Top Disks! (Verbatim DVD-R 4.7 GB 8x)

Member Name: blanchie14c

Product:	Verbatim DVD-R 4.7 GB 8x
Date:	21/05/05 (88 review reads)
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Advantages: High Quality

Disadvantages: Would prefer plain top side

A few years ago i was involved with a tutorial type website that gave information on using DVD writers. This was in the days when the technology was at an early age, my Pioneer 102, 2 speed writer cost £180! making a back-up of a DVD took several hours! In those days we went through tons of disks, The Good, The Bad and The ugly! We learnt hell of a lot!
The biggest problem we found was reliability. Films or Games burn on various disks would 'freeze', and eventually i found the answer...
Dust! take a blank disc from a spindle of cheap disks and hold it to the light, just one speck of dust on the recording surface can render the disk scrap. What happens is the disk is burnt as normal, but the tiny (pin head size) area of the dye that was covered by the speck of dust will not be burnt with data properly. Try to imagaine sunbathing with a plaster on your back, when you take off the plaster, you are gonna have a white rectangle! now apply this theory to this subject.
How we found this out was when we tested Verbatim disks. Back then they where individually packaged in a jewel case, and cellophane wrapped. These were expensive, but the factory had a very high quality control. There was never any dust on these and reliability was second to non. You can tell qualitiy dye as it is a dark purple colour. Cheapies from the market are a light purple, even pinkish! The darker the dye the better as the data is reflected back to the laser.
Now everyone and his dog has a DVD burner, and the price has never been cheaper, but these rules still apply. These Verbaitim 8 speeds are packed in tubs of ten, and i always seal the tub back up as soon as i remove a disk to keep the dust out. The Verbaitim factory pride their reputation as being the world leaders in optical media, and their quality control ensures the disks are packaged in perfect condition.
I would prefer a plain white top-side for printing on, The top-side is printed with the Verbaitim logo, and can be seen through self adhesive white labels.
Value for money. Highly rcommended, but remember to watch out for dust!
Please respect Copyright laws when making back-up copies of films and games.

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