Originally posted by omegaman7:

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+R discs clearly have better burn quality. Which suggests better longevity, assuming of course one takes care of their discs. However, I have not had a problem with -R discs. If I saved a dollar going with -R taiyo yuden discs, I would not hesitate. I've read mixed reviews about -R verbatims. But if you have an excellent burner, I would not worry too much ;) My NEC Optiarcs are A-MAZ-ING! The same goes for my LG BD burners. Which apparently their chips come from the same company :)

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Originally posted by catfreak:

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I haven't used Verbatim in some time because most have been CMag crap . . I was told by a neighbor that the +R Verbatim discs recently have been RITEK which the discs I purchased turned out to be. For $14.99/100 they were definitely worth the purchase . . however, if I could find Taiyo Yuden (either - or +) for $20 or so/100, I wouldn't even have considered the Verbs . . .

As far as + or - R . . if all of your equipment is less than 5 or 6 years old, you really won't see any difference

. . . but gamers seem to prefer -R for what it's worth

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Originally posted by garmoon:

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I'm using Optiarcs NEC and they love the JVC TY +R-just threw away some Memorex -Rs that were not having much success. A burner did go out and has been replaced but I was just using them for giveaways. I have switched to the CMCMag +R Verbatim Datalife series and burning them at X16 on the fly with no problem.Office depot used to use the Ritexs and I liked the CMCs better You can get Datalife for less than $18usd/100 everyday at Sams. Yesterday I bought another 100. Some guy had a whole case- so he was satisfied. Should have asked what he was burning for.Ones I keep are Sony or JVC TYs +R booktyped to DVD-ROMs. I burn them at 8X for the Sonys and 12-16X for JVCs.

Hello old friend Oman 7. Don't lurk here much any more.

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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I try to avoid Ritek, because my first experience with them, had splotches on multiple disc dyes. That should tell people about their quality control. I bought some TDK's a while back, and they are Ritek F16. I only used them for other peoples burns. 8X seemed to yield agreeable burns. Don't know about longevity. Scratches yield an unplayable disc, depending on the reader. My nieces have taiyo yuden discs that look fairly bad, and still play well. Because of their burn quality, the readers don't have to struggle. Just an observation. Verbatims yield similar results.

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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My newest is a NEC 7261S. The 7200, 7240, and 7260 series are EXCELLENT!

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Could? I suppose you can put them in an external enclosure. I have my Lite-on LH20A1S in an enclosure. I only ever use it for scanning. I have 6 bays for optical drives. But I have 9 drives in total :S

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Yes, -R for Wii seems to be the consensus. I prefer a flash drive/hard drive for the wii myself :p

I'm slowly moving to hard drive for everything. Since their failure rate seems to be substantially lower than burnable media. In my testing anyway...

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Originally posted by catfreak:

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Yes, -R for Wii seems to be the consensus. I prefer a flash drive/hard drive for the wii myself :p

I'm slowly moving to hard drive for everything. Since their failure rate seems to be substantially lower than burnable media. In my testing anyway...

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I've been putting everything on 1TB Hitachi Touro mobile hard drives for some time now . . I purchased 7 at Office Max a while ago for $59 each (what a deal!)

Mostly my DVDs go to my kids, grandkids and my wife . . you know, people who aren't careful enough to handle my hard drives . . .

Next time Office Max has the drives on sale, I'll buy them out again . . .

Have a safe holiday people

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Originally posted by bratcher:

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've been storing everything on 3 terabyte external hard drives for the last 2 years now & they have come out with 4 terabyte external hard drives so I'll get one or tow when my last 3 terabyte hard drive fills up like the other two are almost full. Beats burning & storing DVD's that's for sure!!

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Originally posted by bratcher:

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've been storing everything on 3 terabyte external hard drives for the last 2 years now & they have come out with 4 terabyte external hard drives so I'll get one or tow when my last 3 terabyte hard drive fills up like the other two are almost full. Beats burning & storing DVD's that's for sure!!

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Just be sure you have redundant arrays. More than one copy. When a 3Tb drive falls flat on it's face, that would be VERY upsetting LOL! Haven't personally had a failure in anything younger than 9yrs old.

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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Originally posted by bratcher:

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've been storing everything on 3 terabyte external hard drives for the last 2 years now & they have come out with 4 terabyte external hard drives so I'll get one or tow when my last 3 terabyte hard drive fills up like the other two are almost full. Beats burning & storing DVD's that's for sure!!

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Just be sure you have redundant arrays. More than one copy. When a 3Tb drive falls flat on it's face, that would be VERY upsetting LOL! Haven't personally had a failure in anything younger than 9yrs old.

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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I also use something like this.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812119152
You don't necessarily need an enclosure. You can get them cheaper too by the way.

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Originally posted by omegaman7:

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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812107114 This one is my favorite. Though only IDE capable.

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