Myles Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 I've just bought myself a DVD-anything writer for my PC and need to find some cheap, but reliable, media for archiving video footage (so that's 3 disks per mini-DV tape... ) Any brands/offers/advice??? I've not been totally impressed with some of the CD-R media I've used in the past - although it could have been a dodgy writer, I suppose... Thanks and regds, Myles Keep BC free and open for ALL. Membership No. 43xx Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Plant Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I have the Plextor write anything. I have tried Bulkpaq orange 4x -R and they're crap. 50/50 chance of a coaster unless you write at 1x. Memorex 4x +R have been perfick, not one failure. Verbatim +RW 4x have been spot on too. I've had problems with the bulkpaqs reading in some cheapo domestic DVD players too. I think you get what you pay for. That said, others have reported good results with the Bulqpaq orange one so you might want to give them a try depending on how critical your data is. I buy from valuemedia here. The verbatim -Rs at 60p a pop look good value and I would expect them to be reliable. Martin www.caterhamblackbird.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Plant Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Or with mini DV tapes at 2.50 each why not just write your edited movies back out to tape for archiving? Shirley that'd be a lot less hassle. Martin www.caterhamblackbird.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanT Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I've seen many people's opinions on various AV/DVD forums that Ritek DVD-R (G04 purple dye) are one of the best quality and value-for-money blank discs. I managed to buy a spindle of 25 for about £19.00 a while back from www.dvd-and-media.com. Look for the Clonedisc brand (which is just re-badged Ritek). Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manky Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 Have a look at www.blankdiscshop.co.uk I bought a pack of 25 Datasafe 4x DVD-Rs for £13.50 including P&P. These use the Ritek G04 dye as mentioned by IanT. Silence those rattles and creaks: wear earplugs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted June 19, 2004 Author Share Posted June 19, 2004 Thanks for that. Or with mini DV tapes at 2.50 each why not just write your edited movies back out to tape for archiving? Shirley that'd be a lot less hassle. Nope - YMMV, but this won't work for me. I have a stack of unedited tapes that I want to archive and possibly edit later. I don't trust tape as a long-term archive media - and the less abuse my camcorder gets, the better. The other point is that when I finally *do* decide to do some editing, my setup requires me to re-read the tape into the system - so I'd be sitting around for another hour each time.. (setup is XP with Pinnacle Studio 9 and insufficient disk-space for long-term archiving (bearing in mind that a single tape requires 13GB of disk-space at full quality)). If it's all on DVD, it will be much more convenient. Regds, Myles Keep BC free and open for ALL. Membership No. 43xx Alcester Racing 7's Equipe - 🙆🏻™ Alcester-Racing-Sevens.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strikermk2 Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 ritekpurple backed dvd-r are all i use now.Totally reliabe . i buy mine from http://www.squire.co.uk/acatalog/Squire_co_uk_DVD_R_RW__MINUS__CLICK_HERE_12.html.Hope this helps. Bryan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgrigsby Posted June 19, 2004 Share Posted June 19, 2004 I use Ritek as well with near 100% success Rob G www.SpeedySeven.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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