Review of JVC Taiyo Yuden (JDPR-ZZ-SB16) 16X DVD+R Silver Lacquer Printable Media - 200 Pack

When it comes to media, there is no substitute for reliability. Every other brand I have tried produces coasters. I go to play a movie and it freezes up. I look at the disk and see a little bubble in the coating. I have made hundreds and hundreds of Taiyo Yuden without producing a coaster. Nuf said.

By far the best DVD media I have used. Product arrived in perfect condition and in a timely manor

By far the best DVD media I have used.

Always work great. Never had a bad disc yet.

This product is working well for all my archiving of vhs to dvd tapes. If you live in the eastern part of the country, the delivery is especially long. Took 9 days to get to PA from the day I ordered. Well worth the wait if you aren't in a hurry.

Discs arrived not so fast/not so slow. Well packaged, no damage. Was burning HPs (cheap,same brand as burner). First cake of 100 HPs burned o.k. at slower than rated speed. Second cake of 100, not one would burn at any speed without errors! So these are twice as expensive, have only burned 3 so far, at max speed without a hitch. Well worth it, will stick with this brand. Free shipping for over $50 purchase is nice, be better for over $25.

ONE STAR QUALITY!!! Almost Junk!!!
(for the Taiyo Yuden standards)

I am SAD! I've been using these for years and swearing by them. When people come to me with horror stories of rolling coasters all day long, I steer them to Taiyo Yuden. Next time I see them, they're happy campers.

When I saw "JVC/Taiyo Yuden", I thought "Oh no... JVC has purchased Taiyo Yuden and now the quality is gonna tank!". Imagine my relief when I researched it only to find that Taiyo Yuden simply purchased the JVC name for product recognition.

Then I started burning disks with my newly purchased "JVC/Taiyo Yuden" disks. They stunk... I mean like a dead skunk in the middle of the road (at least for Taiyo Yuden disks). For the first time in many years of using these disks, I started experiencing burn failures. I tried several different drives but nothing helped.

Testing the failures AND the successes showed a MUCH lower quality disk than I'd ever experienced before with Taiyo Yuden. It is VERY disappointing. I've tested around 50 disks from this last batch and only 3 or 4 of them portrayed the level of quality I've come to expect from Yaiyo Yuden.

All you guys that have been burning Yuden T03's for years really should run a check on your recent batches. I think you may be surprised at what you find. You may no longer simply assume that the name "Taiyo Yuden" equates to high quality disks.

I take NO JOY in writing this review. It really does make me sad to see the hallmark DVD crash and burn like this. I will try ONE MORE batch (hoping I just received a bad batch) before I toss these to the winds. I still blame Taiyo Yuden for letting this batch slip through their quality control. That's NOT the way to do business.

Best of Luck.

Package arrived poorly packed, merrchandise obviously opened previously. Discs were unsealed, loose and not sealed. Dust dirt and other contaminants on surface of discs.

would recommend this fine store to anyone interetsed in fast service,
mailing ease and, generally, price.

Great !