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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.
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19.11.2012

Time for me to qualify the title. Yes I am a wedding videographer in the highlands of Scotland and have been for the past four years. I have roughly about 35+ clients per year so I burn about 210+ discs per year. Now most of the reviews I have read give the impression you use them for personal use and data storage.However, my use is for business and they are tested to the max by my clients. If you burn these on your burner and it is yourself reading them back on your PC you will probably always have success. My DVDs are burnt for all sorts of DVD players, probably new DVD players and old ones to.Here is an overwhelming endorsement for these wonderful disks. Not one single client has had a problem with these discs.Not only that, each client gets five disks and they give away the other four and loan them out to more people also. I estimate that nearly about 200+ different DVD players per year are using these discs to playback the weddings I produce.I burn these discs at 4x speed with a bit rate of between 6 to 7.5 Mega Bits per second, this is very high for Standard Definition video. Not only that, the video's are on average 1 hour 45 mins and the largest being 2 hours 55 mins long. So even the auto change over does not cause any of the client DVD players problems. I know quite a few Videographers who still use two Verbatim -R DVDs for the weddings. I decided after a lot of research on line to use these discs. I use Adobe Encore 3.0 to burn my master copies and then Nero to burn the remain 4 (6 copies per wedding)Finally, for best results in burning, especially for video, always burn at the lowest speed possible. In the case of these discs Encore says 8x I always burn at 4x. In the case of the Verbatim -R, maximum speed 16x I still burn at the lowest 4x. It is impossible to argue with my field results. All my clients ever say to me is what a fantastic video, not a peep about the physical DVD. Verbatim are the best and for my business I would never use anything else.I hope this review helps and you should now be able to make an informed choice. Just for the record I would advise against the Verbatim DL-R as they did fail on a clients DVD player. I sent them out hoping they would be ok but they were not. So I sent the replacements in the Verbatim DL+R and they worked a treat, no complaints. So for single layer DVDs I always use Verbatim -R and for dual layer Verbatim DL+R.These disks were delivered the next day to me, very fast.Many thanksEddie
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2.10.2010

I have tried several different blank DVD products. Verbatim are the cheapest of those I have found 99.9% reliable. (There is a lot of junk out there that isn't.)Packaging, delivery time, delivery carrier, & payment collection on these Verbatim 50 DVD+R spindles were 5-star.Tip for inexperienced buyers of blank discs to record to at home (from PC or by DVD recorder) :Be aware that DVD recorders and writers sold for the "home user" market are shabbily built. Philips and Sony have both let me down badly. Amazon (with whom I contracted)fobbed my complaint off on to Sony. And vice versa. Be clear : it's the SELLER'S responsibility to rectify "unmerchantable products", not yours.If the thing you bought credibly exhibits faulty MANUFACTURE, within SIX YEARS, consult the Government's Office Of Fair Trading. Manufacturers' tattle about "expired warranty" doesn not trump the 6-year law. Obviously, you must show that the fault is very unlikely to have been caused by "fair wear & tear". By law, it's the SELLER who has to challenge the manufacturer, not YOUR job.The products typically do not write to blank DVDs as reliably as do the industrial DVD "burners". In particular, even after diligent "finalization", DVDs written on one product can be unplayable, or keep freezing, or won't display title lists, etc, when you try to play on another recrder/player -- EVEN THE SAME MANUFACTURER'S RECENT, DIFFERENT MODEL. However, if you buy or rent a DVD burnt by a major supplier, they always seem to play OK. Inference : home user electronic kit is tripe. If it don't woik, it ain't cheap.But Verbatim's discs seem OK, provided you initialize, record, then finalize on the SAME MACHINE. Don't use Sony's "VR" recording standard if you want to play on different manufacturers' machines. You may not need its "advantages".I have misgivings about DVD technology. How many of my home-produced DVD library will still be viewable in 10 years' time ? My VHS tapes (& floppy discs) on the other hand are still usable after 22 yrs. Hey-ho.I will buy no more DVD recorders. Editing facilties on them are Neanderthal. Instead, install good quality editing software on your PC (with large hard drive); a good TV tuner ; & a good quality DVD writer. Cheaper, better, more reliable & much quicker to work on than a DVD recorder. Don't waste time with the rubbish software (TV-recording or video-file-editing) pre-installed with your new PC : it's junk.Hope this all helps some folks.
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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.This was a picture slideshow of my wife's bus trip round the Pennines with members of her woman's club. Thankfully I didn't have to sit through the whole thing while it was being presented, eh gents?!?!?!? It burned successfully.4. Volume 2 of the aforementioned slideshow mentioned above. Again, success!5. Yet another DVD of the TESTTESTTEST test disc, as I wanted to be absolutely sure it was working. It succeeded!6. This one is currently somewhere under the rear garden hedge, a few feet from where it joins onto the garage. Mr Weston's cat from a few doors down was hovering around by the bean patch, and I was anxious to scare him away before the little beast had a chance to do whatever it was it was going to do. The DVD stack was the nearest thing to hand, so I picked one off the top and hurled it at the little furry behemoth, catching it a third of the way down it's spine - needles to say, it certainly did the trick! It is still there as I am reticent as the sight of blood, but I still call it a success even if the good people at Verbatim never intended it to be used thus.7. A kind reader sent me a video file of Ralph Bakshi's animated Lord of the Rings, so I burned it onto a DVD - it burned successfully, but the filmed leaves me just as baffled as the original film trilogy.I hope this is of use - I will endeavour to add further reports in the comments section in future times.
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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,so were the discs in my previous order of 2 x 100, which were problem free. I discovered a long time ago that the rejected discs were not actually useless. I simply had to change the dubbing speed from "Fast" (which is usually dubbed at 16x with these discs) to "SP" (which is dubbed at 1x), and the recorders were quite happy with them - and produced results which I could not distinguish from a 16x dubbing. Being forced to dub at 1x is not so big a problem now that I have 4 recorders. Even so, having paid a premium for top brand 16x discs, it is annoying to have to dub them at 1x. But I've decided to give Verbatim one more chance with my next order.UPDATE 19/5/2014. The final tally of rejects for the second tub of 100 discs was 44. The rejects were not completely useless, of course: they wouldn't dub at 16x, but they were OK at 1x. I ordered another tub of 100, and it arrived in a very poor state. Amazon had packed it sideways instead of upright, and the base of the tub was smashed, with several loose pieces, and with the spindle broken off. If the discs had been made in India, like the previous batch, I would have sent it straight back for replacement. However, this batch had been made in Taiwan - the most reliable location, in my and others' experience - so I decided to keep it. So far, I've used 15 and only one has been a dud (wouldn't dub at 16x, but OK at 1x).
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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,exceeded the standard DVD+ or DVD- limit, and that two rather than one disks are required.I try to keep my little stock of DLs topped up with the product from Verbatim, it being the case that this company's manufacturing standards are such that I've never yet encountered a single coaster -- not something that can be said of other brands. My now fairly-ancient external Sony DVD writer has always worked perfectly in Double Layer mode, and never had the slightest difficulty with Verbatim's product, whilst the Ashampoo software -- always set to burn at the slowest speed with post-burn verification -- has never encountered a problem. Equally, no DVD player of which I'm aware has had any difficulties in playing them.Highly recommended then for those who wish to archive their home material or share it with others without having to resort to a plethora of limited capacity disks, and definitely worth purchasing now while stock is still available from Amazon and / or Amazon sellers.
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21.5.2009

Verbatim have an excellent reputation in the industry and it is largely deserved. They played a major part in the testing of 16x blank DVD media so they know how to produce quality materials. They were also the LAST major manufacturer to launch 16x blanks as they were more thorough in their testing than everyone else.I am just about to order two more spindles of these. I researched the market very carefully before I bought any photo-printable DVDs and since moving to Verbatim, I have found no reason to look for another brand. I have had only one failure out of over 500 pieces and that was down to a failure in my DVD drive (now replaced).DVD drives fail remarkably quickly if you burn a lot ofblanks so watch for errors in the hardware and be willing to replace the drive if it shows signs of wear. Someone else here said that DVD burners are very cheap now so don't waste 50 blanks - spend a little on a new burner instead.Which brings me on to the caution in the title of this review. Check the maximum burning speed of your DVD drive. These blanks are rated for 16x and that is a MAXIMUM you should attempt to use for successful results.Many new drives now support 18x or higher burning speeds and your software may automatically assume it's OK to burn at this speed. You should limit the burn speed to that rated on the blank.If you stick to the limits of the media, you should not have high failure rates but be willing to accept the odd one. Nothing is perfect!
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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.Nor have I been asked by clients to replace any disks that have failed for any reason, though I guarantee to do so for free for at least ten years.I print the surface using an Epson R2880 with pigment inks, often very close to the centre hole. Provided it's had 24 hours to dry, I've never had a problem with smudging. The printing surface takes pigment inks quite happily, and the result is usually adequate or better with images, though you may have to experiment initially to find which images and print settings work best on your machine. Even 6-point type is clean and sharp whichever font or colour I use.I happily recommend them. Verbatim 43667 8x Data Life Printable DVD+R - Spindle 25 Pack
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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!I've converted 100s of tapes and put 100s of hours of video onto them - and I haven't had a problem with any of the discs to date.The moral of the tale: If you are looking for reliable discs and data that will last, pay that little bit extra to go for trusted manufacturers like Verbatim instead some of the cheap value DVDs/CDs that you can get from supermarkets!Please note: If you would you like to buy the DVDs in a larger quantity, then a 100pack spindle is available, Verbatim 43551 DVD+R, 4.7GB, 16x, 100 Pack.I hope that this review has been insightful and helped you to understand why cheap isn't always best! :)
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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.However I burn at 4x, half the rated speed. I know that by setting my burning software to this slower burn speed, I am always getting a perfect error free burn. I have purchased and used Verbatium CD's and DVD's for many years. I find their optical media disks to be of perfect and reliable high quality. I recommend this product and I have awarded a five star rating. See my image of my Verbatim Double Density DVD disk, Spindle pack. My review, Thursday 26th September 2019. Best regards, Les A. G. Durno.
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24.10.2010

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!I've converted 100s of tapes and put 100s of hours of video onto them - and I haven't had a problem with any of the discs to date.The moral of the tale: If you are looking for reliable discs and data that will last, pay that little bit extra to go for trusted manufacturers like Verbatim instead some of the cheap value DVDs/CDs that you can get from supermarkets!I hope that this review has been insightful and helped you to understand why cheap isn't always best! :)
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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!I've converted 100s of tapes and put 100s of hours of video onto them - and I haven't had a problem with any of the discs to date.The moral of the tale: If you are looking for reliable discs and data that will last, pay that little bit extra to go for trusted manufacturers like Verbatim instead some of the cheap value DVDs/CDs that you can get from supermarkets!I hope that this review has been insightful and helped you to understand why cheap isn't always best! :)
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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,co-inventor of the CD, DVD+ and Blu-ray formats, where we designed DVD burner chipsets and firmware. Our reference disks for testing our hardware were mainly Verbatim (mitsubishi chemical/mitsubishi kagaku media, MKM) and Tao Yuden. The substrate compounds and organic dyes used in optical disks does vary.Cheap brands are a false economy. I do not work for Verbatim by the way.
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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.Whereas with the Verbatim ones you can't see any of the DVD top through the label. Even if you don't just use a DVD marker pen rather than sticky labels then you will still see the writing far clearer on this DVD that the coloured brands.I will definitely be sticking to Verbatim when I need to order more DVDs.
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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,the recorder (but it has been consistantly the same with all three recorders, 1 Phillips 2 Panasonic)However as an ardant user of Verbatim discs in both forms DVD and CD, I find them to be one of the most reliable, of the makes that I have used ofver the years.and the price on Amazon for these discs os really good.
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