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Any brand recommendations for DVD-R blanks?.

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Coner

TDK vs. Sony, vs. Maxell, etc...

Using Panasonic DMR-E50 prog.scan, non HD.

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Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim n/t - panhead 11:33:27 10/29/09 (0)
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RE: Any brand recommendations for DVD-R blanks?. - Ben Van Dyk 09:35:51 10/27/09 (5)
I own that recorder & the newer panasonic one with picture minus.I have 100s of discs recorded on these 2 recorder players.generics are crap most wont finalize.Ive tried all brands.I like sonys & philips the best.they have to be 4.7 8x dvd-r discs.16x will not work on the panasonics.note on your recorder generics wont work on it.even the brand names I tried not all would finalize,the other recorder I bought the dmr es 20 does better with generics & brand names.its cheaper & better than the older recorder.plus I was able to finalize a lot of discs that were recorded on the older machine.plus if it did not finalize on the olde machine the newer one added the picture menu automatically.
dvd audio & multichannel sacds rule
- RE: Any brand recommendations for DVD-R blanks?. - Coner 15:37:06 11/06/09 (0)
  My DMR E50 finalized a TDK 16x just fine. Plays fine
  on Philips player. Go figure.
  30" is a woofer size (EV 30W)
- oops, just bought some 16x.... - Coner 10:04:53 10/27/09 (3)
  Just bought 100 TDK 16X, guess I'll return it. But is there
  still 8X available anywhere?. I should stock up on them.
  - RE: oops, just bought some 16x.... - Ben Van Dyk 13:11:55 10/27/09 (2)
    I use ebay for the discs.I use to get them at walmart,they switched to the 16x I bought a couple to see if they would work years ago.they dont.they must be for computers?
    dvd audio & multichannel sacds rule
    - RE: oops, just bought some 16x.... - Coner 15:52:14 10/27/09 (1)
      I will try a 16x on the Pano and see what happens....
      - Interesting ..... - three_sox 16:53:35 10/27/09 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: oops, just bought some 16x.... posted by Coner on October 27, 2009 at 15:52:14
        
        G�day,
        
        I don�t have the Panasonic model you do but I have;
        
        � Panasonic DMR-E100 (till just recently)
        
        � Panasonic DMR-EX78 (replaced the above)
        
        � Panasonic DMR-EH60 in another system.
        
        They are all hard drive recorders but they all record 8x & 16x DVD-R discs.
        
        Please report back if your model will record on a 16x disc.
        
        As below I recommend using good quality media.
        
        Good luck.
        
        Smile
        
        Sox
depends on the reason - Joe Murphy Jr 20:23:11 10/26/09 (0)
If I want the recording to last (10 years or more), have the highest quality and experience the least amount of problems, then I use Taiyo Yuden or Verbatim (Mitsubishi Chemical). These run from 28 - 34 cents a single-layer disc in the 100 packs.

When I want to just record a show to watch later on, maybe view another time or two or give away, I use the cheap off-brand stuff (you know, the ones that are 15 - 17 cents a single-layer disc in the 100 packs).

Some of the best prices on blank media can be found at
- Meritline (Open in New Window)
We use Taiyo Yuden 16x DVD-R with excellent results� - three_sox 19:35:22 10/26/09 (0)
... I buy them in bundles of 100 and out of 600 I think there have been only 2 or 3 failures.

We have used TDK and while we also obtain excellent results the failure rate was about 5% out of about 400 discs.

Smile

Sox

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