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

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 inches ; 1.9 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002375F8
• Item model number: 50DMR47LS3/T
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank

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  #8 in	Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Blank Media > DVD-R Discs
  #14 in	Electronics > Camera & Photo > Accessories > Blank Media > Full-Size DV

• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: April 20, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer
Nobody knows more about optical technology than Sony.  We co-developed the Compact Disc, the DVD and the Blu-ray Disc formats.  We launched the world's first Blu-ray Disc recorder and first Blu-ray Disc media, and we are also at the forefront in refining optical media.  Our AccuCORE technology delivers superb Accuracy, COmpatibility and REliability.

Sony's high precision disc molding technology makes a true flat disc. When a disc is not flat, recording as much as the original capacity may become impossible, or recording may even stop halfway due to skips that took place during data writing. Sony's adoption of a unique recording dye realizes fast and accurate address detection from low to high speeds.   Sony has designed and continues to make advances with highly reliable recording materials. Higher quality materials and precision engineering prevent "jitters" and error rates even after long term archival storage.

Another benefit of Sony's unique recording dye is the amazingly accurate play-back and writing ability with various brands and styles of drives and recorders.                     Sony's advanced recording materials provide decreased error rates and picture distortions that occur in many other brands resulting from temperature changes. Sony AccuCORE media makes for vastly improved recording stability.

Product Description
Create, capture, edit and archive home movies and digital photos, while storing and accessing data from one DVD-R disc. A perfect companion to your DVD Handycam® camcorder.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	OverTheMoon ([e-mail]) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

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.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

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

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

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.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	Shawn D. Arnold (Holly Springs, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.