Verbatim 50PK DVD+R 4.7GB 8X BRANDED ( 94930 )

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Summary: Works great at 8x!
Review: I have an NEC burner and these discs work great at 8X. Some people buy them because some Verbatim's carry an MMC003 media code and can burn at 12X. The truth is, Verbatim use to make their own media, but now just rebadges them with thier name and are actually made by varied media manufacturers. In the end, you get varied results when you burn faster than what the media is rated, becuase the media is not always the same, even though it was packaged as Verbatim. If you intend to burn at 8x, then these will be fine for your purposes. But if your intent is to burn these at above 8x, be careful, different burners will get varied and unstable results, becuase you'll never know what you'll end up with.


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Summary: So Far So Good
Review: I just received my Verbatim DVDs and am pleased to report that they are still using MCC media. What does that mean to you? That means it isn't junk, that's what. MCC media is the Holy Grail of DVD media. In fact, with some DVD burners, these 8x DVDs burn at 12x. I already tossed the packaging out or else I would have listed the drives capable of this. You can't go wrong with these DVDs, as you get what you pay for. I found that out the hard way, buying the el cheapo Velocity DVDs for $26 for 100. The first batch last year were actually MCC media, but later they went to Optodisc and those are real junk, rated at 8x but only capable of 4x. Go with these Verbatim DVDs. They may be twice the price of the discount DVDs, but you won't be wasting your time burning coasters.

I use an 8x Cyberdrive DX082D DVD+R/W burner, also marketed as a kHypermedia drive, with an incredible 8 meg buffer, as opposed to most DVD burners with their paltry 2 meg buffers.