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Based on my own experience with these discs I see no problem with recommending them. 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.
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) 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 returned to the store & purchased a pre-opened marked down 24 pack of the old style, that I had passed on previously & VIOLA. 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. Now even if I try to order the old style, guess what they send me. Not a Hiccup. 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.
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. 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. They suggested Sony brand (which Best Buy didn't carry at the time). After a couple of weeks I recorded several programs on the Sony and tried to play them back on the Panasonic. I thought this was a very good product.
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. It didn't work. I may try Sony, Maxell, or Verbatim. I have 3 DVD-recorders, two of which are Sony VXD-655's and I can record and playback with no problems whatsoever.
For a while the Memorox worked well.
Apparently my pc is not so tolerant. Dvd movie recordings have built-in redundancy for error recovery. I'll continue to buy them for my movie collection, but be cautious with them for computer use. 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.
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