Customer Reviews

TDK Life on Record 8x DVD+R Double Layer Media 61611

5 star:		(21)
4 star:		(4)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(4)
1 star:		(13)

 

 

I believe it is not fair to write a review destroying a product, claiming that it does not work at all. First, i've been burning cd's and dvd's containing all kind of files for years, and i've used almost every single brand of dvd's and i have to say that just a few brands which are very cheap never worked as i hoped they would. I bought 2 packs of these TDK DL dvds, each one containing 25 discs (product's description says its a single pack with 50 dvd's), and so far i've burned 14 disc without a single problem. I've burned movies, music, and made backups of my work and burned a few games too, and they all worked perfectly. I think some reviewers here should learn how to burn a dvd first, and then they should write a review. Google is out there, you can find whatever you are looking for there. But please, dont say that every single dvd didn't work. I used an ASUS SDRW-08D1S-U dvd writer, and burned the dvds at maximum speed allowed (6x) and depending on the amount of data burned, it took 16 mins to burn 7.6 GB. If you got a low performance pc, try to burn at the lowest speed possible, and dont run any other programs while burning a dvd. Plus, get a good burning software, and don't mess around with the options if you don't know what they are for. I used Nero Express and it did all the work by itself, i just had to drag and burn. And even if it sounds dumb, confirm if your dvd burner supports double layer dvds.

I give this product 5/5 since every single dvd ive burned, works perfectly. Dont blame this product for your lack of knowledge, something that may sound simple like burning a dvd could be very tricky if you dont do it carefully. I will definitely buy more once i finish with these ones.

These TDKs are solid media for recording all of your games, movies and data. I have yet to have a coaster and have been using these for some time. highly recommended.

Always bought a competitor's blank media, but took a chance on this product and it's a WINNER. Excellent product at an economical price. Dual (or double) layer DVD recordable media is getting harder to find in the stores - at least a good brand is anyway. Picture and audio clarity are excellent and is just as good, if not, better than the more expensive Dual Layer recordables. Don't waste money on other name brands that give you less quantity for the same price or more. This product was purchased from an outside vendor thru Amazon. Shipping was clean and prompt. Would definitely buy again !

I used to have problems with all the dual layer DVDs I ever bought, any brand I tried. They all worked sporadically at best, and many more disks ended up unplayable than not. It got to the point where I started to think that 8.5GB DVDs were a worthless media format, usable only in theory. Well, that was until I got a tip from somewhere to record at 4x. Yes, it will take longer, but try it, it works like a charm. I haven't had a single "coaster" since I started doing that, and I am on my fourth 50-disk spindle now (that means at least 150 disks already burned with no defects whatsoever). In other words, the problem is not with the TDK brand, it's an issue inherent in the dual layer format.

I burn a lot of DVD+R's, and I used to be a loyal fan of TDK. But here in the last couple of years, TDK must have changed something in their DVD's, and I cannot burn any successful DVD's. The problem first started with their CD's. I could not burn a copy of my own CD's to keep in the truck so that my originals don't get damaged or scratched. Now the problem has moved over to their DL DVD+R's. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER TDK EVER AGAIN! I would suggest going with the Verbatim DL DVD's. They are still very good. It's too bad amazon doesn't offer their brand of DL DVD's anymore, because I always had good luck with those as well. If you buy TDK's, you are just throwing your money away! Run away from TDK as fast as you can! TDK doesn't even deserve the one star, but amazon's rating system doesn't allow zero stars!

I've only been using Double layer media for a short period of time and from my experience, I can tell you that you have to have a good double layer burner and really quality double layer media and TDK have been the best thus far. I've tried various combinations and I must say Asus burners (multiple different models I've tried), Light-on, Sony NEC optirc (AD-7170A), and this piece of junk Light Scribe, are not very reliable. Plextor (don't know the model number) is alright, but slow. However, the HP DVD1270i with the TDK have been a great combination. I rarely get coasters! There are some TDK DL in the bunch that are not the best but compared to the results I was getting with the Memorex brand, I'll take the few I get from the 50 spindle. Memorex DL media absolutely are junk-DO NOT BUY THEM!! You will hate yourself for trying.

Please, I'm begging you, Don't Buy These Discs. For a long time I've been buying these TKD+r DL discs and have had little or no trouble with them. The last two batches I've ordered, I've had about a 40% failure rate, that's worse than the memorex cheap cheapies that sell for pennies on the dollar. The only consistent thing about these discs now are that they are not consistent. Why can't companies make quality products anymore?

9 out of 10 are bad discs. I never have had problems burning DVDs with any discs until I bought these. They are really bad. I'm going back to Verbatim.

So bought my first batch of these TDK DLs since for some reason the Memorex weren't available for Prime. Used to the occasional bad batch spitting out 2 or 3, but have enjoyed about 4 months with no errors from Memorex. First disc off this TDK batch, write error. Got about a third of the way down and suddenly they all give write errors. Got a growing stack of coasters, so at least the furniture will benefit.

Each one fails at 50% burn, ie. right at the switch to the second layer, where it then spits out an illegal disc error. So if you like your double layer discs coming out as single layer with only have the material loaded and unfinished, then these are your media. Otherwise, avoid like the cheap Chinese crap they appear to be.

Usually we purchase our media from a local seller due to supply and getting data to clients is sometimes a rush job so I can't wait for shipping. We made a HUGE mistake by purchasing this product thinking we could stock up. After reading the reports about products made in China having Sense Key issues, it seems the TDK DVD+R DL is no exception to that rule or an inferior product. We have 2 machines here with internal and an external burner, and in ALL the burners the exact same problem occurs at different points in the burning process. We are sure that this product will work in some DVD burner somewhere, however the product we received does not function on a MAC or a PC using either a LaCie, Apple, SONY, Pioneer or our IDE-DVD burners. What is being stored on DVD is nothing special, we are just writing 3D files, texture mapping data, client video animatics and photoshop files, but in every instance of 10 tries, the media failed on every occurrence.

Our results on a LaCie external burner would not even let us start the writing process and return this error:
The drive reported an error:
Sense Key - MEDIUM ERROR
Sense Code - 0x07, 0x01
WRITE ERROR

On the PC it is exactly the same as on the Mac Tower that has two burners installed. Each time in a different location we get:
The drive reported an error:
Sense Key - MEDIUM ERROR
Sense Code - 0x0C
WRITE ERROR

then followed by
Sense Key - MEDUIM ERROR
Sense Code - 0x15, 0x02
POSITIONING ERROR DETECTED BY READ OF MEDIUM
WRITE FAILURE

This is most certainly not a TOAST issue since we have been using toast for over 4 years with zero problems. In addition to write failures, we have burned clients video files to a DVD format and the disc will not play on their DVD player or ours. So to sum this up, DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT. Our rating of this product is a 0 out of 10 (ZERO burns for TEN attempts)