W3V 8 x DVD±RW Noob Question

Sorry for asking such a stupid question, but this is what the asus website said about the drive its an
Built-in 8 x DVD±RW Dual Layer drive

with so many different dvd media choices, I was wondering if anyone could reccomend what to buy for me to burn DVD's, I get the 8x part LOL should I get the DVD-R, DVD+R, or the dual sided ones, so many options is there even a difference?

Thanks Tony

 

Fuji makes a reliable media..... 8x -R is going to be compatible with most stuff you do.

 

I burn a lot of *ahem* back-up copies of my movies, and I typically use Verbatim Digital Movie DVD-Rs. They seem like high quality and to be honest I like that the top of the discs look like old-school movie reels, I've never had one go bad and I've burned close to 50 DVDs. They do scratch fairly easily (more so than store bought DVDs) and I'm not sure if that's common to all burnable DVD media or what. I use the DVD-Rs because in my experience it seems like the DVD players I have been around work better with them. For instance, I tried the same brand DVD+Rs in my Xbox, which I use for DVD viewing a lot, and they stuttered quite a bit. Other people say the opposite, but that's just my experience.

I don't mess with re-writables at all, because non-computer drives seem to have more trouble with them. And the dual-layer ones are too expensive to make it worth it, IMO.


Best Buy link to DVD-Rs mentioned above:
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...CategoryId=pcmcat65200050026&id=1072284520997

 

I've have great luck with Verbatim as well. I'm sure Fuji is great too but I've never tried them.
Stay away from the really cheap stuff and you should be fine.
Dual layer media is still kinda expensive so I'd stick with single sided DVD-R 8X.

 

Fuji's good reputation for media comes from the fact that if you get discs that are made in Japan they're usually the cheapest way to make sure that the actual manufacturer is the undisputed king of recordable DVD quality: Taiyo Yuden.

I'd visit http://club.cdfreaks.com/ for all CD and DVD related questions imaginable.

 

So bestbuy got this big TDK sale, not worth stopping bye and picking up a spindle?

 

Variable. They use media from different manufacturers. If you know the mediacode I could tell you more. You'd probably have to buy a spindle to test, or look in a forum dedicated to optical media (link above). There the pool of people who might know will be much larger.

Edit: Verbatim is really the safest buy you can make. They'll vary somewhat as well (different manufacture), but they never vary so low as to be unacceptable. Burner compatibility, which can be an issue, is also low with Verbatim. Even with the crappiest of writers, where most other media will be poor, Verbatim is 'always' usable.