[PLUG] What writable DVDs to buy?

[Rich Shepard]

I still have a bunch of unused writable CDROMs and no writable DVDs. I
want to buy a small spool for a) Slackware distribution upgrades as they are
released and b) storing large data files not needed on a regular basis.
Knowing nothing about what is available I would like advice on what to buy
for data storage.

Regards,

Rich

[King Beowulf]

  I still have a bunch of unused writable CDROMs and no writable DVDs. I
want to buy a small spool for a) Slackware distribution upgrades as they are
released and b) storing large data files not needed on a regular basis.
Knowing nothing about what is available I would like advice on what to buy
for data storage.
Regards,
Rich

I've used a number of DVD-R/W brands over the years. I usually pick
them up on sale at Fry's (Wilsonville) when I am in that area.

My picks:

1. Ridata
2. TDK
3. Sony
4. Verbatim
5. Philips

I also picked up a M-disc drive to try out the new(ish) M-disk DVD-R and
BD-R. These do not use a dye, but a proprietary glassy carbon material
and supposedly lasts for a "millenium".

Unfortunately the original company went belly up, so who knows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC
http://www.mdisc.com/

[Rich Shepard]

I've used a number of DVD-R/W brands over the years. I usually pick them
up on sale at Fry's (Wilsonville) when I am in that area.
1. Ridata
2. TDK
3. Sony
4. Verbatim
5. Philips

Thanks, Ed.

I also picked up a M-disc drive to try out the new(ish) M-disk DVD-R and
BD-R. These do not use a dye, but a proprietary glassy carbon material and
supposedly lasts for a "millenium". Unfortunately the original company
went belly up, so who knows.

Neither do we last that long.

Rich

[John Meissen]

I've used a number of DVD-R/W brands over the years. I usually pick them up
on sale at Fry's (Wilsonville) when I am in that area.
1. Ridata 2. TDK 3. Sony 4. Verbatim 5. Philips

Taiyo Yuden used to be the gold standard for writable media. I looked into this
pretty extensively a number of years ago when I found out that much of the
consumer quality stuff you get at Office Depot, etc. will often fade after as
little as 5 years. Quite a bit of the early stuff I recorded is unplayable now.

Mitsubishi Verbatim is also supposed to be at the top, as long as you avoid the
cheap stuff.

[Rich Shepard]

Post by John Meissen
Taiyo Yuden used to be the gold standard for writable media. I looked into
this pretty extensively a number of years ago when I found out that much
of the consumer quality stuff you get at Office Depot, etc. will often
fade after as little as 5 years. Quite a bit of the early stuff I recorded
is unplayable now.
Mitsubishi Verbatim is also supposed to be at the top, as long as you
avoid the cheap stuff.

Thanks, John.

I cannot think of anything I'd put on an optical disk that I'd need for
that long.

Regards,

Rich