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Verbatim 43614 BD-RE Rewritable 25GB Blu-Ray Disc Jewel Case
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Binding : Electronics
EAN : 0023942436140
Label : Verbatim
Manufacturer : Verbatim
Publisher : Verbatim
Release date : 2006-12-04
Title : Verbatim 43614 BD-RE Rewritable 25GB Blu-Ray Disc Jewel Case
Studio : Verbatim
Brand : Verbatim
Model : 43614
MPN : 43614
Package quantity : 1
RRP: £13.41 This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery
You save: £3.83 (29 %)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1 to 3 weeks
Average customer rating:
Binding : Electronics
EAN : 0023942436140
Label : Verbatim
Manufacturer : Verbatim
Publisher : Verbatim
Release date : 2006-12-04
Title : Verbatim 43614 BD-RE Rewritable 25GB Blu-Ray Disc Jewel Case
Studio : Verbatim
Brand : Verbatim
Model : 43614
MPN : 43614
Package quantity : 1
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Product DescriptionVerbatim BD-RE 2x 25GB Blu-ray J/C
Customer reviews
review by: date: 2008-02-13 rating:Goodbye Heaps of DVD Recordables....
I was hesitatant in going Blu-Ray. I have used DVD recordable since its early days. I went through the buying cheap and nasty DVD recordables phase, and paying the price for that, in terms of discs I could not read only a few weeks after burning them. I then switched to using branded DVDs - which I have been doing for 5 years or more with very few problems. br / br /The problem is that - as it gets ever easier to create digital data by the truckload (in my case by making lots of digital off-air TV and radio recordings) the once mighty 4.7Gbytes capacity offered by DVD Recordable now seems pretty inadequate. Even the 8.6GB dual layer DVD discs - which are actually pretty good now if you buy branded ones - don't really solve the problem any more - especially when you consider the size of hard drives out there now - 1000GBytes for under £100, and 1.5TB drives on the way (August 2008) - sheesh! br / br /Enter Blu-Ray (yes we got there! Sorry if you thought you'd wandered into the wrong review there for a minute or two!). 25Gbytes per disc - on a platter the same size as CD or DVD - seems like a dream come true. Here's the good news: IT IS A DREAM COME TRUE!! br / br /Seeing the ever rising tide of DVD recordables around me one day last year I got desperate! I did a little research and then, took a deep breath and ordered a Pioneer Blu-Ray writer drive and also a Lite-ON Blu-Ray reader (I always advocate making sure you can read written discs on a different drive to the one that wrote them - it's a much more reliable check that just a verify pass on the same drive, which of course, can mostly read what it wrote - so can most doctors!). br / br /Ever since I got and installed these drives (upgrading Nero to Version 7 which supports Blu-Ray as soon as you install the drive) I have been buying these Verbatim Blu-Ray recordables (and also a few rewritables). It's been excellent, none of the hassle that I had in the early days of DVD with spoiled discs by the binload, in fact I have now written almost 100 Blu-Rays and NONE of them have failed - which to me is pretty impressive. Almost all of them have been these Verbatim products - but a handful were TDK ones - and they all worked flawlessly. FYI I use these discs as ROMS to contain flat video MPEG2 files - I am not using them as Blu-Ray entertainment discs. br / br /Now, the bad news (don't worry it's not THAT bad!): It takes a while to write each disc. Well, the discs are mostly 2x discs and there's 25GB to write - so do the calcs and you can see why. I usually reckon about 2.5 hours per disc with a verify pass on the writer. Then about 12-15 minutes on my other system with the Blu-Ray reader installed, to copy all the files off the new disc to a gash folder on hard disc - just to prove everything on the disc is readable. br / br /I guess the other thing to highlight is the cost, though since I bought my writer last year writers have more than HALVED in price and these discs are down in price also and falling monthly - a little way to go to be on a pricing vs capacity par with DVD-R, but it's getting there. I see some of the new drives are now offering faster write speeds too, so the time taken should begin to fall also. Dual layer Blu-Ray (50GB) is next and then - they say - dual layer dual sided (100GB). Hmm, heard all this with DVD and it was slow in coming. Anyway, 25GB per disc is fine for me - for the moment 8-) br / br /If you are willing to spend money to solve a space problem then I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending these discs. If you're thinking of going Blu-Ray check it out, it might be just the thing for you too.
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