Philips DR8S8B50F/17 50 Pack 8X DVD+R DL Spindle

(Update, added 09/07/2009)To-date, DVD-DL burning at rates of 1x to 4x has yielded one (1) failure out of 35 (less than 3%) using the Samsung SH-S203N SATA device. Will, definitely, buy more of this product again. Good luck!Hello All,We purchased a 50-pk spindle for $39.99 plus shipping (comes out to 90 cents a piece). We use a recently installed Samsung SATA SH-S203N DVD+-RW/RAM (updated to SB02 firmware). Our installed RecordNow! from Sonic (v6.5.1) does not recognize the DVD drive's double layer capability. We downloaded and installed DVD Decrypter v3.5.4.0 (freeware) and use it to successfully decrypt DVDs for backup purposes, even with RCE protection, generating files onto the PC's local hard drive. We downloaded and installed ImgBurn v2.4.2 (freeware, v2.5.0 also available) and use it to successfully create .ISO image files, also onto the PC's local hard drive, of the decrypted DVD files. We, again, use ImgBurn to successfully burn the .ISO image files to the blank Philips DL DVDs loaded into the Samsung SH-S203N DVD drive. Excellent results with write speeds of 1X, 2X and 4X. Tip: When generating the .ISO files from the source decrypted DVD files, target the .ISO files to a different physical hard drive, if available -- the process goes much faster as different hard drives and, thus, different write heads are used (if targeted to the same physical hard drive as the source decrypted DVD files, the drive's heads have to perform both read (source) and write (target) functions. Good luck!

I have been using these for some time. I have not had a single failure in recording these disks I am on my 3rd spindle.Those who have had problems - Please note these are DVD+R not DVD-R. They are not the same, they are two different standards. Most newer DVD drives that record handle both standards of blank media, as does mine. But some older drives are either -R or +R and will not record with the wrong media. Based on the fact that I have not had a single failure and some have claimed ever disk failed I suspect in those cases they had an incompatible DVD Drive. Once written either the recorded -R, +R, or prerecorded DVD’s should play in any DVD drive, But the recording process is more picky.The good:Very good price for a double layer (8.5G) +R recordable disk.I have had zero failures in all the DVD’s I have recorded.Could Use Improvement:The spindle cover that holds the blank DVD’s could be a bit more robust. I have dropped the spindle just two feet and it broke the tabs that kept the cover on. No damage to the disks, just that the spindle cover was no longer latching on. It’s not a big deal.

Name brand discs at a great price. Holds a movie or plenty of videos, music, photos, or whatever. Even after adding tax it still works out to 59¢ per disc for me. Quality control is good. There might be one or two duds in the stack, but even after that it’s still an awesome value. Highly recommended.

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The disks arrived on time, the packaging was good, and the first disk out worked just fine. I'll make a followup report if I should have problems with the disks. From the looks of them I will be very surprised if anything is wrong with them. As a test, I did a disk copy using Nero with this first disk; and I played it back on a different computer.People talk about DVD brand names, stating that an expensive brand is better than a cheaper one. Well, I use a lot of them and brand names don't give a good indication of quality. One brand I know always gets more money for theirs, but they fail more often than even the least expensive generic ones. I once bought 100 name brand DVD+R disks from a chain office supply store. Ten out of a hundred were bad. I took the bad ones back to the store and the store manager replaced them with 10 new disks, so much for brand names. So, my point is; save your money and buy the cheapest ones you can find

Guess I should have read the reviews first. Yes, you will get a LOT of bad discs. Out of 50, maybe 35 will be good, if you're lucky. The rest are just coasters. Buy a different brand, like literally ANY other brand. These are garbage. And let me mention the speed. They say 8x but you will only get 2.4x no matter what kind of drive you use. These are just horrible quality discs. Avoid at all costs.

I am burning with DVD Cloner 5 and these discs have worked out well so far. I was burning with Memorex 32025732 DVD+R 8x Double Layer 50 Pack Spindle because they were the cheapest however the last batch I bought failed about 60% of the time. I was going to switch to Verbatim 8.5 GB 8x DVD+R Double Layer Bundle (5 Discs) but they were substantially more expensive. Then I found these. The Phillips discs are working well so far and even though they aren't quite as cheap as the Memorex they are actually working and are cheaper than the Verbatim disc. If they start to fail I will update this review. So far so good!

As far as I know the product is ok, it's just not the right one ! I have to get correct info from my friend to make sure I order the correct one this time. I thought he gave me all of the info.