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Verbatim DVD-R 4.7 GB 8x
by Tolteca
These are my first choice for burning video to DVD. This means that I can watch it on my telly and/or I can give a copy to my elderly parents who prefer to watch family events on the big rather than the small screen.
You can use them to back up photos, home movies or any other precious and irreplaceable data which can be lost ... with the laptop or in my own case when my external hard drive for the old computer literally went up in smoke. You get 4.7GB of data per shiny disc, so that is a lot of photo or film which can be saved from theft or computer failure.
Most modern desktop or laptop computers come with the ability to burn DVD's. If yours does not, an external or internal DVD burner is not expensive and well worth it when data can be so easily lost forever. Windows and Mac computers both burn DVDs and most nowadays come equipped with the software to do so. Failing that, burning software can be found and bought easily on the internet.
With a computer which burns DVD's, just pop one of these discs into your computer and let it work its magic. Because magic it is. One disc will hold a movie's worth of video. Backing up movies software is around and invaluable for children's favourite DVD's which tend to suffer a lot of tough handling. Backing up the DVD to these blanks gives the kids their favourite film to watch and saves you having to keep buying replacements.
It is, of course, essential to be careful of copyright law and only back up what you own and only where it is allowable and legal.
But these DVD-R's allow backing up movies or data without producing the unusable if shiny, shiny coasters which lessor brands of blank DVDs can do. The brand uses premium dyes in the plastic disc to produce sharp, clear and reliable results which last and last.
As will your precious memories when entrusted to these beauties.
The price for a stack tends to vary. They do come in varying burning speeds but 8 or 16 times are the ones you will see most often in supermarkets, PC sheds or online. I usually buy a stack of 50 for £9.99, though you will see them up as high as £18.99. Avoid the expensive times. £9.99 always comes round or can be found at Amazon.
They come shrink-wrapped in a hard plastic case, which keeps them together, clean and unscratched in transit. The hard plastic spindle and cover can both be recycled. Once burned I use paper DVD containers but other options for storage are available.
If you are looking for blank DVD's to back up your files head to this brand - you won't regret it.
Which is more than can be said for some of the competition.
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TDK DVD+R 4.7 GB 16x
by oChrisoCo
TDK are probably one of the most well known brands for selling blank DVDs. As note if you wish to write to blank DVDs ensure that your computer/laptop has a DVD burner. With a spindle of 100 retailing at around £8, that makes one 4.7GB DVD costing only 8 pence. You can't get data for that cheap anywhere.
These are perfect for ... making your own family movies and storing them for years to come. I also used them to back up data from my hard drives. Although I find a flash drive more convenient nowadays to perform this task.
Hate having to store CD/DVD cases everywhere? Then the spindle is great for you. I found once I used the DVDs the spindle was great for storing all the random CDs and DVDs that just seem to appear in various corners of the house.
With 16x speed these DVDs are fast enough that you won't be waiting long for the burning process to be complete. On another note your DVD burner must be able to operate at 16x speed otherwise you won't get the full benefit of the speed these DVDs can operate at.
DVDs have probably had their time but if you still require them, then you can't go wrong with these.
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Verbatim LightScribe DVD-R 4.7 GB 16x
by tirial
Lightscribe is a system which burns a label image into discs. While you need to use a special drive and discs, the software for it is free. The system is wasteless, requiring no extra labels, ink or anything else. The best thing about it is that it is cheap and simple: Put the disc in label side down, burn the label, turn it over and ... burn the data. Lightscribe labeled discs are greyscale only, as the image is burned on, but the image is more durable than a paper equivalent and certainly looks better than a CD marker.
Although intially expensive, the price for these discs has come down to almost parity with normal DVDs and CDs. The only problem I have had is availability. Many stores charge high prices for these discs or don't stock them so you may have to look online to find a reasonable price. This is particularly true if you are buying in bulk.
With lightscribe, the label burn can take a little while, particularly if you are burning a detailed or dark label. It can take longer to burn the label than the data, so getting good quality discs that get it right first time is important to avoid wasted time. Verbatim is one of the main Lightscribe disc manufacturers and, in my opinion, one of the best.
I use the Verbatim DVD-R lightscribe discs for my video DVDs and film work. The failure rate on data burning is low: I've had one disc fail to hold data out of several hundred, which is amazingly good quality for the price. Regarding scratch resistance, they are hard-wearing for DVDs. I've dropped a couple and they have been fine.
The label quality is also excellent. For best results, like all lightscribe discs, make sure the label surface is clean and clear before burning. The few label errors I have had have been caused by fingerprints or dust on the surface interupting the burning. I do use photograps in labels, and these discs have taken the darkest and highest quality settings from my burner without problems, producing high quality without blurring.
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