I don't go above 8x when burning data on a dual layer and I burn videos compiled to dvd format at 4x.

The main problem with the other review are the people are actually trying to burn data at 8x speeds which they are doing because it says 8x on the case, I do blame memorex and even verbatim for not warning users but not all computers can burn at 8x speeds

I was aware of the bad reviews, but I just could not justify paying nearly $2 per Verbatim DL disc when I could split movies or burn data on 2 single-layer discs for less than 20 cents a disc (or 40 cents compared to $2 for the same capacity).

it would burn the data, but before it could finish i would get a disk error

Upon further review the disc lost the data

I purchased another brand - amazon's own - and have had little to no issues trying to burn the same data

I had to make sure it was not bad data, and that worked fine.conclusion, don't buy this product unless you want to buy 50 coasters in a spindle.

I have burned data onto several of them

The bad disk(s) were discovered when recording, no data was ever lost; popped out the bad disk replaced it with another disk.

but if your data is not especially valuable or your burner has a lot of gusto, these are very nice to have.

Luckily most of the data I have lost is backed up on hard drives and I am able to re-burn the data to more stable media

Once you burn data to them there's a high chance that errors will arise with the disk too

That is, sections of the disc have discolored and degraded to the point that the data is unreadable

I personally would never use any DLs to archive important data files.

Unable to burn any data on the discs

If you are just burning data, stick with cheaper, more reliable single-layer media.

They appeared to burn data but then would not allow access to the data.

This media works fine for burning, used in an internal and a USB burner, any coaster issues I had have been related to the burning software and data being burnt, the price is right at the moment.

Coaster, software gives a error message, "bad media"Then tried to burn the same data with an older Memorex DVD-R DL

Recommended - just make sure your drivers are up to date and that you're using a reliable program to burn data

I've been burning data to DVDs in all formats for years, converting and burning movies in vob format, burning MP3 disc's for

you have patience, burn the data at 2.4x it will take around 30

Great as always!

I would recommend purchasing from Amazon as they cost $93 at Best Buy compared to $48 on Amazon.

These burn well as long as you have a compatible burner.

Although I have no way of confirming it, I believe they are failing as they begin burning the second layer

I do dislike the label surface as it has little stars on it, but no biggie, just write right over them