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Memorex 8.5GB 8X Double Layer DVD+R (50pk Spindle) Reviews

Customer Rating:
Summary: Very reliable on properly maintained systems
Comment: I bought the Memorex dual layer discs despite the spate of negative reviews simply because the price of the next cheapest brand was prohibitive. At first I was really upset with the discs. As I tried to burn DVDs I got error message after error message telling me that there had been a media error. I happily sat all these discs off to one side. Eventually, after about 15 successfully burned discs, I had a stack of 10 failures. But then I started trying to use these discs on future burns, and I eventually was able to successfully use all of them.

Each person's experience will, of course, be different. Their success or lack of success will depend on a host of factors, including the age of their DVD burner, whether their firmware is up to date, what kind of material they are burning, their computer and operating system, and so on. But my own experience is that there really is nothing wrong with the Memorex Dual Layer discs. In my case the problem seems to stem instead from hardware or software problems on my computer.

In other words, I believe many people are blaming the discs for the problems when in fact the problem is more likely something else. My own suspicion is that these discs -- and probably any blank media -- will work more happily with more up to date systems, including software, hardware, and firmware.

So, if you are wondering whether this is a perpetually flawed product, my experience that it is not. My belief is that many of those giving the Memorex discs such dreadful reviews simply haven't adequately troubleshot the failures. After reusing discs even after notifications of media failure, I ended up having only 3 out of the first 50 Memorex discs I had used. This compares favorably with the failure rate I've experienced with 4.7 GB discs.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: use as 6x-4x instead of 8x
Comment: Good deal, and its quality is good(just low the burn speed to 4x-6x, instead of its marked 8x), can ensure you 100% success rate, :P.

I recommand this product due to its good quality/price.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Worth the money
Comment: I recently bought a laptop that has a dual-layer DVD burner and was afraid that the media would be twice as expensive and the regular single layer DVDs. Thankfully, my fears were unfounded and I was able to find them for a great price here on Amazon. I have burned data onto several of them already and I have run into no problems.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Horrible DVDs coaster after coaster
Comment: So far have been only able to burn 3 out of 10, most of them cant even begin to burn and the rest stop half way through. Worse brand had HP brand media before and never had a problem with any of the DVDs never buying this brand for DL, I used way back cd-r memorex and did not have a problem but the DL is a whole other issue avoid at all costs!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Good buy!
Comment: I purchased these disks after a recommetdation from a friend who also had used them. I read some of the reviews on here and it sounded like people had a lot of problems with them. I would like to say that I have used them and have not had any problems with them. They are a great disk and especially for the price.

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