Any DVD RW brands other than Sony & Moserbaer?

[patkim]

I have seen repeated failures with Sony & Moserbaer DVD RW disks. I have noticed that the DVD RW disks fail sometimes after quick erase. I have so far thrown at least 2 Sony & 4 Moserbaer DVD RWs in last 2 years.

I was wondering if there is any other good brand I can count on for DVD RWs?
Thanks.

 

[quicky008]

samsung pleomax was a good brand but they are pretty hard to find nowadays.

 

[Zangetsu]

You can try Verbatim

 

[quicky008]

has anyone heard of national?Is it a reliable brand?i found some sellers offering national dvd-Rs and RWs for as low as Rs 230 for a pack of 10 discs on ebay.

 

[topgear]

I've not used National DVDs recently. But they were a mix bag in terms of compatibility with DVD drives. Same can be said about their reliability also. Out of 8 DL DVDs I've used 6 were recorded good and two got wasted. Now for the 6 DVDs I had to write'em at 2x speed, Lol

BTW, here's review which may be helpful
User review: National - DVD+R-DL (DVD+R9) 8.5GB - Club Myc

 

[patkim]

In my personal opinion ebay is as well a home to duplicate, unreliable products. They do not have a good descriptive review mechanism and the %feedback rating for sellers there is totally deceptive.

 

[topgear]

No, there's good sellers. I've bought original japan made Verbatim DVDs. and Theyt are original Japan made Verbatim. From the Plastic box to the quality of the DVD - when you hold one in your hand and when you write one is sheer awesomeness to say the least.

 

[icebags]

i wonder why u still look for dvd rw discs ? among all optical disc types, dvd rws are what fails fastest.

back in those early pen drive days, i had several moser baer, frontech, samsung discs. samsungs probably lasted a bit longer, may be more than a year, but eventually they all failed. then felt happy to have made transition to pendrives.