Review of JVC Taiyo Yuden (JDPR-ZZ-SB16) 16X DVD+R Silver Lacquer Printable Media - 400 Pack

I have bought nothing but Verbatim for 10+ years now. Probably burned 5000 of them over the years. I just can't handle their India garbage anymore, so I decided to try these.

I've burned just over 200 of these so far and only had one failure. One other tried very hard to fail but did not. This is about the same luck I always had with the good Verbatim discs.

These discs do burn at 20x, sometimes briefly touching 21 - 21.9x, especially near the completion of the burn. I have tested about 50 of the discs for errors after the burn and none of them had any errors of any kind, even after burning at 20x.

I have several DVD players, from newer ones to ones that are more than 10 years old and these discs play perfectly in all of them.

The discs themselves are the shiniest and most reflective discs I have ever seen. Once they are burned you have to look closely at them to tell the written side from the top side. It is actually very hard to tell they are silver because they pick up the color of whatever is around them. In direct light they look rainbow colored. The only complaint I have about the discs themselves is that they have no lines to guide you evenly if you decide to write on them. The picture shown here on the website makes them look like they have writing all over them, but they are completely blank.

I don't know why Taiyo Yuden doesn't put the foam "washers" on the top of the discs like other discs manufacturers do. The discs are free to bang up and down about three quarters of an inch inside the cake box. Bad idea. None of them appear to have been damaged though. There is one little foam washer on the bottom of the discs however. But it is nowhere near thick enough to hold them snug in the cake box.

I've used TY DVD+ for several years - never had a problem Wouldn't consider another brand.

A super high quality dvd+r for a great price. I have purchased the JVC Taiyo Yuden Silver Thermal Lacquer 16X DVD+R Media 100 Pack a few times now, and will continue to do so.

It's my policy to only buy this brand for my product. On my last batch, only 1% failed the burning process (I don't know why). I also verify every disc and they all came out perfect. I also noticed they come on a spindle thing now which they didn't years ago when I bought my last batch.

I bought TY DVD+R media for backup archival storage of family digital pictures. There were no issues in burning the discs. I'm hoping that they will be readable in 100 years!

These DVD+R's are thicker than the brand I used to buy (Verbatim MediDisc). These seem to more rigid also - i.e., tougher, and with less "flex".

I've only had the chance to burn 6 discs so far while working on a project, but I'm very pleased with their performance. No coasters, and every player I have put them into has been able to read them flawlessly.

These are both my new "go to" and "long term storage" DVD's, the only ones I'll buy.

Delivered on time - Price is very good with free shipping

I have used the Taiyo Yuden DVD+ for years and never had a problem with them. I will continue to use them for all my backup needs.

Reasonable price for archive quality media. The investment in time archiving is only as good as the reliability of the media over many years... so far so good with Taiyo Yuden.

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