Optical Quantum 8.5 GB 8X DVD+R DL White Inkjet Hub Printable 50 Packs Spindle Disc Model OQDPRDL08WIP-H

Pros: The media type code for these discs is UMEDISC-DL1-64, which is the same media type code that has shown up on the Internet as being sold as a Verbatim brand disc, just not part of their AZO product. The discs will only write at 2.4X or 4X in my HP DVD-RAM GH82N drive, but actually wrote at an AVERAGE of 8.1X on my ASUS DRW 24B1ST drive! I have used different brands of dual layer media that were listed as being 8X capable in the past, but never had one actually attain 8X. In fact I always wrote at 6X speed just to reduce verification errors, yet those discs often failed at a 30% to 50% rate. I've only burnt 3 of these discs so far, but each has verified perfectly.

Cons: The only complaint that I have about media from Newegg is that Newegg does not know how to properly pack multiple spindles to protect them during shipping. This order was a replacement for a damaged shipment, and while all three spindles came through undamaged, half of the air pillow wrap was popped. If Newegg learns to put cardboard dividers between spindles like everybody else in the industry does, then they will be the best place to buy media on the web.

Pros: Price was attractive, happened to find these on sale. I have never ordered these, thought I would give them a try. What a mistake!

Cons: I could not get a single disc to burn, and I tried several - even writing at 1x speed. Thought it was my hardware, replaced my DVD drive with a new, tested drive with same results. Afterwards I ordered a package of Memorex DL discs and these work very well. I'm writing this review to warn others - avoid these turkeys like the plague!

Overall Review: I find it disappointing that Newegg would offer defective product like this. I am a frequent shopper here, and recommend Newegg based on my favorable experience. Unfortunately I cannot return these DVDs, so they're trashcan bound. Wish I could post this review at less than 1-star!

Pros: With a previous pack of these DVDs I had a very poor success rate burning them on 2 laptops. After reading NewEgg reviews which stressed the need for a good burner at a slow speed I bought a Memorex burner. The improvement is dramatic. I have now burned more than 50 Quantum disks with zero failures. I concur completely that the key is the burner and speed. I use the Memorex device with an old Dell laptop running K3b software on LinuxMint. this also underscores the value of the NewEgg community, there is some excellent advice out there.

Cons: None, problem solved.

Pros: Inexpensive

Cons: less than 100% reliable. Not for use with inexpensive/finicky burners

Overall Review: Like many others the price drove me to give these discs a shot. I use them for product delivery in a small video production business, hence the need for dual layer printable discs. We'll see how these work out in the long term for product delivery. I have four identical LG DVD burners and two Pioneer blueray burners in a machine running Nero Burning ROM 2014. Three of the four LG burners seem to have no problem burning these discs at 4x. One won't burn anything on these discs at any speed. I'm pretty sure I could put a rock in the Pioneer burners and pull out a readable disc, not that I plan on trying that. Both Pioneer burners work fine with these discs, but only at 4x. The limitted playback experience I have with these has gone fine so far. Again, we'll see how this goes as I begin distributing them to clients. (yikes) The verdict isn't completely in. If I don't get any complaints from clients I'll buy them again, but for quick turn products I'll be using something else. If speed and reliability are required for dual layer discs verbatim still can't be beat.

Pros: None

Cons: I tried the first three discs, one from the middle, and one from the top third of the stack and have yet to have a successful burn. I haven't had any problems with other brands in the past and have tried these on two different PC's. Not worth returning so I guess they will make excellent drink coasters.

Pros: These disks have blank white medium-rough top surface which is very good for us to use a sharpie to write on or an inkjet printer to print on. They can be used with BurnerMAX Payload tool to burn XGD3 Xbox 360 backup games given that you have a compatible DVD burner drive.

Cons: The failure rate has been 85% for me. This is extremely high. Out of 35 disks I have burned using ImgBurn at the speed of only 4X (which is the lowest speed that these disks support): - Only 5 came out as successfully verified in ImgBurn - 19 unsuccessfully verified in ImgBurn (ImgBurn error message: Failed to Read Sectors XXXXXXX - XXXXXXX - Reason: L-EC Uncorrectable Error) - 11 could not complete the burns (ImgBurn error message: Failed to Write Sectors XXXXXXX - XXXXXXX - Reason: Write Error) The sectors mentioned in XXXXXXX are usually from the second layer. I am facing another verification failure here as I am writing this review. Time to start another burn which takes another 30+ minutes. My DVD burner drive was bought not too long ago and is Asus DRW-24B1ST. If you are familiar with DVD burners, this drive is considered very reliable in general. I have used these disks to burn movies, data backups, Xbox 360 XGD2 games, and Xbox 360 XGD3 games. ImgBurn verification is considered the most basic verification method and so many of these disks have already failed the verification that I don't even bother using other highly sophisticated methods.

Pros: When they burn, they burn nice

Cons: I've been using Optical Quantum discs for years. Out of about 500 BD discs I have had just 2 failures. Out of the other model of these double layer DVD discs I had no failures. This pack of Printable hub discs has been a surprise on how bad they are. I have used 41 of 50, so far, and 6 have failed. That isn't very good in my book.

Overall Review: I've had good success with most Optical Quantum discs, BD and BD-RE and other versions of Double Layer DVDs. But these were bad and I will stick with the models that work.

Pros: - Price - Reliable - Printable

Cons: - At The Moment, None!

Overall Review: I've tried other more expensive DL media and many fail, produce an undesirable amount of coasters, plus cost could be a LOT more. I suppose I'm lucky I tried these out and have been happy ever since. Pioneer BD/DVD burner, latest firmware, using latest version of ImgBurn, and I can't recall the last coaster or when any of my bd/dvd stand alone players had issues reading this brand.