Re: [PLUG] What writable DVDs to buy?

2018-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 27 Aug 2018, John Meissen wrote: Taiyo Yuden used to be the gold standard for writable media. I looked into this pretty extensively a number of years ago when I found out that much of the consumer quality stuff you get at Office Depot, etc. will often fade after as little as 5 years.

Re: [PLUG] What writable DVDs to buy?

2018-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 27 Aug 2018, King Beowulf wrote: I've used a number of DVD-R/W brands over the years. I usually pick them up on sale at Fry's (Wilsonville) when I am in that area. My picks: 1. Ridata 2. TDK 3. Sony 4. Verbatim 5. Philips Thanks, Ed. I also picked up a M-disc drive to try out

Re: [PLUG] What writable DVDs to buy?

2018-08-27 Thread John Meissen
kingbeow...@gmail.com said: > I've used a number of DVD-R/W brands over the years. I usually pick them up > on sale at Fry's (Wilsonville) when I am in that area. > My picks: > 1. Ridata 2. TDK 3. Sony 4. Verbatim 5. Philips Taiyo Yuden used to be the gold standard for writable media. I

Re: [PLUG] What writable DVDs to buy?

2018-08-27 Thread King Beowulf
On 08/27/2018 08:31 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >   I still have a bunch of unused writable CDROMs and no writable DVDs. I > want to buy a small spool for a) Slackware distribution upgrades as they > are > released and b) storing large data files not needed on a regular basis. > Knowing nothing about

[PLUG] What writable DVDs to buy?

2018-08-27 Thread Rich Shepard
I still have a bunch of unused writable CDROMs and no writable DVDs. I want to buy a small spool for a) Slackware distribution upgrades as they are released and b) storing large data files not needed on a regular basis. Knowing nothing about what is available I would like advice on what to buy