For a long time, Memorex was the only Double Layer option for me because of price. I never really had a hard time with the 2X discs burning on the Pioneer burners (DVR-110D and 111D) in most Macs. The new 8X discs are a completely different story. I've lost at least half of the discs. I switched from DragonBurn to Toast8, with improved results for a few burns, but then more "sense errors" a quarter to halfway through the burn. The reality is Memorex DL media is not preferred media for the Pioneer drives. It was never a problem till this new 8X batch. Buy at your own risk! Memorex 8.5GB 8X Double Layer DVD+R (25pk Spindle)
I had bought a 15 pack spindle of these DVD DLs and it worked just fine, so I figured I'd go with the best deal since they are the best priced DVD DLs out there and I bought a 25 pack spindle. About 8 DVDs into it and not one worked. I burned SONY and HP DVDs just fine but this spindle of Memorex is a complete waste of money.
I've tried contacting Memorex via email to get my money back but so far they've just ignored me. I will no longer be purchasing Memorex, in the end you really save no money buying these discs since you throw so many of them out...
These discs are unreliable and not worth wasting time with. Burning with Nero 6.x on a Sony DVD burner on a Win2000Pro PC resulted in failure to verify the burn on the first sectors 100% of the tries. Burning on a new Plextor burner attached to a Macbook with Toast 7 results in failures during burn or verify about 40% of the time and discs that verify still won't play properly, with video pauses and skips.
I've used Memorex DVD-R and DVD+R DL discs exclusively. I've had no problems burning discs with my Toast 6 (and later Toast 8) software and a Pioneer dual layer drive until buying these 8x Memorex DVD+R DL discs. I'm getting a 50% failure rate during the transition to the second layer even when burning at only 2X. The failure is reported as "Media Sense Error." I strongly recommend against purchasing 8x DL discs from Memorex until they fix this defect.
ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE PRODUCT!!
Out of the 25 that came in the pack, the first nine failed to burn. NINE IN A ROW!
Needless to say I didn't wait around to see if the other 16 would suffer the same fate, I promptly returned these to the place of purchase.
Just to make sure that it wasn't the DVD burner on my 3 week old Apple MacBook that was the problem I borrowed a blank SONY DVD+R DL disk from a friend and tried burning the exact same files. Guess what...it worked perfectly. Lesson learned: you get what you pay for.
I will never buy another Memorex product again.
I have used Memorex DL 2.4x ever since they came out. NEVER had a problem with HUNDREDS of burns. Now the 2.4x are no longer available and I had to buy these 8x. Failed burns from the get-go.
Okay, update the burner's firmware, update Nero -- that MUST have been the problem. Oh no it wasn't: same results. If 1 out of 3 succeeded, I was surprised. No one on any forum has a valid theory for the failures. As other reviewers have stated, the failure always occurs shortly ater the second layer begins writing.
Stay WAY AWAY from these Memorex DL 8x until the manufacturer corrects the problem.
I bought these on another site and while I saw a few reviews saying they didn't work, I dismissed those reviews as being the standard people who don't know how to use the product or just like to complain. Well, I was wrong. These things are completely worthless. Like everyone else, I tried to burn half a dozen and everyone failed while starting the second layer.
Do not waste your money on these. Even if you have purchased these in the past and they worked, I'd stay away. According to some people on the other site, Memorex switched their DVD supplier last year from a high quality disc to this junk.
Stay away!
Worst disks I have ever bought. I had purchased some memorex dvd dl 2.4x discs in the past without any issues burning with my sony burner. The new discs I have not had one burn successfully.
Please note I burned a dvd dl disc with no issues 5 minutes prior to using these discs. - Dual Layer - Dvd Dual Layer - Memorex - Dual Layer Dvd'
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