Which company's Blank DVD is best ????

[~Phenom~]

Hi guys , I recently bought a LITEON DVD burner.
I wanna know if burning/reading low quality (read cheap) blank DVDs affect the burner ????? I am not asking about scratched DVDs coz I know it definitely affects the lens. I wanna buy a few blank DVDs and hence went shopping but when I checked the prices :
sony 4.7 GB 16x costs 35 rupees. I cant afford that as its too costly . Other local brand DVDs are also available ranging from Rs.12 to Rs.20.
I am obviously inclined to buy these but am worried if it affect my drive???
I keep my discs with great care , they generally dont have even a single scratch.
Also mention which brands you use and their costs ...
I want some DVDs for making software and general backups , some for making DVDs of latest linux and other OS , and some for movies,songs etc.
Please reply...

 

[Pathik]

try unique.. 12rs dvd.. And works good enough 4 me

 

[Dink2cool]

well i use intex ones which cost 22 ...they are a little costly but still i'd rather buy them than damaging my dvds and also puting my data at stake

 

[~Phenom~]

thanx for replies guys , I will try both unique and intex . But what about my other question ???
Will such cheap/local DVDs affect my burner ????

 

[ashu_dps]

I think WRITEX dvds avlbl for 145 for a 10 unit spindle is also very good. Kalpik had once recommended it to me and since them m using it.
Good quality at reasonable cost bt i do think they get scratched easily.

 

[~Phenom~]

thanx ashu .
But,Will such cheap/local DVDs affect my burner ????
I m so concerened about my burner coz I earlier used to write/read local and scratched CD-R , CD-RW in my LG COMBO and now its makes huge noise while reading/writing and makes coaster many times.

 

[ashu_dps]

Well... I havent heard anythng as such i.e Quality of media affecting the drive. I have been using different medias since about 1.5-2 yrs n havent faced any problem. BTW the noise mi8 be due to ageing n loosening of drive components and moter(Though scractched disks overburden these bt they cant be solely responsible for degrading a drive's performance)

N also Writex use very good quality die(of course within their price segment) comparable to Moser baer so its wise to go in for writex

 

[goobimama]

Me only use Sony. Moser Baer (the market is flooded with them) has let me down one too many times....

I bought a bunch of them from Pune for 23 bucks each or so...

 

[koolbluez]

@ my place I get Sony DVDs for 20/- and Imation for 18/-. Without the case, of course.

Imation is my personal choice. It never let me down. Also while buyin loose, i do make it a point to test all the dvd surfaces for any abnormality.

 

[n2casey]

thanx for replies guys , I will try both unique and intex . But what about my other question ???
Will such cheap/local DVDs affect my burner ????

Well my results r not approved but might help u. The results which I obtained on my friend's Computer Shop r -

Effect on lens with SONY DRU830A & Samsung DVD writer at 16x:
SONY < Writex < intex <Eurovision < Moserbaer

Also the results for 16x writing for SONY & Writex were much better than any other brand. I don't how my friend checked the lens quality but I m telling u the results which he told me.
Also I m unable to understand that why Moserbaer quality is so down these days. It was better some months b4.

 

[~Phenom~]

thanx for replies guys.
Yeah moser baer quality is really going down.
I earlier around 5-6 months back ,bought a 10 CD pack of mserbaer for Rs.110 but out of them 4 were corrupt. Damn.
@goobimama, u bought sony DVDs for Rs.23 ???

@koolbluez , u buy sony DVDs at Rs. 20 only?? where do u live ??
Also r they 8x or 16 x???

 

[n2casey]

SONY DVDs (16x) costs Rs. 35, so it may be possible that they r 8x.

 

[planetcall]

I mostly use WriteX. Not a pro in choosing better media but writex has never let me down.

 

[kalpik]

Writex is the best option in cheap media.. It uses a very good die.. (MoserBaer and Writex use the same die).. And its not that the quality of MoserBaer has gone down.. Its just that there a LOT of fake MoserBaers.. I get Writex 10 DVD pack for Rs 130

 

[koolbluez]

Imation 16x DVD-R
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Right now, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

It's the wholesale rate, i suppose.

Sony DVD-R, Accucore 16x... the rate is 20/-

As Goobi says below... doesn't matter anythin around 8x for me. I write @ max speed of 8x... 4x in case of movies, music.
Prevents burn errors... supposing ur rig is doin other things. Safety. Although we've safe-burnin/buffer-underrun prevention options in the software.
My burning experience indicate that fast burns are less compatible than slow burns in some older players. They skip a lot. It's not loss of quality, it's hanging or skipping that matters.
Again.. it might b my personal belief. And I've enuf time to burn them liesurely @ 1/2 the rated speed. Never let me down.

Also Nero CD-DVD Speed might help u determine max burn speeds.

And this might also help.

 

[goobimama]

Doesn't matter whether its 16x or 24x. I always write at 4x....only sometimes when I'm in a hurry, it goes up to 8x...

I bought the Sony DVDs from Pune. In Goa one shop sells them for about 50 bucks a piece...with case though...

 

[~Phenom~]

ok thanx guys , I have decided to buy writex 10 CD pack.
@kalpik , is this writex DVD 8 x or 16x ???
@goobimama, why u always write at 4x when u can write at higher speeds ???? is there any benefit ???
@koolbluez , is sony accucore different than normal sony that we use ???

 

[caleb]

I've burnt approx 500 DVD's in the past 18 months or so on my LG Dual Layer DVD writer...however for the past 2 months I've been burning 50 a month and I've been using cheap DVD's (Rs.10 each...it does not even have a name for this particular brand....I buy them in 100 spindles) since the last 1 year prior to that I used to use Moser Baer & very occassionally Sony.

I've burned Movies, MP3 songs, several Linux Distros, back up of my PC, photos and what not...so far I have not faced any problems with my DVD writer due to the "cheap" DVD's I use. So the answer to your question (I think...at least from my experiance) is that it makes no significant difference to your DVD writer if you use cheap media.
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Ohg yes forgot to mention that these cheap DVD's I speak of are 16x

 

[Lucky_star]

Writex DVDs are 1x-16x compatible. But better write in 8x.
Check out their site: www.writex.net


There is no problem when writing DVDs at 16x. But some DVD develops unreadable tracks while writing. Just scan the DVD you wrote with nero CD-DVD speed to see if the data is intact.

There is no trouble with the burner lens when you burn a cheap DVD.

 

[~Phenom~]

@caleb, 50 DVDs a month ?????? what exactly u do ????
@luck_star, thanx buddy.


repped u both.