Smart Buy 50 Pack DVD+r Dl 8.5gb 8X DVD Plus R Double Layer Printable White Inkjet Blank Data Recordable Media 50 Discs Spindle

Great buy for DL DVDs

I too was hesitant to buy based on lack of brand recognition. But for the price and due to previous reviews, I decided to give them a try. Burned 10 out 50 so far. No issues whatsoever. That's better than what other competitor reviews will say. They also print very well on my Canon MX922 - but I did have to lower the contrast as they seem to print very dark in the blues/blacks. Krylon matte finish spray seem to take to them well in an effort to preserve the printed image. I'm very pleased with them and will surely recommend them to others that might need printable discs.EDIT: As I was writing the review above I was amidst a 27 DVD burning marathon. And on the 11th DVD - of course as I wrote it on the 10th - I had a failure to verify after burning. It was the only 1. Still, very please and just tonight I took the time to print art to all the DVDs and use Krylon clear matte craft spray to seal them. They all look fantastic!

These dvd's haven't let me down yet. I haven't had a single bad one.Now... Here is the BUT...THEY STINK!!! I don't know what these are made from but they smell bad. If you leave them out for a couple days, it gets better and/or tolerable.They still get a 5 star but BEWARE... THEY STINK!!!

These work great when you have a fast enough computer to burn DVDs. The best way to get good results is to have no other programs slowing down the burning process. I still get about 1 in about 7 not working properly. Just leave the computer alone and don't use it for other stuff since any glitches can result in an error. Errors usually occur towards the end of the burning process for these - as some movies are cleared by the system - but fail in the DVD player while playing near the end of the movie. But again, this happens about 1 in 7 so for the price is good, and test each movie. Also make sure you ad chapters in your movies and test each DVD by skipping chapters, if it freezes while skipping chapters you have a bad DVD. I burn long 2 hour and 45 minute movies for clients and these handle it well, though I would suggest no more that 2.5 hours for better results.

Nice to see the 8.5 GB discs!Easy to use - nice having the white to write on.Delivered on time and as described.

I have tried several times to copy DVD's and every DVD said completed successfully but when I tried playing them back, I received a message {Faild to Play} Erra. I then tried a third computer and the DVD now play.

I have a job that specifically requires 8.5GB Disks, so I ordered these last week on Monday. At no fault of the distributed, they came 2 days later than anticipated meaning I could not begin my work until the following Monday. This begins my suffering. I attempted to utilize these disks and for the first file it did not work… “a fluke” I think to myself, because of course this could not be, the disk was not 8.5GB, in fact the disk was 7.92GB. The files would not load. The pain I felt while this was occurring was immeasurable. Come Tuesday (yesterday) we managed to separate the files between 2 disks as we are elite, and started on the next project. I thought to myself, this file is somewhat smaller; perhaps I could use a disk from this “8.5GB” pack I received. I started burning my files, the story writes its self. Now I am left here with 48 plastic frisbees (some wrapped with ducked tape for flair) that are used for behavioral correction in the workplace.Not suitable for 8.5GB files as advertised, however, since they are so light weight as they lack 0.58GB making them 2 grams lighter. They are adequate projectiles and possibly good for magic tricks.

These DVDs are ideal for making your own projects. Having gone through 42 of the 50 already, I have only had 2 discs fail to write. The rest have burned as they should, and they have all printed with no problems. One note about the printing: you'll need a special program (I use Canon's My Image Garden), and you should avoid getting the discs wet, as if the surface is moistened, the ink will lift, and potentially run. Other than that, if you need printable discs, these are as good as you can get.