Posted by Art on 04/12/06 16:25

"TB" <Partyslammer@socal.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Noxqq4u" wrote:
>
>>I am looking to buy printable DVD's. I was wondering if anyone had a
>>suggestion on what brand has the whitest printing surface.
>
> Taiyo Yuden is probably the best, most reliable dvd-r white printable
> discs out there. Other companies like Maxell, Fuji and Ritek have similar
> white surface printable dvd-/+ discs as well. The one you'll find in
> places like CompUSA and other stores is probably Memorex and I'd strongly
> advise you to avoid that brand as myself as well as many others have found
> that brand has an unacceptably high rate of junk discs (up to 50%+) that
> fail to write and read properly.
>
> T.B.

I can affirm this opinion with my recent experience with Memorex, but I had
more like an 80% fail rate (using 3 different) burners. Fortunately the
kind souls here steered me to Ritek and TY. Haven't had a coaster since :).

Art

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