Imported Verbatim BDR-DL Media, the way to go?

Vindictor · August 18, 2012

Hi there,

I'm relatively new to bluray burning, and therefore selecting the best bluray media.

A browse around in here obviously suggests that as with their DVD+R DL media, Verbatim is the way to go.

When I bought my burner, I already purchased a pack of blurays to get started, before I'd used this forum. I ended up with some TDK Japanese Imports. I've tried to burn one image on them so far. Disk one failed shortly after the burn, well, around the 20% mark anyway, nowhere near layer 2. A second attempt appeared to work. (I've only tried burning at 2x as I thought this may help)

I was initially put off Verbatim BDR DL by the price.... to be honest it wasn't worth it for my own usage.... however, I've just spotted that the same shop I got my TDK Imports from also import Verbatim media, although it's selling out fast.

£144 for a 50 pack. That's a price I can live with, is the Japanese Import stuff the same high quality as the disks you guys use?

I'd imagine so, but thought I'd just check before spending such a large amount of money on media.

Obviously I still have 18 of the TDK BDR DL media to use for now, though I can't be sure how many will burn/verify successfully.

I also only have a USB burner, so I'm hoping that maybe the shortfall in quality of burner can be made up for by using top media.

I've got so used to DVD media working perfectly, even cheap Mirror DVD+R DL, that I'm not used to coasters any more... even the cheap TDK media worked out at a few quid a pop.

Anyway, Verbatim is clearly the best name in the business, I just wanted to see if you guys import from Japan as well, and to check they're also great and reliable.

Thanks,

Vin.

This is the disk I'm looking at, it appears to be printable as well, which is exactly what I'm after

Verbatim Blu-ray Disc 50 Spindle - 50GB 4X BD-R DL - 2011

Now I read on, it seems the shop also recommend Panasonic 5x BDR DL media.

Also, now that I look further, I see they also offer the Verbatim disks above at 20 for £71. This could be a better first buy, in order to test the disks.

Still a lot of upfront money to risk, but probably better than those TDK disks that I ended up with.

Vindictor · August 18, 2012

Ah Hell!

Just tried the third TDK BDR-DL from the pack, and got en error at just 12%

Need to do something about this, these TDK Jap Imports were clearly a complete waste of money.

I 13:58:52 ImgBurn Version 2.5.7.0 started!

I 13:58:52 Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 Edition (6.1, Build 7601 : Service Pack 1)

I 13:58:52 Total Physical Memory: 4,193,460 KB - Available: 2,395,288 KB

I 13:58:52 Initialising SPTI...

I 13:58:52 Searching for SCSI / ATAPI devices...

I 13:58:52 -> Drive 1 - Info: DTSOFT BDROM 1.05 (E:) (Virtual)

I 13:58:52 -> Drive 2 - Info: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7191A 1.05 (H:) (ATA)

I 13:58:53 -> Drive 3 - Info: _NEC DVD_RW ND-3500AG 2.1B (F:) (ATA)

I 13:58:53 -> Drive 4 - Info: SONY BD RW BDX-S600U 1.D0 (J:) (USB)

I 13:58:53 Found 1 DVD±RW, 1 DVD±RW/RAM, 1 BD-ROM and 1 BD-RE XL!

I 14:02:20 Operation Started!

I 14:02:20 Source File: G:\DVD Temp III\nameofimage.dvd

I 14:02:20 Source File Sectors: 24,409,088 (MODE1/2048)

I 14:02:20 Source File Size: 49,989,812,224 bytes

I 14:02:20 Source File Volume Identifier: Nameoffilm

I 14:02:20 Source File Volume Set Identifier: 8CD8791FEF0AC647_VOLUME_SET_ID

I 14:02:20 Source File Application Identifier: APPLICATION_ID

I 14:02:20 Source File Implementation Identifier: IMPLEMENTATION_ID

I 14:02:21 Source File File System(s): UDF (2.50)

I 14:02:21 Destination Device: [0:0:0] SONY BD RW BDX-S600U 1.D0 (J:) (USB)

I 14:02:21 Destination Media Type: BD-R (Disc ID: TDKBLD-RFB-000)

I 14:02:21 Destination Media Supported Write Speeds: 2x, 4x

I 14:02:21 Destination Media Sectors: 24,438,784

I 14:02:21 Write Mode: BD

I 14:02:21 Write Type: DAO

I 14:02:21 Write Speed: 2x

I 14:02:21 Hardware Defect Management Active: No

I 14:02:21 BD-R Verify Not Required: Yes

I 14:02:21 Link Size: Auto

I 14:02:21 Lock Volume: Yes

I 14:02:21 Test Mode: No

I 14:02:21 OPC: No

I 14:02:21 BURN-Proof: Enabled

I 14:02:21 Write Speed Successfully Set! - Effective: 8,991 KB/s (2x)

I 14:03:13 Filling Buffer... (80 MB)

I 14:03:14 Writing LeadIn...

I 14:03:14 Writing Session 1 of 1... (1 Track, LBA: 0 - 24409087)

I 14:03:14 Writing Track 1 of 1... (MODE1/2048, LBA: 0 - 24409087)

I 14:03:14 Writing Layer 0... (LBA: 0 - 12219391)

W 14:14:51 Failed to Write Sectors 3005088 - 3005119 - Reason: Write Error

W 14:14:51 Retrying (1 of 20)...