Customer Ratings & Reviews

I have bought these and had 100% successful burns. Simply adjust the burn speed to no more that 4x. People with issues either are burning too fast or have multiple programs running while burning. These disks are not as good as Verbatim, but are nearly 1/2 the price of a Verbatim DL disk.

So far I've only had one coaster out of about 20 that I've used due to a write speed buffering error which I'm pretty sure was a bad disc since I was only writing at 2x. All of the others have turned out great. I'm using a new Macbook Pro with OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard,8x superdrive(rated at 2-4x for dual layer), and Roxio toast 10 Titanium. I noticed that these are not actually memorex discs. One of my 25 packs is ritek and I think the other pack is IBMP(not sure on this one). They are also not a full 8.5 GB. Looking at the disc info, it shows only 7.96 GB as writable. Toast compressed the dvd to fit so that's not really a problem. However, I have somehow written over 8.3 GB with no problems even though this disc says 7.96. The other issue is that the write speed is not 8x as advertised. Disc info says that it's 2-4x and Toast 10 confirmed that with it's automatic setting. I prefer to write at 2x anyway for better quality even though it takes longer. Overall, I would recommend these discs providing all of your software is up to date, you have a drive that is capable of writing dual layer discs, and keep the write speed under 4. Also, you may want to check to see if your drive is compatible with a certain manufacturer

Great for copying movies over 120 minutes long from VHS to DVD using my Honestech 7.0 Deluxe also from Best Buy.

Like a lot of you, I wanted to be sure I was getting the best possible DVD for my money as they can be quite pricey. I found these on sale and, despite reading mostly unfavourable reviews about these DVDs, picked up a 25-pk when they were on sale. My computer is ten years old (Pentium III / 512MB memory) but I bought them anyway. I have not had any problems at all with them. I normally burn at around a 4x speed and I believe that other people tried to burn them at too high of a speed (8x, 16x, etc...) which caused errors. Keep the speed low and you should not have any problems.

I bought these at the Best Buy store close to my house, I have had no problems! I will definately be buying more soon! There are a lot of people claiming that they have a high failure rate, I have had no such problem, most likely because I have a good burn drive, not a piece of junk.

I have purchased these brand several times before. But lately the last few spindles I buy have given me some to almost all coasters. So when it comes to amount you spend per disc. It isn't all that great. If you're looking for something cheap. Try these. You either have a bad batch or might have a good one. Hit or miss. If you're looking for reliability go with Verbatims. I have used all kind of brands and find them the best.

I don't know what the other people are talking about that gave it bad reviews. I use these discs for my xbox and every disc burns perfect. I used two different computers and three different burners with the same results. If anything its user error.

I buy these disks to backup data and pictures on my pc

I'm starting to believe the negative reviews are nothing more than humor error with these DVDs. I bought these and went to burn movies I have on my hard drive. For reference I am using a Macbook Pro and iDVD. The first time I ran the program my computer gave me an error message saying the disc could not be burned. I was bummed because I thought I got bad discs just as everyone here has said. I soon realized however that there are two options you must change within program settings before burning to this disc. I changed both, ran the program and it zipped through and burned no issues. Play back quality is perfect.

I've been using a Lite-On burner with these discs for quite some time and not one has given me a problem ever. If you have a mid-range computer while burning on one of these, there's not much you can do while it goes with the process. As recommended a few times on different sites, DO NOT MULTI-TASK WHILE A DISC IS BEING WRITTEN!. Stop browsing MySpace or checking mail while a disc is burning unless you have a fairly good computer. One more thing, STOP WRITING AT MAX SPEEDS AND YOU WON'T HAVE COASTER DISCS! 2.4x - 4x is recommended.

I needed to burn some data on these dual layer discs and they worked great. It's been months and the disc made still works fine without any glitches. I would recommend this Memorex brand.

Haven't had a problem with them and have been using them for years. Probably have burned well over a hundred DVDs with these and they have always worked great.

Most of the reviews you read are people burning them at too fast of a speed, if you burn these at 2.4x then 95% of them worked out great for me.

I think the reason why people have trouble with these discs is their burner itself. Like I said before, I have not had a single coaster out of 75 discs. I have an HP Elite with an internal burner, which is about half a year old. While Verbatims are probably a better bet for someone who hasn't used DLs before, this is definitely a better choice financially. Well done, Memorex. ;)

Previous reviewers have commented that those who get coasters using this media must be using bad recording software. This is not the case. I have tried burning to these disks with Nero 6, Nero 8, and Nero 9 with all the latest software updates, as well as Roxio 6, and the latest version of Infra Recorder. I have tried with three different DVD DL burners, each after installing the latest firmware updates and drivers. These DVD drives were in three different computers, with Windows XP and Windows 7, after fairly recent installs and after installing the most recent OS updates. I burned at 2x speed, disabled any screen savers, and always keep clean running systems with no bloatware. Nearly all the disks failed either during the burning process or during verification. When I checked over the disks that failed verification, the files written to the second layer cannot be read. Only about 4 or 5 disks turned out all right, and even then only one of my DVD drives can read them easily. In the other drives, it can take up to 5 minutes before Windows even shows that a disk has been inserted. I have only tried one other brand for DVD+R DL media, and that was Maxell. That disk burned perfectly, but Maxell media is hard to find. The only thing I can think of that may be causing these memorex disks to fail is that all my DVD drives are older than 3 or 4 years old. If you have a brand-spanking-new DVD burner, these disks might yield more than a couple of successful burns. However, I believe that good media should have high compatibility and should be able to work on at least one out of three drives! It is worth it to buy memorex for less finicky media like CDs and single layer DVDs, but dual layer DVDs require the best manufacturing. Thankfully, Best Buy carries Verbatim DVD+R DL, so I will try those next.

I have a Xbox 360 with a flashed drive that allows me to play Xbox 360 backups. I download backups online and burn them to dual layers. Out of 3 packs of 25, maybe 4 or 5 have burned correctly. I thought it was my burner, but when ever I use the Verbatim or Sony Dual Layers the margin of error is far less and far more with the Memorex brand. Unfortunately the price of the Sony and Verbatim brands is far more, they never go on sale. The Memorex seems to always be on sale for about $23 to $24, but overall they are very low quality, especially for burning Xbox 360 backups.

I read alot of reviews about how these fail all the time. They were on sale so I decided to try them. I bought a 25 pack and ALL 25 burned perfect! Not one fail. The people that have problems probably have a bad burner or the wrong software to burn with! Give em a try!

I am using non commercial SW to burn DVD's and I've yet to have a problem that wasn't a direct result of operator error. Durability is TBD but they work as expected and that's all I can ask for.

If you can lay down the cash these are the way to go. Period. Used about 200 both for video and GIS data so far and havn't had one error!

No problems at all, I've burned about 18 DL DVDs using Nero 9. My DVD burner is a LITE-ON 8X IDE with lightscribe. I'm ready to buy more and I'll get the same thing again.