Fs Benq 200 Dvd+r $59 Restocked!

[OrdG]

DVD-R's went from 49 last night to 0 this morning. Plenty of DVD+R's left...

[actng]

Just got an email from FS support that they're out of stock. ETA: none.

[The Digital Dolphin]

The FujiFilm03 is the better one. Don't get me wrong, the Sony are great too but for my purposes I need the better one, as for me they'll either work or not. Don't want 199 discs lying around collecting dust ^^

You *LIKE* FUJIFILM03??? Wow...

Personally, I've never had a good experience with the stuff.

By the way, I'd be VERY interested in why you think it's better quality?

One more thing: You don't know for sure who makes this media... it MIGHT be Daxon, it MIGHT be Prodisc, it MIGHT be any other taiwanese manufacturer also... that's a heck of a gamble for 200 DVDRs! I mean... *I* would do it, but I don't care if the quality sucks or not, because I just report the stuff... but since I'm assuming you would get nothing out of it if it turned out bad, I'm a little surprised!

[The Digital Dolphin]

Digital Dolphin,

I hate to put you on the spot (and I apologize if you have already commented on this) but I'd be interested in your opinion of the BenQ discs (both 4x and 8x, +R and -R). In particular, I'd be interested in knowing how they might compare with Taiyo Yuden's for archival purposes.

I bought a 50-disc spindle of BenQ 8x DVD+Rs on Boxing Day and have not had any problems burning and verifying with my LG 4082B (apart from being limited to a 4x write speed). So far I've just been using them for data and video which I could afford to lose. However, I'm planning to transfer some home videos from VHS and Hi-8 to DVD format and I'm wondering if these discs are likely to exhibit data loss over time.

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Tony

Every drive handles them differently... but when the drive supports them well, you can get some good results. The BenQ DW1620 with B7P9 and later firmwares can burn them usually quite well.... but avoid 16x recording on the 8x media, because it just doesn't work properly. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to take the media and burn it even on all the drives I own, because I just have too many other things on my plate... and this isn't likely to change any time soon One of these days I'll need to get an apprentice who can work at my "Lair" and do burning and testing while I'm at my day job

One thing I *CAN* say is that you cannot expect to get the lifespan from a $0.30 disc that you would from a $0.85 Taiyo Yuden. I don't even trust Verbatim as much as Taiyo Yuden! BenQ, Prodisc, Ritek, and Optodisc are budget discs. Only Maxell (Japan) and Verbatim are in the same ball park as Taiyo Yuden really.

[madman604]

finally...my 2 boxes are shipable....even tho they havnt been shipped. there's light at the end of the tunnel.

[torontoboyz20]

my status is "released" have no ideas what's that mean.

[samson]

my status is "released" have no ideas what's that mean.

"released" probably means the warehouse can now prepare for shipping after CC verification.

I guess the stages are Not Yet shippable -- > Shippable (product in stock but order need cc verification --> released --> shipped.

[mlc2000]

Ordered mine!
Thanks again RFD!

[Cantley]

I placed my order January 3rd and today my order says "Released". Hopefully the next stage is "Shipped".

Cantley

[goden99]

Got mine today and they are 4X !!!! NOT 8X !!

[ashman]

Every drive handles them differently... but when the drive supports them well, you can get some good results. The BenQ DW1620 with B7P9 and later firmwares can burn them usually quite well.... but avoid 16x recording on the 8x media, because it just doesn't work properly. Unfortunately, I don't have the time to take the media and burn it even on all the drives I own, because I just have too many other things on my plate... and this isn't likely to change any time soon One of these days I'll need to get an apprentice who can work at my "Lair" and do burning and testing while I'm at my day job

One thing I *CAN* say is that you cannot expect to get the lifespan from a $0.30 disc that you would from a $0.85 Taiyo Yuden. I don't even trust Verbatim as much as Taiyo Yuden! BenQ, Prodisc, Ritek, and Optodisc are budget discs. Only Maxell (Japan) and Verbatim are in the same ball park as Taiyo Yuden really.

Sure burning at 16x worked, I've done it on 30 8X DVD-R BenQ discs so far without any trouble, I have a BenQ 1610. I don't see how you can say that "you cannot expect to get the lifespan from a $0.30 disc that you would from a $0.85 Taiyo Yuden" how do you know? You are just assuming that the BenQ are manufactured to a lesser standard. Rememeber $0.30 is a sale price, not the regular price. I would not put these discs in the same category as Prodisc, Pine, princo or Ritek, I believe these are as good as maxell.

AM

[ashman]

Got mine today and they are 4X !!!! NOT 8X !!

Got two boxes of the +R today and they are 8X

AM

[fidoguydo]

Are the benq 200pk available instore? I only see the 50 and 100 packs

[bodobodo]

Are the benq 200pk available instore? I only see the 50 and 100 packs

They are available in stores but perhaps your store is currently sold out.

[nuropa]

i ordered benq 200 dvd-r at the end of dec, it's still not shipped. anyone else have the same issue?