Blank-Media Reviews

When I look for a Mini-Dv tape, my only choices are Sony or TDK as both are quality tapes. Then, my next choice is the price, which is more often TDK with its affordable price. When you even find a very special 5 pack price, never miss it !

Can be used multiple times without fail.

does not play correctly in some players, skips and some were defective before even adding anything on them. as i said before this used to be a really good company at one time.

plus the packaging looks generic.

These are great DVD+R discs. I have had trouble with others, such as Memorex in some players. The TDK ones, as well as Sony, work perfectly. I run a very high end PC, so I have no issues with the data speed transfer and write, which is the usual cause of the poor DVD performance post-burn and failed burns. All I buy now is Sony and TDK, and couldn't be happier.

I purchased a TDK external Indi DVD burner and tried several brands of DVD's. The burner has been flawles with all brands of DVDs that I used (TDK, Memorex, Verbatin). However, I have had problems with Memorex CD-Rs in the past and have noticed that the Memorex DVD's are somewhat transparent (very noticeable when you use a marker on the front) which probably does not bode well for long term life. I have burned over 50 of the TDK DVD's without any problems and have played them in a variety of DVD players without any problems. TDK has very good reputation among DVD enthusiasts and the Indi burner is a CNET editor choice (and the Sony is not). Perhaps the other reviewers here had other problems that were not really the result of bad media or hardware.