HyperMedia DVD-Rs?

No_Style · Mar 2, 2004, 11:40 AM

How are they? I'm planning to pick up an LG DVD Writer and one of the enticing things which draw me to purchasing a DVD writer is the "cheap" DVD-Rs HyperMedia is providing. Anybody got experience with them?

I use a lot of CD-Rs and they're pretty much the same to me (Yes, even no-name brands work fine for me) DVD-Rs contain more and I don't want to be wasting large amounts of storage on crappy DVD-Rs. I read some other forums and they've gave mixed reviews (some faulty ones exist) But once they're burned they're good.

digerati · Mar 2, 2004, 12:37 PM

The dye is important and I'd say quality is extremely important. Kakarot gave me some Philips DVD + R and they all pretty much screwed up. I bought some genuine Ritek and they're working great so far.

Logla · Mar 2, 2004, 12:43 PM

Take a look here.

They have a pretty comprehensive list of media so you should be able to find what youre looking for.

digerati · Mar 2, 2004, 12:49 PM

Yeah avoid Hypermedia, buy some Ritek's at newegg.com

No_Style · Mar 2, 2004, 01:14 PM

No newegg.com and I don't order online.

No_Style · Mar 2, 2004, 01:16 PM

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Originally posted by Logla
Take a look here.

They have a pretty comprehensive list of media so you should be able to find what youre looking for.

Nice site. LOL There's a comment from a person who bought it from the same store I was gonna buy it from. www.pccyber.ca . That person had no problems. Hmmm~ I might just pick them up for "test" burn purposes. $30 CAD for 25~ Can't go wrong.

digerati · Mar 2, 2004, 01:19 PM

Make sure it's the same exact type, the next type down everyone had problems with

http://www.dvdrhelp.com/dvdmedia.php...a=894#comments

Take a look

No_Style · Mar 2, 2004, 02:02 PM

Seems that the different media codes are effecting quality..

digerati · Mar 2, 2004, 02:08 PM

Probably diff dye. Like I said, can't go wrong with Ritek.

Logla · Mar 2, 2004, 02:25 PM

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Originally posted by ^_^
Probably diff dye. Like I said, can't go wrong with Ritek.

I would agree with that - I bought some really, really cheap Ritek media - they had been rebranded as something else but you could just make out the Ritek label underneath and they had a Ritek media code.

Top notch disks and they work in everything I've tried them in.