dbminter Posted Saturday at 03:34 AM Posted Saturday at 03:34 AM Verbatim BD-R are NO longer the high quality media they used to be. I've had 3 stacks of 50 discs lately. The first stack was defective. They would complete burns and Verifies but over 3/4 of them were unreadable a week later. The 2nd stack was just fine, so thinking I got one bad batch, I got a 3rd stack. I've burned 5 so far. Only 1 completed. 3 of them failed to complete Write and one failed at Verify. This behavior was observed on both an ASUS BD and an LG WH16NS60, so it is not down to the drives, but the media. So, avoid Verbatim BD-R at all costs now! At least, avoid the discs with the blue and white branded surfaces like these: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GSQ4DBM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8 I will see if the inkjet printed ones I sometimes get are still any good. I don't hold out high hopes.
dbminter Posted Saturday at 03:57 AM Author Posted Saturday at 03:57 AM The inkjet printable media may not be compromised. The inkjet BD-R are listed specifically as DataLife Plus discs. DataLife Plus are the higher quality Verbatim CD-R, DVD+/-R, and DVD+R DL. So, the inkjet discs I have some hope for. I think it's just the branded blue and white discs that used to be high quality are no longer so. They've gone the way of the Life Series, just without that label on them.
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