I was curious what others opinions were on the best brands of DVD+R's. I have always been a Memorex fan however when I have been going back to some older burns I am finding that they do not hold up well with time. Going back to movies I know worked after I burnt them, and viewing them later they always seem to be prone to skipping. This is rather annoying. At first I thought it was my player, however after a cleaning then dumping $100 on another one I have pinned it down to the actual discs themselves.

Anyone else's ideas would be helpful. Thanks.

NEC, Lite-On or Maxtor are my brands for burning, the disks are usually memorex

The burning processes in use today aren't at all perfect. It's a known problem that CD/DVD R(W) disks do not hold data for extremely long periods of time. In fact, degrigation of burnable disks is pretty extreme. They'll start losing data after a year or so.

As for which brands hold up the longest, Sony seems to do pretty well, but there's still the degrigation. In terms of cost vs data life, it's essentially pointless to spend more for a few more months.

I'm pretty sure they've done eperiments regarding this subject. I'll see if I can find any info on it.

Update:
Sorry, haven't found any brand comparisons yet, but I have found a few brief articles talking about prolonging data life on DVD's.

The ideal conditions for a DVD would be a vaccuum sealed containder where no UV light could contact the DVD and where the temperature is 25 degrees Celsius. Under those circumstances, the data may last 100's of years (assuming you never take it out to use it, lol).

In a more real-world situation, try to store them somewhere near 25 degrees at no more than 55% humidity. Dont use sharpies to lable them, and don't use sticker lables either since the chemicals can corrupt the data. Also, never allow anything to come in contact with the data side of the disks.

If you make extreme efforts to protect your DVD's, you may actually benefit from spending a little extra for brand name DVD's.

i find FujiFilm and Sony makes good DVD+R's. Memorex for CD-R's

Use Sony and Verbertim. I heard Ricoh is good too due to its dye.

I've had very good experiences with Sony and Memorex.

I use Verbertim and Fuji Film. But if i were to choose between the two i would pick Verbertim.

I found something a bit more informational, but it doesn't provide much in the empirical sense of data longevity. Here it is: http://www.cdr-zone.com/articles/recordabl...ity_page_1.html

I use a Philips drive and Philips media. I also store my burnt disks in a cool dry place, out of the way of sunlight. Storing media correctly helps aswell.

I usually use Memorex for my CDs. But for both CDs and DVDs i use whatever is on sale.

Here is what I'm running flawlessly
DVD
Drive: NEC ND-3550A, 16x DVD+R/RW
Media: Verbatim DVD+R, Verbatim DVD-R
Nero Disc Quality Scan: 99
CD
Drive: Samsung SW-252S, 52-32-52
Media: Imation 1-48x, Verbatim 1-52x
Nero Disc Quality Scan: 100

Funny thing is, I would never have bought a Samsung cdrw; but 6-9 months ago,
I found this drive on sale for $24.99 USD when all of the 52x CDRW were still $35-$50 USD...it's been "my precious". Curiously, it is also among the highest rated CDRW drives on newegg.

By the way... all of the above, except the Imation media, can be found at newegg.com
The Imation media I bought at Wal-Mart.

I use Ri-Data with my 16x Lite-On DVD-RW, both Ri-data cd and dvd media. It's usually on sale and i've never had a bad experience (yet). I've had problems with Sony DVD+R's though.

Best burners ..theres only two : Lite On and Plextor

I've had two DVD players in the past, but this is the first time I've had a 16x Lite-On DVD-RW installed on a new PC. It's + and -. I guess they are just two competing standards, are they?

Anyway I picked up a MTV 8X DVD+R at the grocery store just to try it. But they also had DVD-R. What's the difference?

Incidentally, when I opened the disk container the DVD disk is covered in BIG RED KISSES! So, I guess the chicks packing the disks in the factory really love these DVD's!!!!!