Customer Reviews

Memorex 9.4GB Double-Sided DVD-RAM (Single)

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Some of the other reviews refer to DVD/R, DVD/RW or DVD+RW, which are all different, incompatible formats from DVD-RAM. I can only speak to my Memorex DVD-RAM experience. I own over 40 DVD-RAM cartridges, mostly from Maxell, TDK & Panasonic. Only 2 have ever failed: this Memorex & a freebie from Optodisk. I thought I would try this Memorex because if it's [low] price. It failed within the first week of use, taking all 9.4 Gigs of data with it, and the defect was such that it could not even be reformatted. Getting a replacement under the warranty was so much trouble that it wasn't worth it. I've heard tell that that these Memorex DVD-RAMs don't play nicely with Macs. Buyer beware!

I have owned the Panasonic DMR-E20S DVD Recorder/Player
since November of 2001.

I bought 20 Panasonic Disks (at about twice the price) and 30
of the Memorex. Apart from having to format the Memorex before
using it (about 1 minute each side on the machine), there seems
to be no difference in the quality.

However, since I only have the one machine,
I have no way of knowing how readable the disks would be on Computer DVD-RAMs and other Recorder/Players.

Also, Memorex makes an affordable DVD-R (#3202-5510) which can be recorded on the Panasonic Machine (only once).
They work on any DVD player that can play a DVD-R (such as my Sony Portable).

I own a rather large and rare film collection which includes rare vhs and laserdisc titles. With the Panasonic DVD Recorder and the Single and Double Sided Versions of the Memorex DVD-RAM discs I was able to transfer all of my vhs and laserdiscs titles to DVD-RAM where their contents will now remain safe. I had nothing but the easiest of times with both the Single and Double Sided Versions of the Memorex Discs, had no trouble whatsoever, and I cannot recommend them or the Panasonic DVD Recorder highly enough! Recordable DVD/DVD-RAM is the most important development in archiving since the book!

Unless you know what you're doing... don't buy from these people. Tne disk would not work on my Panasonic It could'nt be formated. ... I was told to call Microsoft. I decide to take the loss being as it would be a too much trouble to send back. They charge a re stocking fee and then theres the postage. I will never buy from these people again.