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15 of 16 found the following review helpful:
 WORKHORSE DISCS Jun 09, 2007
By Robert A. Ross
You know? . . . I check out the discs in the stores and there must be two dozen makes, all about the same features, and ALL costing 5 to 10 times as much as these TDK Electronics disks. I use these for my own movies of family, sports, and travel. This is the third 100 lot size I have purchased, and NOT ONE FAILURE! So, why would I buy at the higher prices? Why would you?
101 of 129 found the following review helpful:
 Unsafe at Any Speed Feb 25, 2006
By Tom S.
Update January, 2008.
As I note in some of the commentary, things can change a lot in two years. It's entirely possible that the "same product" that I had such bad experience with two years ago, is actually very different today. While I avoid TDK products because they burned me with poor quality, users seeking cost-effective and reliable media would probably be better off giving more weight to more recent reviews (which might better reflect whatever they are currently putting in this package) and/or a site that tracks media quality, such as http://www.digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm (although they don't seem to be updating that one any more), where among many other details you can find that TDK-branded packages have included media actually manufactured by TDK, CMC, Moser Baer, and Philips.
My original review follows. FYI, I have no interest in TDK or any other media mfr other than as a user.
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These disks are not made by TDK (they only make -R type) they are rebranded trash from CMC. I had 15% with obvious, naked-eye visible defects (delaminations and voids in the dye layer) and for the "good" ones needed to burn at a sluggish 4X to get a decent quality of burn. Having burned more than 1000 disks using various brands, I assure you - these are not a bargain, they are garbage. Unless, of course, you burn at slow speeds and don't ever use the outer 20% of a disk.
UPDATE [late 2006]: I have been re-reviewing the burn quality of the disks that I did use. I am now finding hundreds of thousands of parity errors on every TDK disk (vs a typical 2 to 4 thousand on good disks e.g. Sony). THESE ARE WITHOUT DOUBT THE WORST DVD MEDIA I HAVE EVER USED. ANYONE WHO ENTRUSTS THEIR DATA TO THIS GARBAGE IS DOOMED TO DISASTER IF THEY EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO READ THE DATA IN AS LITTLE AS A YEAR OR TWO.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Better Than Expected Aug 01, 2007
By S. Appleby
"Artist"
Due to limitations with my computer system, burning dvds at 16X speeds often result in bad uncompleted dvds if the blanks are not of the highest quality (that includes Memorex). I usually burn at 4X and 8X in order to not create so many useless coasters. Decided to try a few of these at 16X - WOW not a single mistake yet. I'm back down to 8X with these, no use taking chances. Am impressed with the quality and better thickness and stiffness of this brand of blank dvd+r discs so far. Only downside to 100-count spindles is that they are heavier than 50-count spindles without any extra case strength.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 they work well... Jan 11, 2007
By J. Chan
I haven't had any bad burns so far - my only gripe is that the edges of the discs aren't smooth. No big deal, just bugs me a little. Otherwise, they're great. I like the gray surface.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
It's the packaging, fellas!! Apr 11, 2009
By Mike J. Dolan
You offered FREE SHIPPING and an excellent price for these blank DVDs, which I have already been using for more than a year, and are in my opinion the BEST DVDs on the market! But you failed on the packaging! Your warehouse people put the heavy spindle pack of 100 disks into a box that didn't match the shape, then padded it with lightweight, vulnerable air bags. First thing that happened during shipping was that the spindle pack, rolling back and forth inside the box, burst all four air bags, leaving only a few small empty plastic envelopes in an otherwise empty carton, with the spindle pack still rolling back and forth, or bouncing up and down. Miraculously, none of the blank DVDs was damaged during their wild ride. I not only recommend, but URGE your shipping people to use WADDED PAPER instead of these air bags for such heavy objects!!!
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