Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap?

Posted by: DBALKUNJR

Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 06:05

I do not use DVD-r or DVD-RW very often. I need to do some archiving and I do not want to buy 25, 50, or 100 in one clip. I am looking for a quantity like 5-10. Where can I pick up media in these quantities for a decent price. I checked out a couple of E-stores and I really don't buy them enough to know if I am getting a good deal.
Posted by: Dylan

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 06:12

www.supermediastore.com is my choice but I buy spindles. If you are going to buy name brand media in jewel packs you might do just as well buying locally.

Edit: I take that back. You can get 4x media in jewel cases for $1.28 each. That's much better then you'll find locally.
Posted by: robricc

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 07:02

This is a good deal:
http://www.allmediaoutlet.net/pricewatchspecial50pack.htm

I am not sure of the quality of these discs, but I bought a box to check out with my DVR-A04. They should be here soon.
Posted by: RobotCaleb

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 09:33

i buy the princos from http://qtccdr.com/
not sure how good they actually are, but they work great for backing up my xbox games, which is all i burn to dvd. except for using my -rw disc for transferring large demos and mods back and forth from a friends machine. its a shame that its faster to burn a full dvd, walk over to his place and copy it to his hdd quicker than i can transfer the same thing over our wireless connection. i should really start looking at moving from b to g.
Posted by: lopan

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 10:36

I am not sure of the quality of these discs
Which brings me to another good question, what do you guys consider the best quality inexpensive media?

I got a spindle of 100 dvd-r's at www.yesbuy.net for around 95 bucks.... they seemed to be ok until I actually watched a film that took the entire disc... towards the end the video gets choppy and just dies close to 10 minutes toward the end. I'm fairly certain this behavior is because the media is crap, it happens to me fairly consistantly when making legal backup copys of movies that take the entire disk...
Posted by: Dignan

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 10:40

I've bought Ritek DVD-Rs at www.meritline.com
Posted by: lopan

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 10:40

A friend of mine swears by www.meritline.com, I personally haven't used them yet. Just checked them, a 50 pack of Ritek printables for 57 bucks and a 100 pack of Ritek Grade A dvd-r for 89 bucks with free shipping.... I didn't check any of the other sites but that seems pretty good...
Posted by: matthew_k

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 10:50

its a shame that its faster to burn a full dvd, walk over to his place and copy it to his hdd quicker than i can transfer the same thing over our wireless connection.

As the saying goes, "never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with mag tape"

Matthew
Posted by: julf

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 11:12

As the saying goes, "never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon filled with mag tape"

I still remember my first Data Processing textbook that had an excercise to calculate when to send data by modem, when to use a motorcycle courier
Posted by: robricc

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 11:25

Which brings me to another good question, what do you guys consider the best quality inexpensive media?
Being DVD-R media is somewhat expensive and not many people have the hardware to use it, I have only used two different brands thus far. The first was some generic stuff that sucked. Data was fine, but on many DVD players the disc wouldn't playback properly for some reason. It would get all jumpy.

Then I bought some Verbatim DVD-Rs from Office Max. These things kick ass. Absolutely no problems. Of course, the Verbatims are not cheap.

I will keep this thread updated with the status of the Xtreme brand. That seems like the deal to beat.
Posted by: TigerJimmy

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 11:59

We used to call that "Sneakernet".
Posted by: robricc

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 12:44

i buy the princos from http://qtccdr.com/
Techbargains has a coupon to get a 100 pack of Princo media for $57
http://www.techbargains.com/news_displayItem.cfm/24664

Posted by: RobotCaleb

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 14/10/2003 13:56

oooo. very nice.
thanks rob
about a year back i was able to get 200 for 99 dollars.
Posted by: robricc

Re: Where To Buy DVD-r/ DVD-RW media...Cheap? - 24/10/2003 10:21

This is a good deal:
http://www.allmediaoutlet.net/pricewatchspecial50pack.htm

I am not sure of the quality of these discs, but I bought a box to check out with my DVR-A04. They should be here soon.
Just an update for those on the fence about buying cheap DVD-Rs.

I have received these discs and they are good. Plain smooth silver top. They burn great at 4x on my new DVR-106 (about 15 minutes for a full disc). The bottom is light purple (not as dark as most others I have used). I will likely buy more.