I have purchased and successfully burnt many disc with 95% success rate
that were in the $1.30 to $1.60 range. I did buy a bunch of $1.00 disks
that were faulty and had a 75% success rate but the dealer reimbursed
me for those that failed to burn. She was aware that they were a bad
batch. At these prices I feel that DVD-R is better for backing up than
DVD-RW.
Eugene
On Tuesday, December 9, 2003, at 12:04 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
15" Flat panel 800MHz G4 iMac with superdrive (update 1.0 installed)
running
OSX 10.2.8 & OS 9.2.2
I've been through what seem to be the relevant Apple knowledge base
articles
and, as I read it, the superdrive IS compatable with DVD-RW media but
Apple's burning software isn't. So I SHOULD be able to use these discs
but I
would need to purchase third party burning software like toast.
Can anyone confirm this and give any positive or negative feedback on
using
these discs with this computer.
Down here in Albany brand name DVD-Rs seem to go for $5+, or $23 for a
TDK
5-pack, whereas I saw DVD-RWs (imation I think) for <$9. So I'm
thinking
that for back-ups DVD-RW could be very cost effective. I see DVD-Rs
advertised for as low as $1 in the west but no mention of brand so I am
nervous about the compatability/reliability of these.
I would be very interested to hear other users thoughts/experiences.
TIA
Neil
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Albany, Western Australia
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