24.3.2008

Having recorded the maximum amount possible onto the Verbatim 8x DVD+R Double layer media at its rated recording speed of 8x and above to all available review drives with Nero CD-DVD Speed, the next stage of this review will concentrate on Disc Quality.The first part of the Quality tests involved scanning all the pieces of Verbatim 8x DVD+R Double layer media recorded on each review recording device with the Plextor PX-755A using Plextools Q-Check tests to find out how many potential SUM8 (PI Errors) and Sum1 (PI Failures) a playback device would have to correct whilst playing or transferring the recorded media. This also enabled me to obtain which of the 5 recorded pieces of media most matched the average result.The average disc shown below was then subjected to a Beta and Jitter test. Although more tests are available I believe I am showing the most common factors in overall disc quality for the average user."As the whole purpose of reviewing media for our readers is to try and obtain a good idea of the average quality of a given media, I have come up with this new methodoligy for determing these factors. These are my own personal views and by no means as accurate as an Industry C.A.T.S device for measuring the quality of a disc but I believe I have come as close as I possibly can do with the equipment available to the average user."I will expect that not every piece of media is capable of producing this with such influences as excepted media/ hardware tolerance levels having an impact but I will expect the results not to consistently stray too far from set standards for a recommended media. It is also the sum of all tests that I use to determine the overall quality of the media and not one test alone.Taking into account all tests carried out during this stage of the review, it is clear to see that recording at the rated speed of 8x didn't dispaly any errors of any serious concern and that a good quality recording had been achieved on all devices. The BenQ DW 1640 however, achieved a very good overall level of quality Vs recording speed and the results from this drive could be considered the best of any tested recording devices overall. The Plextor PX-755A which managed 10x to some parts of the recording also produced very appealing quality. Anyone who uses Plextor drives and Power record will know all about the way the Plextor can adjust recordings to any media dependant on a disc to disc basis to obtain good quality recordings using correct laser power.The Philips DVDR1660P1 achieved a very good level of quality even if it couldn't achieve 8x for both layers under present firmware. But lets not forget the Pioneer DVR 110. Under firmware 1.39 it achieved a very good level of quality in the Sum8 and Sum1 tests but the very quality concious may like to see Jitter lowered slightly on the second layer. The high but still within specification Sum8 values towards the end of the first layer of the NEC ND-4551A recording was the least favourable of any recording achieved during this review. Some work is needed towards the end of the first layer to reduce potential errors and bring it more in line with other results achieved.So far in this review I have reported on how well/bad the Verbatim 8x DVD+R Double layer media has performed on our 5 used review recording devices and given you a good idea as to how many potential errors may be seen on playback and transfer devices. One thing this hasn't prooven to is just how well the recorded media can be transfered at high speeds, although I can with experience draw an educated opinion on whether the discs will transfer ok from the Disc Quality results shown earlier in this review. Of course playback will be performed at 1x on a DVD playback device and so judging by the results I have shown up to now during previous tests I am happy that no problems with playback should occur on any of the Verbatim 8x DVD+R Double layer media I have recorded to.During this review, 3 pieces of the Verbatim 8x DVD+R Double layer media where recorded to each drive used. Only the recording which most represents the average recording to each drive under the writers default settings are shown in this review. I feel this is the best way to get a good reflection on well a particular drive/media combination works.I also subjected the recorded pieces of the Verbatim 8x DVD+R Double layer media to the Advance Plextor Q-Check tests to try get as much accurate information about the recordings to the Verbatim 8x DVD+R Double layer media as possible. As mentioned in the Disc Quality section, the Plextor allows us a more indepth look at each individual recording. The Liteon results with KProbe in conjuction with the Transfer tests are in my opinion, still a very valid indication of a good/bad recording. However, you do get a lot more detail about just how good/bad the recording was if using the advanced Q-Check tests available on the Plextor PX-755A.So what did I think about this latest 8x DVD+R Double layer offering from Verbatim? Just like the 2.4x Double layer media I have reviewed a while back rated speed recordings where in place on all used recording devices. It is what I come to expect from Verbatim who really do seem to make every effort to get good support for their media. The increased speed to 8x cuts Double layer recording time almost in half on some writers and this now makes Double layer media more attractive to the end user. Infact the Plextor PX-755A nearly broke the 15 minute mark using its 10x recording strategy. The Plextor PX-755A is the first writer to offer such high Double layer recording speeds and judging by the quality and speed achieved, I'm sure it wont be long before other companies follow plextors lead. I'm eager to see how well the Verbatim 8x DVD+R Double layer media handles possible speeds of 12x in the future! That said not every writer managed the rated speed on both layers - this is not down to individual quality of media but a need to update the way these writing devices handle this new high speed Double Layer media.One of the main drawbacks of early Double layer media was the amount of time it took to record at 2.4x which coupled with its high price compared to single layer DVD+/-R media made users weary of using it. This is no longer the case to such an extent and, although still very expensive in comparison to single layer media, the recording times are now more attractive to users who may not want to compress a video presentation or span a backup over 2 single layer discs. Playback was smooth in the tested playback devices and transfer tests using my Plextor PX-755A also produced very nice graphs at the maximum transfer speed of 8x for Double layer media.If the quality of all future Verbatim 8x DVD+R Double layer media can be equal in quality of the media I reviewed, I can highly recomend it as a very good high capacity backup solution. As always I look forward to hearing your comments and results with this media in the Media forum.

1.7.2009

Amazon has requested that I write a review of this product, and I am only too happy to oblige - although I don't really have too much to say about them at the moment, as the majority of them are empty!I will try and let you know what I think of the seven I've already used though, so I hope this will be good enough for all you amazonians out there.1. This was a test burn DVD, that I made to test the new Verbatim DVD ares that I bought. It contained a text file of the word TESTTESTTEST. It was a succcess!2. Number 2 was an exact copy of the first DVD mentioned above, that I seemed to have burned by mistake. Although the DVD burned successfully, due to human error I can only call this one a failure.3.

1.1.2014

I've been using Verbatim DVD-R 16x discs since 2006, and they usually give excellent results with my Sony HDD recorders. The last batch, however (2 x 100 spindle pack) is well below par. I reckon at least 20% of the discs in the first pack were rejected by my recorders with the dreaded message "The disc is dirty." I had hoped that this might be due to the minor transit damaged to the pack - the spindle had broken off at the base - but the first 4 discs out of the undamaged second pack had the same problem; the fifth - and last used so far - was OK. Although the product ref stays the same, the country of manufacture can vary. This particular batch was made in India. However,

13.10.2017

In view of the way this comments section to all versions of Verbatim blank DVDs, please note that this review relates only to Verbatim's DOUBLE LAYER 8.5GB DVD+R disks -- that is: DVDs with twice the usual capacity.DVD+R DLs seem nowadays to be in short supply, with many a high street retailer no longer offering them (or, in more than one case, charging more than £2 a disk.) A pity, because as a storage medium, the DLs are excellent for home movie compilations, it being the case that as often as not, the limit is exceeded when writing to a standard disk: there's nothing more frustrating than to have Ashampoo's superb Burning Studio report that a proposed project has just, but only just,

17.2.2014

I buy double-layer DVDs on a regular basis, and use them both for sending proof images and videos to clients (I'm a photographer) and for storage. Over a period of ten years plus, I've tried a variety of makes of blank disks and have settled on Verbatim because, unlike some other makes of disk, I rarely have a failure when used with Nero Burning-ROM or when copying programmes from my Philips tv recorder. I had one bad pack of disks about five or six years ago, which I returned and replaced.So far the data stored on the disks (initially single layer, now double-layer) remains perfectly readable, even the oldest - I check them occasionally for signs of reading problems.

11.4.2011

Over the summer, I wanted to convert my VHS to DVDs as VHS tapes eventually get old, worn and the image and sound begin to deteriorate. However, I also knew that such things weren't exclusively a problem for VHS tapes, but also for DVDS and CDs too.Therefore, I spent a few hours researching online to find out which manufacturer of DVDs was the best one to purchase. After reading information from numerous websites, I had concluded that Verbatim DVDs were the best ones having an over 90% reliability according to one website.However, by having such as reliability I knew there would be some high costs associated. Fortunately, I managed to find them at an excellent price on Amazon - so I bought them!

26.9.2019

Hello, I have recently completed my second desktop computer build. I am intending to install Windows 10 in the next few days, as one of my operating systems. The ISO size of, "Windows 10, 64 bit," as of September 2019, is, 4.59GB. This is too large a file size to burn onto a standard size 4.7GB DVD. So the alternative would be to burn the ISO onto a USB flash drive or SD card of at least 5GB capacity, or over. This can be achieved by using the free program, "Rufus." However I prefer to burn my ISO files onto DVDs. So I purchased, "Verbatim's Double Density DVD+R DL," disks. These disks have a 8.5GB capacity, which is perfect for burning my Windows 10 64 bit ISO. The maximum write speed of these disks are 8x.

11.4.2011

Over the summer, I wanted to convert my VHS to DVDs as VHS tapes eventually get old, worn and the image and sound begin to deteriorate. However, I also knew that such things weren't exclusively a problem for VHS tapes, but also for DVDS and CDs too.Therefore, I spent a few hours researching online to find out which manufacturer of DVDs was the best one to purchase. After reading information from numerous websites, I had concluded that Verbatim DVDs were the best ones having an over 90% reliability according to one website.However, by having such as reliability I knew there would be some high costs associated. Fortunately, I managed to find them at an excellent price on Amazon - so I bought them!

25.8.2011

Verbatim are the best quality disks. This product is highly recommended, I have bought at least 3 of these 10x packs and am just about to buy again but may go for the 25 pack for better value, and so I decided to review them.Verbatim always my preferred choice, if not available then second choice would be TDK, Sony, Kodak or Tayo Yuden, all use AZO dyes. I have never had a problem with them. Not all disk brands are the same. These disks have lasted years if looked after (kept in a case and out of regular direct daylight), my oldest disks are about 10 years old and still work.I know this because I used to work as a developer and then test engineer for a semiconductor division of a well known consumer electronics company,

11.2.2017

This brand comes with a guarantee ... its name. With Microsoft and Apple determined to force the DVD into redundancy for the purpose of making more money on Cloud, I decided to fill my boots, as the DVD disc didn't last for forty years for nothing, and it is capable of extremely high quality pictures ... we project our DVD sourced videos onto a big silver screen. We are serious filmmakers with a customer base. What will replace the DVD? Only another DVD, as the world at large still has over a billion DVD players still in use, and our customers aren't about to dump everything to Cloud, especially granddad. Millions love its simplicity - drawer open, drawer close, play. Millions of us can't even stream a film ...

7.10.2011

I buy a pack of 100 DVD-R packs around every six weeks for my small business. I've tried various other brands but always come back to the Verbatim ones. Compared to other brands these seem to be far more reliable with very few faulty ones in a batch, more often than not they all record perfectly. With other brands I have found a number in each batch fail or produce faulty copies.The other thing that I really like about this brand is that the top of the DVD is just a plain silver colour. Some of the other brands are dark blue or brightly coloured. When you put on a DVD label, especially if it is mainly white with a small amount of text you can see the more brightly coloured DVDs through the label and around the outer edge of it.

11.6.2010

I have been using Plus discs for around 6 years now, since I bought my first DVD Home recorder, since it only used the plus format, I have been using Verbatim for about 15 years DVD and CD's, since I have a goodly number of Plus Verbatim discs I would use them on my computer for Data and video storage, to save buying the more popular - (minus) format and having twice the number of discs laying around, and naturally twice the cost outlayed.In that time I have had around 6 faulty discs on my computer, but I have had considerably more on the DVD Recorder, which is my third one, but this one uses any format, a Panasonic.Therefore I am going to inverst in a 100 minus DVD discs and see if it is down to the format of disc,

12.3.2011

I've spent years on and off trying to burn data to Dual-Layer DVDs to no success. This was basically down to combinations of software, drives and disk problems. As the years went by, the software and drives improved but the disks did not. I went through almost every brand of disks to find ones that would work. They were all of shoddy quality.That changed when I finally decided to fork out for Verbatim brand. So far I've gone through 2 of these packs and so far only ended up with 2 disks being turned into coasters. One was because I had set the writing speed too high, and the other was because the software crashed whilst writing to disk.

15.9.2016

UPDATE:These discs are still great, no failed ones on Nero Burning Rom 12, Image Burn and DVD Fab. If your getting failed discs the only thing you can try is to select a slower burn speed or look at the properties of your dvd writer and google the model number and look for a firmware update. Windows 10 or Driver Booster Pro won’t update this driver you have to get it from the manufacturers website and then you can flash it. Sometimes you find when you update the firmware it can help with other branded discs. On some occasions.These discs are like everyone has said fantastic. They burn from x4 to x16 on my LG writer and using Nero 12 to save all my work on. They do run on Blu Ray players and consoles to display photos,

16.7.2009

Disks arrived in Blue/Orange packaging with the AZ0 logo.Media code is MCC03RG20. For those who don't know already there are big differences in the quality of recordable DVD's on the market. The brand name is some help but several different media codes may be used by each brand. Verbatim are generally considered one of the better brands. Media codes are everything and unfortunetly they are not marked on the boxes!These are advertised as 16x. I checked a disk using Qsuite ver 2.1 (supplied with my BENQ DW1640 DVD burner) to check the Tracking Errors and Focus Errors. It advised me that 12x is the fastest that these disks would work reliably. Other tools may provide different information/results and quality can vary depending on your DVD burner.

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