COLOR RESEARCH 100 Pack DVD-R Blank Media - 16X Speed, 4.7 GB - C18-42002
Oct 29, 2015
You get what you pay for
Out of the first 20 dvd's I burned, 3 made the burner sound like it was launching a rocket to the moon, followed by 2 more that failed outright after trying to burn for 15 minutes (average time with said burner is 6 min). I'm only using them for non-important backups now as I don't want to lose any sensitive info. Still, they are cheap, so if that's what you're going for, here it is. But if you have the extra money get the Sony, Memorex, or even Verbatim. Rarely if every had a problem with any of them.
Save your money, buy a more expensive/better deck.
It works. That's about all the great I can say about it. Biggest grips is: Tapes I have that ran slower due to age and use are even more sluggish on this than my last, more expensive deck, making them unplayable. Personally not a fan of how cheaply the buttons feel when pressed, nor how oversized all the labeling is. Finally, ejecting: press eject, go make a sandwich, tape should be accessible when you get back, AKA horribly slow eject that you'll end up pulling open when you lose patience with it. I've had a few tapes that I know sounded fine on my old deck sound like mud as well. Still, out of a full drawer of tapes, about 10 of them, I'd say it had no issue playing 4 of them with normal sound, no slowdown, etc. So if your tapes aren't as old as you are (and you've bought most of them in the 70's to 80's), you may not have any issue. As for me, I'm glad I got this deck at a discount as I'd not have bothered with it otherwise.