Sony 50DMR47RS4 16x DVD-R Discs (50 Disc Spindle)

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 3.5 inches ; 2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002375F8
• Item model number: 50DMR47LS3/T
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #19 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Blank Media > DVD-R Discs
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 2, 2001

Product Description

Now you can create, edit and archive home movies and digital photos while storing and accessing data from one disc. DVD discs capture all digital data brilliantly, and are large enough to hold oversized digital movie files. Sony DVD for one-time recording is a relatively inexpensive way to store data and prevent accidental erasure. They can hold 4.7GB of information, which makes it possible to record 120 minutes of MPEG2 video footage with outstanding picture quality.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the mid-priced recordable DVDs, March 6, 2006

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OverTheMoon ([e-mail]) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony 50DMR47RS4 16x DVD-R Discs (50 Disc Spindle) (Electronics)

In a nutshell...

You can pay much bigger bucks for 100% burns every time with no coasters (i.e, useless discs for sitting under your tea mug). If you can't afford pro-brand names, then this is where you want to be, the 50 Pack DVD-R from Sony. If I have a max of 6 bad discs in a 50 pack, then that is the limit for bad discs that should be in a 50 pack for me. To be honest the only two mid-priced brands that generally stay under this benchmark are SONY and IMATION, but SONY pips IMATION. The downside is that the plastic on the disc is hard to write on but SONY are producing a new type of disc that comes with a paper type top surface for easy writing. Anyway having used nearly every brand out there I can safely say that SONY DVD-R is where I reach on the shelf. Having dealt with other brands that even produced 100% defective DVDs in a 50 pack I am very happy that SONY maintain a somewhat high quality.

DVD-R is best for movies. DVD+R for data. I recommend PLEXTOR burners.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Losing my faith in this product, December 10, 2006

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Shawn D. Arnold (Holly Springs, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony 50DMR47RS4 16x DVD-R Discs (50 Disc Spindle) (Electronics)

I usually use nothing but Sony DVD-R disks. They have aways performed better than the other brands. It's seems that in the past year I have been having increasing problems finding a spindle of these disks that doesn't have more than a few "bad" disks. I recently puchased a 25 pack spindle and every disk in it worked fine... then I just bought a 50 pack spindle and have already had 5 disks fail while dubbing. I don't know if Sony has done something different in manufacturing these disks? I'm kinda bummed because I can't find anything better... and these are too expensive to be chucking into the trash.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great quality media, October 12, 2005

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Nick (Cleveland, OH, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony 50DMR47RS4 16x DVD-R Discs (50 Disc Spindle) (Electronics)

I've burned a lot of these discs and haven't had a single problem yet using my Plextor PX-716UF drive. In my experience, these discs have been more reliable than other brands such as Memorex and TDK.

9 months later, still not a single problem.