Well, what do you know?

[dbminter]

I actually had a Verbatim VERBAT-IM BD-R burn failure today!    It's one of like the 1% failures I've had burning about a thousand of these over the years.  Most of that failure rate was attributable to a dying burner that needed replacing.  Yet, still, a small portion of that value was actual failure.  I still remember the one that failed because it was apparently cracked shipped from the factory.  It was pretty much cracked all the way across the diameter of the disc! 

 

So, for those who question whether it really is worth it to switch from CMC media to high quality Verbatim media, well, a 1% failure rate out of over a thousand speaks for itself, I think.