Can anyone recommend a good brand of DVD+R DL ?

[PeterB]

I just ordered (and received) Verbatims, and they've given me about 50-75% coasters. Toast gives a buffer underrun error with either of two Pioneer drives (DVR-111 or DVR-112). I read on Amazon that these were supposed to have been a better brand, BUT... I also read here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6817130008 that Verbatim has recently changed suppliers such that the product is now junk. (I haven't checked the media code on the ones I got to be sure, but it seems reasonable.) TiA

[GGD]

A buffer underrun might not be due to the media that your are writing to. It usually means that the computer could not supply data to the burner fast enough to maintain the burn speed.

Where is the data that you are writing to these discs coming from? If it's a from another DVD then it might be due to a read speed problem, or a dirty/scratched disk that requires retries.

If all of the data is on a local hard drive, then you might try setting the burn speed lower.

[PeterB]

GGD, it's a disc image...

Tried setting the burn speed lower, that seems not to have made much difference. What I don't understand is-- both drives have buffer underrun prevention, why are they giving buffer underruns?

[macnut]

Sorry to hear that about Verbatim. They had a good rep in comparisons. I guess more and more companies are starting to trade on their good name and reducing quality to improve profit margins.

[Grateful11]

That really blows. I've always had good luck Verbatim media. PeterB do you know what the
media code is on those? You might be able to use DVD Media Inspector to find out.

All reviews:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductRev...6817130008

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia?dvdmed...h=Verbatim&dvdmediadvdridsearch=&type=11&size=8.5&dvdburnspeed=All&order=Name&hits=50&search=Search+or+List+Media

[PeterB]

Grateful, DVD Media Inspector apparently doesn't work on DVD+R DL ? (It also apparently doesn't work on my model drives... gives an error message when I tried it...)

[fromish]

Toast 8 gives you the media info-

Go to the Recorder Menu and slect Disk Info with a disk in the drive. You should get the code that identifies the OEM-you can then search for that code on the previously mentioned sites.

[PeterB]

OK, yup, they come up as MKM001 -- but apparently that doesn't mean much, as discs being made in another country are having the same media code.

[Mr645]

I have been using Verbatim for years, burn about 50-80 DL per month, but the past batch really sucks. I am running about 25% failures. Already contacted Verbatim and they replied with instructions for return of the defective product

[Mr645]

As for speed, I feed from an 8 drive SATA RAID 5 array with a hardware controller. Each drive on it's own SATA channel. Buffer Underrun is not an issue