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I've used about 10 of these discs so far for recording on my DVD-R as well as burning stuff on my laptop and so far all the discs have performed flawlessly. No problem recording or burning as well as viewing it afterwards. Based on my own experience with these discs I see no problem with recommending them.
Although a great bargain, the emulsion on these DVD-RW disks have uneven concentric markings, and a few had vertical flaws missing emulsion, rendering a 40% usefulness. I use 4 different DVD drives, so this isn't a burner problem. I could understand a faster write-speed product (requiring a higher laser output) to have rewrite problems, but for these 4x speed disks, I would recommend another brand (RiDATA disks have held up to 40+ rewrites successfully over several years)
I have used Memorex DVD+RW disks for years, & for those who know they seem to have changed something besides the packaging & appearance of the Disks themselves. I returned to the store & purchased a pre-opened marked down 24 pack of the old style, that I had passed on previously & VIOLA. The old model " I Presume " had dots on the label side of the disk, performed flawslessly on several Brands of DVD Recorders that I own, but this new, I'm guessing more cheaply produced disk has numerous editing & playback glitches. I bought a spindle of these at Radio Shack, & suffered hours of RE-Recording & editing. Not a Hiccup. Now even if I try to order the old style, guess what they send me.
It didn't work. I thought this was a very good product. I have 3 DVD-recorders, two of which are Sony VXD-655's and I can record and playback with no problems whatsoever. After a couple of weeks I recorded several programs on the Sony and tried to play them back on the Panasonic. They suggested Sony brand (which Best Buy didn't carry at the time). I wanted to buy another Sony but they have been discontinued.
After I formatted it recorded and played on both machines. In fact is still may be but you can decide for yourselves. The Panasonic said nothing had been recorded when trying to playback and would let me record without formatting first (each time I wanted to record). I then bought a Panasonic DMR EZ-28. For a while the Memorox worked well. I brought the Panasonic in for repair (at Best Buy) and after 3 weeks they said there was nothing wrong with the Panasonic and that I should maybe use a higher quality DVD.
I may try Sony, Maxell, or Verbatim.
Dvd movie recordings have built-in redundancy for error recovery. After using 3 packs (75 disks) primarily for recording movies I started using the dvd's on my PC. So far 1 out of the 75 has a hard error. Apparently my pc is not so tolerant. I'll continue to buy them for my movie collection, but be cautious with them for computer use.
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