How much do blank DVD-R/RW 'REALLY' cost??

[Sajeev]

I recently purchased 10 princo dvds for Rs 160 from a store named 'Variety' in Thane ,Mumbai.One day when i went to Lamington road with my friends, one of them wanted to purchase a dvd writer and did so for Rs 2800,I asked for Princo dvds and I was told that they cost Rs 25 each ie Rs 250 for a box .Then I asked how much did a Moseraer DVD-RW cost and was told that it cost Rs 90. One day my friend wanted to buy a SONY Blank DVD so when we were in thane we went to this shop 'Variety' and he bought a SONY DVD for Rs 40 ,I asked for a Moserbaer DVD -RW and Purchaced it for Rs 75 .

Why is there so much price difference , and how much do these DVDs really cost ?

I have had bad experiences with Princo DVDs ,these things are worthless.
I would not have them even for free!
Much of the data i have written on to these are ,I am afraid, lost . Now I get 'Cyclic redundency errors' and the are not even slightly scrached!

I want to by good quality DVDs and do not want to end up buying Fake Media

 

[Ravi+ish]

Well... i asked for Sony... and he gave them at Rs 65 And Samsung... the same price!! I didn't ask abt bulk prices!!
AS far as the differences are concerned... i gues it depends upon place and company AND vendor's reliability!
I've also heard there are many duplicate pieces in the market!! So, bEWARE!!

 

[TechGuru#1]

Is Sony 4x DVD-R @Rs. 40 any good?

 

[dIgItaL_BrAt]

Sure,it a Sony so it's reliable.

 

[nil_3]

Moserbaer DVD-R costs 330/-(with VAT) in kolkata(chandni area) and it works fine.


What is "cyclic redundency error"?

 

[puja399]

Moserbaer DVD-R costs 330/-(with VAT) in kolkata(chandni area) and it works fine.


What is "cyclic redundency error"?

For a pack of 10 or for a single one????

 

[Sajeev]

'Cyclic redundancy' errors are obtained when windows performs cyclic redundancy checks on data that is being transfered and bad sectors are obtained on the media.
I get cyclic redundency errors while trying to copy data from CDs/DVDs to the hard disk ,the file transfer is interupted and aborted by windows after this message is displayed.
This had happened only with disks that were highly scrached or damaged and is hence expected , but I was surprised when I started getting these errors for my new PRINCO DVDs that I had written only a few DAYS ago and were not at all scrached . So I decided no more PRINCOs for me

 

[Sajeev]

Moserbaer DVD-R costs 330/-(with VAT) in kolkata(chandni area) and it works fine.


What is "cyclic redundency error"?

For a pack of 10 or for a single one????

My Moserbaer DVD+rw has MRP Rs 555 printed on its cover

 

[shwetanshu]

My Moserbaer DVD+rw has MRP Rs 555 printed on its cover

lol, mine too

 

[nil_3]

Moserbaer DVD-R costs 332/-(including VAT) for 10's pack in kolkata. I purchased a week ago.

 

[bala4digit]

Man..i will wait for that price to come down for sure....too high!

but i am gonna buy a new DVD writer for soon!

 

[premsharma]

Try Scorpio, local media DVD-R 4.7 GB at 6X - 8X. It costs arround Rs 15 to 20 per piece. I have been using it for long. Its reliable enough for its costs. I have written arround 500 DVDs of this media, uot of which only arround 10 got spoiled in the process. You have to take care not to scatch at all.

 

[Sajeev]

*www.digitalfaq.com:80/media/dvdmedia.pdf
this article catagorised Media into First ,second ,third and low class media
After reading this I decided I am not going to buy any thing but SONY DVDs

moserbaer and princo are rated as third class media

 

[ashnik]

how can we check the actual manufacturer of CD/DVD?
I have CDR Media Identifier v1.63
CD-r
disk manufacturer
1.Moserbaer india for writex, moserbaer
2.Prico Co. for princo, superX
3.Acer Media Tech for Maxell
4.Plasmon Data Systems, Ltd. for Eurovision

Are these results correct?

It fails to show ne info of Digit cds.

My dvd-rom is not connected right now.

 

[Sajeev]

there are two tools that I use to get DVD info
1 DVD IDENTIFIER (FREE)
2 NERO CD DVD SPEED
VISIT
*DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com
BOTH these softwares dont recogonise the dvd provided by digit
may be because they donot reconise the media id

 

[TechGuru#1]

Can Any1 get me any-info abt SONY 4x DVD-R......from the PRICE POINT?

....am i paying 2 much for 40 bucks?

 

[nil_3]

@ Sajeev
Moserbaer "third class"! I doubt. Not a single disc of mine showed error.

What the hell is going on in Double data DVDs? Why are they not available in India? Only Mitsubishi is available for Rs.300/- a piece. I have seen that from Taiwan a lot of cheap english movie DVDs(obviously double data disc) are coming. Then why not blanks?

 

[abhinav]

Well I bought a Pack of 10 for around 240/- Rs.

Also in the top of the box its written:

Description: HCD
M.R.P Rs.240
Mafg. Date Oct'05
Quantity 10pcs
Mfd By MOSER BAER INDIA Pvt. Ltd.
Regd Off 43A,Okhla Industry Estate Phase III New Delhi 110020

The noticable thing here was that Moser Baer cant be this Low
and then also that In the DVDs its written edgetec.
Its a 4.7GB and I myself dont know whether DVD-R
or DVD+R

Hmmm well DVDs works fine and have no problem yet.(All written now)

May be its a BIG DUplicate copy.thats what I think

Damn I need to screw that vendor!

 

[multi]

Description: HCD
M.R.P Rs.240
Mafg. Date Oct'05
Quantity 10pcs
Mfd By MOSER BAER INDIA Pvt. Ltd.
Regd Off 43A,Okhla Industry Estate Phase III New Delhi 110020

The noticable thing here was that Moser Baer cant be this Low
and then also that In the DVDs its written edgetec.
Its a 4.7GB and I myself dont know whether DVD-R
or DVD+R

Hmmm well DVDs works fine and have no problem yet.(All written now)

May be its a BIG DUplicate copy.thats what I think

Damn I need to screw that vendor!

No, that "edgetec" is product of Moser Baer & it's avilable @ that price . so, dont worry it's cheap product of Moser baer .


I bought some cheap starter (experimental ) Dvd-r , with pack of 25 which cost around 12 to 13 Rs per Dvd.

can some 1 tell how much DVD 9 cost for cheap & branded one ?

 

[legolas]

well, i get scorpio DVD-R for rupees 14 now... in chennai. abt 6 months back it was 20, then 18 and 15... now its dropped to 14... no problems so far and speed is 8x ... i hav heard that DVD9 format DVDs are alone very costly.. hope i amnt being fooled... hehe thou no problems with more than 100 DVDs written so far..

/legolas