What DVD-R/+R is the best now?

Supposedly Verbatim went dud-bomb last year(?) when it farmed out it’s manufacturing process to some dicey plants. Verbatim USED to be the gold standard of DVD burning media – has anyone stepped up and took their place as a most reliable product? If not – who is now the best brand to go with for DVD burning (8.5gig and 4.7gig)? I know there are a lot of you out there who don’t burn and just keep it on your hard drive or use and delete – I’m not trying to get into a debate about that – I just want to know about the best media to burn with presently. Thanks in advance.
Answer #1
My first and only media I’m using is Traxdata, using it for 10 years, never had problems.
Reliable, at least for me.
Also, Verbatim is here still reliable.
Answer #2
Others alternatives to Verbatim, their are only 4 major players! I have used in the past and not found much difference in quality include:
– Datawrite
– Maxell
– Sony
– TDK
From past experience, as-long as you do not buy a non-branded / unknown DVD’s you will be fine!! These cheap DVD are of poor quality, because they do not go through rigorous testings and quality control when manufactured.
Answer #3
i been using memorex DVD-R for years very rarely do i change they are somewhat cheap at walmart etc and common at most majoy retail stores always give me great burns…
Answer #4
verbatim dead lolz, i’m still using em, even if they outsourced. Been using em for over a decade with 0 problems still today. Oh and for the record, memorex is crap
Answer #5
Taiyo Yuden/JVC
TDK
Answer #6
i still buy verbatim but
maxell and memorex are my next choice.
maxell are great for music cd
Answer #7
TDK is what I use. They make decent dvd and the best blurays. I only use them for burning a full disc though. I don’t know how good they are as data disks
Answer #8
Thanks for your replies. I’d love to use TY, but they stop at 4.7gig afaik. I know by past research that Memorex and Maxell is crap – that’s why I settled with Verbatim. TDK used to be good, went south a while ago – but may be more reliable than most. I had a whole spindle of JVC suddenly become unreadable – so I stay away from them. I never heard of Datawrite or Traxdata – never saw them in brick and mortar stores – I assume you need to order them online, just like TY? I used some Sony a few months ago – they burned reliably but who knows how they are going to hold up? There are some good Verbatim out there – the trouble is finding the ones not made in China – if your lucky.
So it looks like – in no particular order:
Datawrite
Traxdata
TY
Sony
Maybe TDK
I’ll just have to test them out and see, I guess…
Answer #9
all the people talking crap on memorex i been using them for years with no problems and ive burned over 1000 dvd’s in my time memorex never gave me problems…im not saying there the best but i never get errors i make dvd’s for my friend who has no cable at the house and i put 3 movies on a dvd with convertxtodvd and she hasnt has one problem with any of them and ive made her over 100 dvd’s alone
Answer #10
Ritek G05 i’ve been burning them in pioneer dvd writers for years and never had a coaster yet.
Answer #11
Taiyo Yuden/JVC
TDK
Yes, Taiyo Yuden which are also used by JVC, are traditionly considered the best,
Answer #12
Others alternatives to Verbatim, their are only 4 major players! I have used in the past and not found much difference in quality include:
- Datawrite
- Maxell
- Sony
- TDK
From past experience, as-long as you do not buy a non-branded / unknown DVD's you will be fine!! These cheap DVD are of poor quality, because they do not go through rigorous testings and quality control when manufactured.
Maxell FTW!! never got a problem with it, and its quite cheap
Answer #13
Taiyo Yuden/JVC

Yes, Taiyo Yuden which are also used by JVC, are traditionly considered the best,
Yup TY are the best, always have been, they bought out JVC so the Gold tops are really good.
There are a couple of other brands that use TY dye, but I can’t think of them off-hand, I’ll edit them in here later.
*edit – Datasafe & Mediastar both use TY dye.
Also, it’s not just the medium you are burning on but the ODD itself. I have always used NEC (now Sony Optiarc) and never had a problem. The older NEC drives are good as you can flash with custom firmware from Liggy and Dee’s site (use Google). The way you store the discs also affects data retention (temp, humidity etc)
M Disc’s are supposed to be really good for data’
http://www.duplicator4all.com/M-Disc-c48.html?gclid=CPG2l7-voLYCFeXKtAodFWMAtg
Answer #14
You can still find old shelf stock.
Check the sleeve, you can tell easily.
Answer #15
I have used all kinds Verbatim,TDK,Memorex to cheap supermarket ones and have had no problems with any just burn a slow as you can to get the best possible results.