Blank DVD's

jozi

Where is a good place to buy blank dvd's? What brand etc are good these days? Last time i bought blanks i got data write platinum discs from mediawrite.

Jozi

Auvers

Harvey Norman sells 25 Verbatiums for 9.99

imo the best discs you can buy

Sherifu

Info on dvd quality:

http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm

I got my last batches from ebay & pc world but i'm not sure where you'll get them the cheapest.

Fnz

Another vote for the Harvey Norman Verbatims. They're a quality disc.

MikeyNT

For years I've bought from these people and they are excellent and offer fab choice and value for money. Each of their media brands are also reviewed by customers so you know what you're getting.

www.svp.co.uk

Sad Professor

MikeyNT wrote: »

For years I've bought from these people and they are excellent and offer fab choice and value for money. Each of their media brands are also reviewed by customers so you know what you're getting.

www.svp.co.uk

+1

Always get mine from here as well.

jozi

Thanks for the replies.

I've no idea where the nearest Harvey Normans is to me.

I'll have a look at SVP and see can i find myself a disc that gets good reviews and is listed highly on the site rkm mentioned.

Jozi

kaizersoze

SVP have an interaction forum here on Boards aswell and give a discount to Boards users.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=924

IncredibleHulk

I've no idea where the nearest Harvey Normans is to me.

http://www.harveynorman.ie/locations.htm

sedohre

Can someone tell me why I get this message from Boards

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I'm just trying to access the link posted, what privileges should I need?

SVP have an interaction forum here on Boards aswell and give a discount to Boards users.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=924

kaizersoze

sedohre wrote: »

Can someone tell me why I get this message from Boards

I'm just trying to access the link posted, what privileges should I need?

Strange. Their forum has disappeared. They didn't last long.

Sad Professor

Yeah, looks like it's gone all right. Weird.

Sherifu

See here.

junkster12345

pc world do verbatims, try there

sedohre

28-03-2008 07:22
Sherifu See here.

That link doesn't explain anything to me. Sherifu just writes in that link "since we eradicated poverty" I don't understand

Is there a discount link for SVP?

Otherwise does anyone know where to buy blank dvd's cheap please

Thanks

jozi

Register at the svp site and then email them with the subject "boards discount please" and your login name.

Then wait for a reply

sedohre

Thanks for the reply Jozi, have you done this? Do you know what disount Boards members get?

jozi

I done it ages ago.

Cant remember what the discounts where like, it all helps anyway

zilog_jones

Auvers wrote: »

Harvey Norman sells 25 Verbatiums for 9.99

imo the best discs you can buy

Verbatim discs can vary greatly depending on who manufactured them.

There's recently been a lot of Taiyo Yuden batches going around (DVD-R and DVD+R) - they are quite highly regarded and it's easy to tell if they are these from the packaging:

- The spindles will look exactly like this but with Verbatim graphics. Other Verbatim packaging looks significantly different although the graphic design will be similar.
- There are ridges around the side of the base (the black plastic part).
- They say "Made in Japan" on the side of the packaging.

If you find these ones, you will not be disappointed! Some other brands occasionally use Taiyo Yuden as well - again the spindles will look the same but with different printing on them. Sony stuff is easy to come by too but harder to identify.

SeanW

SVP FTW!

If you want the best DVDRs, go to SVP, it's good because for each product, they identify the manufacturer codes (in addition to the brandname) so that you know who actually manufactured the discs, not just who put their name on them. Anything backed by Tayio Yuden dyes is a good bet (codes TYG02/TYG03 for DVD-R, YUDENT00 002/YUDENT00 003 for DVD+R) as is Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC <anything>).

If you want LightScribe functionality, Verbatim do some nice MCC 004 Lightscribe DVDs.

dubmick

what is LightScribe?

Sad Professor

sedohre wrote: »

Do you know what disount Boards members get?

It's very small. If you were spending 40 euro you might get about 70 cent off.

It's a great site but they really don't do their Irish customers any favours.

kaizersoze

dubmick wrote: »

what is LightScribe?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightScribe

http://www.lightscribe.com/

SeanW

dubmick wrote: »

what is LightScribe?

Essentially a disc labelling technology, requires Lightscribe media and a Ligtscribe-enabled writer drive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightscribe

nd

jozi wrote: »

Where is a good place to buy blank dvd's? What brand etc are good these days? Last time i bought blanks i got data write platinum discs from mediawrite.

Jozi

These guys seem really good value?

http://www.nierle3.com/s01.php?suchstr=&shopid=s01&ag=1&sid=PG001858589553938414654695393841&cur=eur&sp=en&pp=suche&suchstrmc=TYG02.......&suchstrprice=

zilog_jones

I'd be very wary of completely unlabeled Taiyo Yudens like that - there's nothing there to suggest they are legitimate, and there are a lot fakes doing the rounds. TYG02 media is also pretty old now (how would they still have new stock?), and is the most commonly faked media.

Retrovertigo

Aldi have a spool of 25 for under a tenner, can't go wrong with that. Discs are grand, not really that much of a difference between generic and branded discs anymore anyway.

nd

zilog_jones wrote: »

I'd be very wary of completely unlabeled Taiyo Yudens like that - there's nothing there to suggest they are legitimate, and there are a lot fakes doing the rounds. TYG02 media is also pretty old now (how would they still have new stock?), and is the most commonly faked media.

Well they apparently ship to 24 counties. Their website is in 10 different languages. and they sell thousands of products. Now I know it's relatively easy to stick up a slick looking website. But it'd seem like overkill to me, to try sell some fake blank DVD media. Personally i'd give them the benefit of the doubt that they're selling genuine products.

They have TYGO3 too.

http://www.nierle3.com/s01.php?suchstr=&shopid=s01&ag=1&sid=PG001877285327581520467062758152&cur=eur&sp=en&pp=suche&suchstrmc=TYG03.......&suchstrprice= and you can order stuff up to 30 kgs, for the same shipping cost.