Customer Reviews

Memorex 4.7GB 8x DVD+R (50-Pack Spindle)

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4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(12)

 

 

I bought 50 DVD spindle. Used them all with no problem. Once tried to see the movies they all started freezing 1/2 way. I called my friend and he had the same problem. It looks like I have to turn off the DVD player for about 15 minutes and wait for the DVD temperature to cool down. The normal heat generated from the DVD player is affecting the DVD disks. Once I do that, it works fine. Unfortunately I already bought another 100 spindle from Best Buy, but these were worse, I recorded with no problem but it froze all together once tried to watch the movie. I tried 5 disks with same result. I returned them with full refund. I used generic DVD from Staples and worked great. I transfered some DVD's and they worked fine. I'm using Philips now on NEC DVD burner and they worked great. After doing some research and reading some reviews on chat lines I found that a lot of people having the same problem. One person said that Memorex use the cheapest die for thier DVD's. Please be aware, they might burn fine but when you need to retrieve the data is were you'll have the problem.

I had no problems burning to these discs, its when I went back a few months later to these discs and found out that none of them work anymore. After further research I found out that Memorex uses the cheapest dye available and thus the DVDs have absolutelly no life to them, my discs started dying after a few months.
In addition, in you physically hold the disc in your hands you can feel how warped physically it has become. This is true for all the discs (about 150 of them). I CAN NOT NOT RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT STRONLY ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a Dell Dimension 4700 with NEC ND-3100 DVD+R recorder and it does not record on Memorex but does well on Verbatim .I dont recomend this midia.

Some of the worst media out there. The dye has no shelf life. Memorex is actually made by CMC Magnetics. Memorex just puts their name on it. You can check for the actual manufacturer of the discs by using the programs DVDInfo or DVD Identifier. After burning a few coasters I took them back for refund. I am staying with high quality dyes like Fuji and Verbatim. Fuji dye is made by Tayo Yuden (TY) and Verbatims are made by Mitsubishi (MCC). AVOID ALL MEDIA made by CMC Magnetics (CMC)!! As consumers we have to get these horrible inferior products off the market!

I have spent the last week working with tech support for my DVD burner and Adobe Premiere Elements. I received nothing but error messages when attempting to burn a DVD. A tech support person at Pacific Digital told me that Memorex is know to be quirky and may cause burning errors. He suggested that I try Verbatim. I did so and instantly a weeks worth of frustration was corrected (I could burn DVDs!) Avoid this product and buy either Sony or Verbatim instead!

I was pretty disappointed to get this, I was hoping to get Ricohjpn02, but so far it burns okay with NEC 3500AG. You should try some generic discs from Prodisc itself on your burner first before buying 50 or more.

Rumor Memorex stops using Ritek as the OEM, 4X is made by CMC, 8X is made by Prodisc.

My sister ordered 10 50-Pack Spindle Memorex 4.7GB 8x DVD+R for me. 8 of them worked ok (about 1-2 coasters/pack). However, the last 2 packs were really bad (80/100 coasters). They either got waterdrop-shape or spring-shape on back when recording. When they were played, they would be silent. I couldn't figure out why the disks worked so different. I would never buy this Memorex 4.7GB 8x DVD+R again. Instead, I might change to Ritek, Verbatim.

I posted a high rating here for this product and need to withdraw that. I went back and checked some earlier disc and found that they are previously played COASTERS! Strange how they degrade over just a few months, but alas they are worthless... anybody need about 7 spindles? Wish I had known. Here's some info from the DVD Identifier program:

Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:CMC MAG-E01-000]
Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [DVD+R]
Manufacturer Name : [CMC Magnetics Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [CMC MAG]
Media Type ID : [E01]
Product Revision : [Not Specified]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x-2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x]

That's right they are CMC MAG... which are rated as 3RD class Media with a reliability rating of about 50% - 80%. (In case you didn't know... like I didn't... Memorex, TDK, Maxell, Sony don't make their own DVD disc, instead they buy them from manufactures like the CMC Magnetics Corp. and stick their label on them.)The problem is they burn fine, and play fine immediately, but wait a month and the disc goes bad... no more data or movie.

Sorry but I must not recommend these to ya.

I've ordered Numerous Memorex DVDs before without a problem but these DVD+R - at least my spindles - have not burned well at all. I would say 80% are not recordable. I have used other DVD+Rs since so I know it's not a software/hardware issue. It's possible I just got a bad spindle...but thought you all should know in case it's a trend.

The Memorex DVD+R has got to be one of the worst dvd-r's out in the market. Not only is the rate of a successful DVD burn very low (movies, games, etc.), it also has a horrible shelf life that lasts for about four months. From what I hear from other members, Memorex uses a low-quality dye, and is explicitly evident in the red colored deterioration of the dye that can be seen on the top layer of the disk. All my DVD+R's are actually stained RED for some reason?!? Overall, go with verbatim or heck, even COMPUSA dvd's will be more suffice than this garbage.