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Summary: great product
Review: I had been buying Memorex DVD+R media, but thought I'd try the HP because the 50 pack was priced 25% less than the Memorex brand, and HP is not exactly a no-name brand. I found that the HP media works ok on my PC's (HP) dvd burner ok, but I really wanted to use these on my dvd video recorder. I tried to record 4 movies off-the-air. 2 of them worked ok, the other 2 errored and resulted in a 'coaster'. At that point, I figured the media was not quite good enough for that device (it's a Cyberhome CH-DVR 1500).Based on this, and not wanting to waste any more media, I'm going back to Memorex brand for the video recorder. I think the extra few $ for that brand is money well spent and don't think I'll be buying anymore HP media.
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Summary: First try, Instant Gratification
Review: I recently bought a DVD Burner, and I picked up this spindle of HP DVD+R's as an afterthought. When i got back home, I suddenly remembered that I had read somewhere that some DVD+R media were horribly incompatible with alot of DVD readers, and a wave of panic ran through me. However, that panic was unfounded. From the moment I burned my first movie, through using the disks as backup storage, the disks have worked admirably. Not only do they work with my current PC DVD-ROM drive (a Dell, by the way), the disks also worked on my DVD player (Brand: Shinco.. who would have thought it would work on an unknown brand?) and also on my Xbox. Yes, for those Xbox enthusiasts out there, this is the perfect media to burn your games and program. I have had luck with my Phillips drive and my friend's Samsumg drive as well (used Nero 6, UDF or ISO format), although I haven't tested it on the Thompson drives. I recommend this media for anyone who is just starting out experimenting with burning DVD's, as this media is widely compatible (maybe as widely compatible as the Memorex media), and is actually pretty cheap. I was amazed by the price for media that carried a brand such as HP. For those of you looking for smaller spindles, HP does sell in a 10 Pack spindle as well, although I'm not too sure if you can get it here on Amazon.com. But considering how cheap the 50pc spindle is already, you're better off getting this.
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Summary: poor reliability
Review: In my experience this HP 4x DVD+R media gives very poor performance. Results with the HP media: about 1 in 3 copies have unreadable spots. My "cheap" 50 pack spindle has become quite expensive considering my wasted time and wasted media. The problem isn't with the DVD burner, because other brands have offered me nearly flawless service.
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Summary: very bad media
Review: one might think, as I did, that using HP media in an HP computer would be a good idea? Apparently, this is hardly the case at all. HP has turned out to be the absolutely worse DVD+R media I have purchased yet. I have a stack of badly burned disks. HP's only saving grace is that supposedly you can mail them back to the company for a replacement (we'll see if they actually get replaced). I have a LiteOn SOHW which came bundled with my presario, and it did not like these disks at all. Unfortunately for me, I found out too late that HP uses CMC media, which only has a 0-50% success rate! (to learn more about that visit http://digitalfaq.com/media/dvdmedia.htm). That is unacceptable! Sure, I've burned 2 good disks! But I've also burned 6 coasters! Note to self and readers, avoid media Made in Taiwan (which is most of the stuff found in the big box stores like Best Buy & Office Max)!!
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