's just not a common occurance but has been reported several times. I use all Pioneer DVR-A06 writers. When using the silver topped writable discs I have no problems. We need to have some 100 packs of those available (Memorex or whoever!)

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Recording side bad? So is the print side!
Review: These print surface on these discs are completely unacceptable for my commercial needs. Memorex has used some type of rubbery glue-like substance on the print surface. I presume its purpose is to improve ink adhesion. However, the substance itself rubs off with very little effort. Its even worse if your fingers are at all wet or sweaty.

I first noticed this while placing a printed DVD back into its case. I thought the printer ink was the cause at first, perhaps some wort of reaction with the surface. However, after some experimentation with some unprinted DVDs, I have concluded that the print surface itself was to blame.

If you're really careful, you may never have this problem. But for commercial use, I can't risk the trouble. I'm guessing most people would never expect the printing to be so sensitive.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One word to describe these discs: PERFECT
Review: As someone who has tried many different cheap DVD-Rs (digital matrix, starlogic, various generic brands) the Memorex DVD-Rs are a refreshing find. I have yet to have a single one of these fail during burning (Sony DRU510A) or during playback. The people who are posting here saying they have problems must be doing something wrong. I have 3 different friends who use these discs and have had similar results as I have. I have also read reviews on http://www.dvdrhelp.com where no one has problems.

I refuse to buy any other kind of media now that I have found some that work so reliably.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: White Coasters
Review: I too have a Pioneer TiVo (DVR-57H) but unlike the other reviewer have had little success with these disks. The disks seem to burn just fine, but have problems in playback. Usually the early part of the recording is fine, but latter half is choppy, and eventually ceases to play.

I have had great success with the Memorex silver top disks(also CMC MAC AF1), but for some reason neither my TiVo or my PC like these white top disks.

I would suggest buying these in smaller quantities until you know they work with your equipment. Buyer beware!


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