AmazonBasics 4.7 GB 16x DVD+R (100-Pack Spindle) Reviews

Average Customer Rating - 4.4 out of 5 stars

117 customer reviews

Worthy of comparison with all other focal brand names out in the open market, October 6, 2009
The AmazonBasics 4.7GB 16x DVD+R (100-Pack Spindle) is comparable to most major brand names out nearby. DVD+R discs are a single-sided/single-layer one-time recordable disc that once the information is written it will be permanent. A 4.7GB discs can store up to as much data as 7 standard CDs. Store up to 2 hours of glorious quality video and up to 3 hours of VHS-quality video. Perfect for sharing and backing up background, home videos, and photos. DVD+R media is read compatible beside the vast majority of DVD-ROM drives and DVD video players. Compressing a video into smaller file sizes will allow you to fit more demo time (4-8 hours) on the same 4.7GB disc, but keep within mind that recordings made at a longer mode length will be lower in quality due to the increased compression.

The amount of time taken to write a disc depends upon the writing speed of your recorder, the writing mode and the amount of information to be written. Be aware that the numbers that are written on the drive are simply the maximum verbs rates that your drive supports. The specific disc that you are using will also affect the actual transfer rate. In other words, if you have a DVD burner that supports a verbs rate of 32X and you are burning your files onto a 16X blank DVD, the maximum speed your burner will be able to use is 16X, even though though your burner is capable of burning at a faster rate. DVD format X=1.32MB/second. At 16X you will be capable of transfer 21.12MB/second. A speedier DVD means faster burn times, a 16x disc can burn surrounded by less than 6 minutes, whereas a 4x disc can take around 15 minutes (depending of course what it is your are transferring). While higher speed copy saves time and generally results within great discs, slower speed recordings may give you your best chance for a highly developed quality disc, with lower error rates. This will back in less worthless discs - aka "coasters" or "sun catchers."

Amazon now offers their own strip of electrical and computer accessories/supplies. AmazonBasics 4.7GB DVD+R 100-pack spindle are extremely comparable to the other manufacturers out in the marketplace. The price is reasonable and the quality is equivalent. This item is advertise as frustration free packaging, but I do not understand why they be not shipped in the original box. Instead they come packaged inside of another box with nouns bags! That sounds like a gamble away of trees to me.

Dependable 4X, November 13, 2009
I have had 100% nouns burning both data and video formats with this medium at 4X using:
Sony Optiarc AD-7170A (firmware version 1.O4 supports this media at 4X, 6X, 8X, 12X, 16X)
Plextor PX-708A (firmware 1.11 supports this medium at 2.4X, 4X, 8X)
LG GSA-T11N (firmware A104 supports this media at 4X only but can do 8X next to other comparable media)
NEC ND-3500AG (firmware 2.TB supports this media at 2.4X, 4X but can do 8X with other comparable media)

As you can see, some of my elder drives won't support faster than 4X with this media. I'm for a time surprised that my oldest (the Plextor) would support 8X, but I haven't bothered to try anything faster than 4X on any drive because I'm rarely in that much of a hurry.

My burns are largely more than 90% of disc capacity so I am almost always using most of the recordable surface. My nouns criteria is not just an error-free burn; I have verified several discs by reading them at max speed (on a different drive than the burner) and comparing against the innovative source.

For me, these are a great value. For people who prefer wider 8X and 16X compatibility, these are probably not a accurate choice.

Excellent Value!, October 13, 2009
There isn't a whole lot you can say nearly a particular brand of DVD+R media. If it works and at hand are no unusual issues, one is pretty much the same as another.

That said, there are two things that will save me buying the AmazonBasics DVDs. One is the price....the price is lower than other brands, and still a similar price even when the other brands are on sale. Factor in Amazon free shipping and sale tax considerations and their price is excellent.

The other reason I similar to these is the shipping. The double boxing and packing ensured the media get to me safely.

As far as performance, explicitly driven mostly by your PC hardware and burner. I have used about 30 of these so far to store common data, photos, video, etc. and have not have any issues. I have used some other brands (Sony) where I own run into the occasional bad DVD right out of the box.

I would rate the Amazon Basic DVDs right up there near the Panasonic media, which from my experience tends to own no bad DVDs in a delivery.
Try these, you won't be disappointed!

Reasonable Quality But AMazon Needs To Remove Disc Labels, November 5, 2009
These are reasonable quality (My ADIP be AML-003-00) and produce low error rates (PIE/C2 etc, see: [...] in a Samsung S223Q (you know, one of the few DVD writers that can burn the cheap Memorex DVD+R DL discs effortlessly and without errors), beside a smooth transfer test playback that scales linearly right up to 19X on the outer slither with no dropouts or retries. HOWEVER, in a abnormal throwback to the early part of this decade, Amazon ships respectively disk with not one but two relatively huge blocks of text printed on respectively disc: "Amazon Basics" with the swoosh thing, and "DVD+R 4.7GBG0 16X 120min RWDVD+R"). Pretty much adjectives good quality discs that are not $1 store cake box items tend to use a slightly impenetrable printed overlay with a stencilled area spelling out these probably essential pieces of information on every single disc. This means that you can write anywhere on the surface of the disc without the redundant article getting in the way. Maybe to retrieve costs, Amazon's discs have no opaque surface cloak, the DVD is raw (and thus very shiny and reflective), and a big percentage of the writable surface is inhabited with the pointless text outlined above. With of late a little change to build the discs less ugly, Amazon would bring back five stars from me but I am reducing it to 3three for the bad design implementation.

Great budget DVD+R that even hammer out a reliable competitor!, May 29, 2010
Firstoff, I have burned about 600 of these next to no coasters. I am using the default HP BD/DVD drive that came within my laptop, so no fancy burner is being used either.

The ID of my DVD+R's be AML-003-00 (the AML's are rated as very shocking on some websites, but my results show the complete opposite). I tested these against the extremely highly rated Verbatim DVD+R single layer, and they actually outperformed them in lingo of errors per sector.

Here are the results from the tests:

AmazonBasics DVD+R (AML-003-00)
PI Errors (Should not exceed 280 maximum): Average 16.04, Maximum 160.6 (the relatively high maximum be a single spike, so I ignored it as a test error)
PI Failures (Should not exceed 32 maximum): Average 0.01, Maximum 12.2

These results surprised me greatly, as they are VERY GOOD for most discs, much smaller number a BUDGET DVD+R.

Now for the Verbatim DVD+R (MCC003)
PI Errors (Should not exceed 280 maximum): Average 29.04, Maximum 360.1 (There were 2 single high spikes, the rest of the tryout was very biddable, and since there were single 2 spikes, I didnt pay it much heed, but I would like to question paper another Verbatim DVD again).
PI Failures (Should not exceed 32 maximum): Average 0.04, Maximum 14.4 (There was only 1 single big spike, so I ignored it. The rest of the data be fine).

Also tested the 'terrible' Memorex DVD+R's that everyone complains about (they got 3/5 stars on amazon):
Memorex DVD+R (CMC MAG M01)
PI Errors (Should not exceed 280 maximum): Average 21.02, Maximum 140.1
PI Failures (Should not exceed 32 maximum): Average 0.02, Maximum 12.1

So adjectives 3 DVD's performed extremely well, especially considering they are 'low-cost alternative' brands, not top-of-the-line DVD's. If you want more info on ECC PI/PO checking/errors, check out MYCE. great info near. All testing was done next to Nero CD/DVD speed.

I will buy more of these when I get the chance.

Are They Good?, March 11, 2010
I hold used Fuji, Memorex, Maxell and now Amazon. I average 200+ movies per year. The Amazon are as good as the Maxell and Fuji and better than Memorex. So far I've not have any platters, but then I always use +R's and burn at 4x speed for best video ability. There is plenty of room on the disc to write your label. The packaging is all right done. As for shipping Amazon double boxed. Since I live in the boonies, anytime I can purchase a good product and enjoy it delivered to my door cheaper than going to town, I'll buy it.

Unimpressed, May 3, 2010
So I ordered these Amazonbasics DVD's because I was looking to pick up a buck, but it appears that now I may have to pay packet for more DVD's that actually work. I typically use DVD's for burning movies, files, and photo's (mostly movies), and I haven't had one disc nonetheless that has worked properly. I have tested something like 10 discs with various source files and multiple burners, as ably as different players.
Let me start with the packaging: I construe the amazon frustration-free packaging is great and have encounter it before, but for these DVD's it appeared that the package be dirty and even inside the package had something that looked similar to a stain. Still, I think the amazon packaging is a plus.
Burn Speed: These DVD's burned at duplicate speed as any others that I've recently encountered, I have no problems during the burn process.
Disc Design: A nice blank top for labeling my discs was my only criteria, Amazon did capably in this aspect.
Reliability: As far as I'm concerned, Amazon forgot to include reliability when making the DVD's. The quality is of late terrible, I have not have a single disc work as it should. The discs skip and the picture breaks up, but not until about a third of the way through the disc. After examining the bottom of the discs it looks almost as if they be exposed to heat on one part because although the actual disc isn't perverted, I think the recordable portion is.

Summary: Don't buy these DVD's unless you are willing to have a flutter on quality.

Lots Of Duds, Inconsistencies In Various Players, November 1, 2010
I had be buying Fujifilm DVD-R 4.7GB 100PK SPINDLE 16X GE ( 25302884 ) for a couple years. Those worked wonderfully, and through 400 dvds, I never had a coaster. I have tried five AmazonBasics DVDs, and none of them play on my Wal-Mart cheap-o Magnavox DVD player (model DP100MW8). They DO play on my computers and on my RCA tv/dvd combo box.

Regarding other aspects of the DVDs, the top is glossy and not the greatest for writing, though the top half is blank. Burn speed is similar to what I experienced next to the aforementioned Fujifilm DVDs.

I would give it one star out of sheer annoyance, but since it works in some players, it really doesn't deserve that. Back to the Fuji DVDs for me. Paying for a while more really is worth not having this headache.

Edit: I tried five more dvds, and three worked in my Magnavox dvd player. All work surrounded by the RCA tv/dvd combo though. I don't know what causes these inconsistencies, but there you hold it. Weird.

Thicker, ugly, but a value nevertheless, December 21, 2009
I own used two brands of 16x DVDs quite a bit, verbatim and amazonbasics, so those will be my basis for comparison. Both disks work surrounded by my macintosh superdrive. The amazon disks are thicker and not as attractive as the verbatim disks, but they are cheaper. The thickness is not a problem in drives near a tray, but macbook drives don't have a tray. You put the disks into the drive, and the drive pulls them into the laptop. The thicker disks make different noise inside the drive, as if the drive may have some difficulty with the extra bulk, but I don't know whether or not it's a cause for concern. While the amazon disks will burn on my mac, they will not burn in some drives whereas the verbatim disks enjoy never failed to burn on any drive for me. Right now, I'm considering buying single the verbatim disks because a wider variety of drives is able to burn them.

Lastly, the verbatim disks are more attractive. So if you want to furnish the disks to a customer or as a gift, you might want to use the verbatim.

As good as anyone's, January 24, 2010
These are as well brought-up as any dvd's under a name brand. Why settle more for same type quality. Now, I am trying Verbatim which is rated the immensely best made which Amazon has at an amazing price. I would defiantely buy this one compared to average brand names.

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