Verbatim DVD+R DL 8.5GB-240Min 2.4X White Inkjet Printable 20Pk Spindle Box

The Best (2009-02-16)
I'm tired of screwing around with other brands especially when it comes to DL. Go ahead and buy the cheap ones and don't say I didn't warn you. Especially when they no longer work several years later. If you want to learn the hard way it just makes these discs more expensive. Remember, if using these discs some older standalone DVD players might not play +R DL no matter what brand. Burn at 2.4x. Good Luck!

Outstanding! (2008-12-17)
First time purchase.

My son and I produced a two hour DVD. In the past, we would have made this a two set DVD. NOT ANYMORE With these DVD's. DVD's have burned at a 100% rate. NO COASTERS. We will order additional. Printable DVD prints almost as well as HP blank DVD's, BRAVO Verbatim!

First four discs I tried, four coasters! (2008-12-14)
These discs are garbage. Maybe I just got a bad batch, I don't know. I was trying to burn a video to disc, and the first three attempts gave out around 35% with a hardware error. The fourth attempt failed right at the beginning of the write process. I have a batch of non-hub-printable Verbatim DVD+R DLs that have worked quite well, so I'm surprised these are so bad.

review of the printable dual layer blank dvd (2008-08-20)
I bought the Verbatim printable dual layer dvds recently and have used 7 so far. So far so good no problems and they print well. After I have used up the whole box I will update this review, but until then its worked well. No issues... 4 stars since I need to wait til I use up the whole box. Cheers..

Verbatim quality always amazes. (2008-05-30)
These discs are similar to the Verbatim white inkjet printable DVD-R and DVD+R 4.7GB discs I have been using for years. These 8.5GB discs are nice, although a little bit expensive by comparison. Granted the 20Pk spindle is a very good deal compared to most DL discs on the market. The quality is superb and I have not experienced any mis-burns or duds in this package using 3 different DVD burners. I use an Epson Stylus Photo RX680 all-in-one to print on these with photo-quality results every time.

If you are wondering what DL discs are good for, I primarily use them for video discs I author from home movie tapes or original video material I shoot when the video is 60 minutes or longer. The extra capacity of these discs allows me to use the highest bitrate possible for DVD playback for over 2 hours of video. If using standard 4.7GB discs, long videos need to be recorded at a lower quality bitrate.

IMHO I would not spend the extra money on DL discs for data backup tasks. 4.7 GB discs cost far less per Gigabyte.

I would give the product 5 stars but I have the sneaking suspicion that all DL discs are intentionally marked up to dissuade piracy of commercial DVD discs which are mostly published in the DL format. 4 stars is the verdict due to being overpriced. For a direct comparison to other DL media consider this a 5-star review. Verbatim is in a class of their own when it comes to blank media.