What kind of coating? Are these disks the green, blue, silver or gold disks?Green coated disks are cheap, and only last 2-5 years, if you're lucky. Blue has a life span of up to 60+ years, while silver and gold can last as much as 150 years.Last month I purchased the 100-Pack Spindle of the Taiyo Yuden "silver" DVD-R from SuperMediaStore.com for $24.49, delivered. Almost all good quality DVD movie boxed sets are recorded on the silver or gold disksSo, at Amazon's price of $18.39 for the 100-Pack delivered, what are we getting? What kind of coating? Are these disks the green, blue, silver or gold disks?Green coated disks are cheap, and only last 2-5 years, if you're lucky. Blue has a life span of up to... » Read More What kind of coating? Are these disks the green, blue, silver or gold disks?Green coated disks are cheap, and only last 2-5 years, if you're lucky. Blue has a life span of up to 60+ years, while silver and gold can last as much as 150 years.Last month I purchased the 100-Pack Spindle of the Taiyo Yuden "silver" DVD-R from SuperMediaStore.com for $24.49, delivered. Almost all good quality DVD movie boxed sets are recorded on the silver or gold disksSo, at Amazon's price of $18.39 for the 100-Pack delivered, what are we getting? « Show Less
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Amazon Basics recording side of the discDVD-r Is BlueCD-r Is Green DVD+R - No Clue
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It's my understanding that the Gold is class "A", the Silver is class "B". The silver is what I bought. A & B are suppose to be the best on the market & not "knock-offs" like some are. Make sure the cd's say Taiyo Yuden on them before you buy them!
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very simple Sony dvd+rw's are packaged in green. DVD-rw's are packaged in red. Here's the thing amazon is inarguably the best site on the net. With the hundreds of thousands of products they provide the can't monitor every one to the letter or punctuation mark. Take your time when you order. They have the best customer service on the planet. I've spent thousands of dollars & hundreds of orders. There spot on,no worries!
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Mine just arrived 03/08/14 and are MCC made in Taiwan. These are great discs. Some of the best I've ever had. I always have good performance with Verbatim no matter where they are made. Much better than recently produced Taiyo Yuden. I've never had a Verbatim media fail in over 18 years of cd-r burning and 11 years of dvd-r burning (I've had some coasters of UAE produced non-Datalifeplus Verbatim but I've also had Taiyo Yuden coasters but never a failure of disc that would burn). And I don't even store them in controlled environments. I have had some failures of Memorex media though. Verbatim is still the best in my opinion.
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"I need to go back to check on the camera which I have one left in storage room; they are using the old style 400-speed color negative film, I guess should last one or two years, so they could be treated as roll film, take it to Costco, which is the cheapest exposure and develop cost I found." answered on March 8, 2013Correction: This is 800-speed, not 400. I bought on May 2012, expiration on camera shows 2014-02
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These disc's are gold. They have Memorex litescribe colored discs available also that come with 5 different colors in one cake box.
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We've had this unit for about 6 months. We've had no problems with the coating. It stays cleaner easier than the old unit we replaced.
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My philosophy has always been to get middle-to-high quality tools when purchasing tools that I will keep for a long time. My grinder sees only occasional use, but it's several years old, requires no maintenance, and shows no signs of wear. It should last a lifetime, but even if it only lasts 10 years, that's less than $13 a year (at current Amazon price) for a top quality tool at your disposal 24/7/365. The cord is really nice and long, it has variable speed control (very important since different wheels have different rpm limits), and the wheel attach hardware is rock solid. I have never regretted my decision to purchase this grinder. Hope this helps. My philosophy has always been to get middle-to-high quality tools when purchasing tools that I will keep for a long time. My grinder sees only occasional use, but it's several years old, requires no maintenance, and shows no signs of wear. It should last a lifetime, but even if it only lasts 10 years, that's less than $13 a year (at current Amazon price) for a top quality tool at your disposal 24/7/365. The cord is really nice and long, it has variable speed control (very important since different wheels have different rpm limits), and the wheel attach hardware is rock solid. I have never... » Read More My philosophy has always been to get middle-to-high quality tools when purchasing tools that I will keep for a long time. My grinder sees only occasional use, but it's several years old, requires no maintenance, and shows no signs of wear. It should last a lifetime, but even if it only lasts 10 years, that's less than $13 a year (at current Amazon price) for a top quality tool at your disposal 24/7/365. The cord is really nice and long, it has variable speed control (very important since different wheels have different rpm limits), and the wheel attach hardware is rock solid. I have never regretted my decision to purchase this grinder. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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You have to buy DVD-R, I purchased 100 Taiyo Yuden/JVC 8X DVD-R 4.7GB Silver Thermal Lacquer. Amazon has them at a great price $32.50 for 100 DVD's they work well. You have to finalize the disc and it will play in any DVD player.
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Yes, it makes good quality dvd's matching exactly what is on the master dvd. You can skip search thru the copy same as done on the master. All dvd's will eventually fade away, so I would suggest buying archival dvd blanks if you want duration. Also do not write on the face side of the dvd with a felt marking pen because the ink will eventually leach thru the disk and destroy the stored image on the dvd. Use a label instead.
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Free man - I don't think anyone insists that HD DVD is still going strong at this time. Many are just taking advantage of the great prices that are available now. The HD DVD's are far from useless if you have a player and will provide enjoyment for many years to come.Blu ray seems to be the one heading for the niche market because of their pricing stance. Technology is advancing way to fast to invest that kind of money in an incomplete expensive format.
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There really isn't any comparison. The Department of Defense conducted a laboratory study on the reliability of available media to use for backing up data.It found that virtually all media can only be relied on for 5-7 years before deterioration began and data started to become lost.The exception was the M-disc which tests estimated their reliability to be approximately 1,000 years. They are not subject the separation of the coating media (such as the gold) from the plastic body of the disc, and are impervious to variations in temperature and light.There may not be anything used in 1,000 years to read an M-disc, but the data will still be there if there is. There really isn't any comparison. The Department of Defense conducted a laboratory study on the reliability of available media to use for backing up data.It found that virtually all media can only be relied on for 5-7 years before deterioration began and data started to become lost.The exception was the M-disc which tests estimated their reliability to be approximately 1,000 years. They are not subject the separation of the coating media (such as the gold) from the plastic body of the disc, and are impervious to variations in temperature and light.There... » Read More There really isn't any comparison. The Department of Defense conducted a laboratory study on the reliability of available media to use for backing up data.It found that virtually all media can only be relied on for 5-7 years before deterioration began and data started to become lost.The exception was the M-disc which tests estimated their reliability to be approximately 1,000 years. They are not subject the separation of the coating media (such as the gold) from the plastic body of the disc, and are impervious to variations in temperature and light.There may not be anything used in 1,000 years to read an M-disc, but the data will still be there if there is. « Show Less
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That is correct. The only Archival grade JVC are the two products I mentioned. Any other reference to "archival" is just for marketing purposes. Archival would require either a gold or gold/silver reflective layer(eliminates oxidation in storage), or speciality designed reflective layer and premium dye material. JVC's ISO product has that type of reflective layer and dye material.
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I've had mine for a while now and I haven't had any problems. It's a Western Digetal company so it has a good name. I've loaded my 4tb up with Blue Ray movies and I get beautiful results.
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My question is to anyone out there. I'm experiencing the same old problem I've come to expect with DVD players - they eventually - sometimes the next day or two - get to where they refuse to play an increasing number of discs. Present Sylvania VHS/DVD combo has lasted 2 years, but is beginning to skip and refuse more discs. Is this Sony or another player the best bet for playing all discs? Most of the refused discs show no signs of damage to my eyes. Thanks much!
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Like all DVD recordings, they should last indefinitely. I never had a problem with data on these disk.
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Al BD discs are very safe and permanent!!! what does that question have to do with this machine??? sho buz