Verbatim DVD+R DL 8.5GB 8X AZO with Branded Surface - 5pk Jewel Case Box - 95311, Silver

My 2009 Sony HDD/DVD Recorder is very temperamental with the type of discs I use and most of the previous brands I brought have all failed on finalising or stopped mid-recording so have been looking for discs that I can use with no problems and these Verbatim DVD+R DL 8.5GB 8X with the AZO Branded Surface have worked perfectly so far.📀👍😀PRICE- I am happy with the price that I pay for the Verbatim DVD+R DL 50 Spindle Pack on Amazon UK and USPURCHASEDI have purchased three 50 spindle packs so far from Amazon UK and am just coming to the end of the second pack and only two of the discs have failed. 📀👍😀PLAYBACK: PICTURE 📺📺 👍 AND SOUND QUALITY🔊🔊👍DVD RECORDER/DVD PLAYER: The picture and sound quality is outstanding when played back on my Sony HDD/DVD Recorder and my other Sony Blu-Ray/DVD Player. 👍😀📀PC: When played back in my HP computer CD/DVD Writer/Player the picture quality is quite grainy but sound is perfect but I am not sure if it is because it is a computer drive or if it is the software I use to play it back on.- I would definitely recommend Verbatim DVD+R DL 50 Spindle Pack 📀✅☑️👍😀AMAZON UK / AMAZON USI normally order my Verbatim DVD+R DL 50 Spindle Packs from Amazon UK but none were available at the time and as they come from the US I ordered them via Amazon US.AZO RECORDING DYE 📀📀📀📀Each disc has Verbatim's advanced AZO recording dye so it optimizes the read/write performance so I think that is why these discs have worked perfectly in my DVD Recorder where as other DVD+R DL Discs have not even though I am not an expert. 📀 ☑️✅- I have not tried using these discs on a computer high speed double layer CD/DVD writerTO NOTE 📝I did email the seller with my order on Amazon US as 'AZO' is not printed on the discs I have received where as my other discs had.I been reassured by the seller that the discs I have purchased still have the AZO Recording Dye Technology even though 'AZO' is not printed on them.

Love the discs...just not the price for the discs!

So many other DL brands I have tried, always marginal, many failures.These have been very reliable.More expensive than much larger BDR, and slower, but a must have if no BluRay drive.

This was my first experience using double layer media for burning, so while I have no reference points to go by, I must say I've not had a bad disc so far. I promise to update this review if things begin to change.I have two versions of Nero (6 and 8) on two very different computers, and I've noticed that they both automatically lower the burn rate to 4X (though I can pump it up to 6X on Nero 6) and wonder if speed accounts for the fact that "lesser" brands fail more often. I even have one of the hated Sony burners in my Core Duo 2 laptop with Nero 8, and it works, despite being HUGELY slower than with a Lite-On drive installed in my ancient AMD64 desktop.My only gripe with this product is, oddly, what drew me to it in the first place: the price. At $40.48 for a 30 pack you're looking at $1.35 per disc. I find it hard to believe that in this day and age, when the product cycle for optical discs of this sort is quite mature, that it costs this much to produce them. Can it really be more than double the cost of two single layer discs which can be had for 20 to 30 cents each at fairly reliable quality? Perhaps...I've never made them myself. I will conclude in Verbatim's defense that this is the lowest price point short of the widely maligned Memorex discs. That's why I chose them, and all in all I'm quite happy.P.S.--It might be interesting to hear from those who have used both these and the cheaper Memorex discs to see if patterns in why things head south do so. I'll let you know if I decide to bite the bullet and try the competition at some point.

Many of us are converting VHS tapes to digital formats that will be, eventually, transferred to computers, smart phones, and other digital devices. An analog (VHS) to digital (DVD) conversion can be either an intermediate or final step in the digitation process. For some of us, just preserving our home movie memories to optical disks is a welcome alternative to keeping bulky and obsolete VHS analog systems using tapes that are both magnetically and physically deteriorating.One method to accomplish this task is to use a VHS-to-DVD transfer/conversion system. These decks, e.g. SONY, will facilitate a relatively easy conversion, but you need a good quality DVD recordable disk to complete the process.These disks are dual-layered (DL) which means that both the storage capacity and recording time is doubled for the disk. This is good news for those of us who have recorded tapes exceeding two hours using the extended play (EP) feature of VHS cameras. And since most DVD conversion decks will allow the option of a DVD recording at a “higher” quality level than Standard Play (SP), this feature will improved the appearance of the VHS transfer to disk recording.For the sake of preserving valuable recordings, I regularly select the High Quality (HQ) recording option of the DVD deck, and this option has always improved the quality of the transferred movies. But there is a tradeoff, and this is where DL disks become an important choice. Using the HQ recording option means that the maximum recording time for a disk will be reduced, but the DL disks have extended already the recording time beyond the total time of standard, non-DL, DVD disks. For me, this is a welcome win-win situation.Note: Only newer DVD decks are able to use DL disks; this fact can be verified by consulting the User's Manual of your device. For older decks, the standard Verbatim DVD recordable disks would be used instead.I have used Verbatim recordable media for many years, and for the most part these disks have worked remarkably well without incident. A few times I did discover a visible glitch on a disk when the deck failed to finalize the disk. You can usually spot these glitches as a small discolored spot on the disk‘s recordable-side surface (a magnifying glass is needed). Fortunately, these problems have been rare. Kudos to Verbatim.As a final step in the conversion process, I use a computer and DVD-reader to transfer these movies from DVD disks to .mp4 or .mov files. If you take this final step, then you will have accomplished the task of digitizing and preserving your movies—forever. I've done this with hundreds of hours of movies for myself and friends desiring to keepsake memories for ourselves and our future generations.