Product Description

Create, capture, edit and archive home movies and digital photos, while storing and accessing data from one DVD-R disc. A perfect companion to your DVD Handycam® camcorder, this 100-pack spindle of 16X DVD-R recordable discs captures all digital data brilliantly, and is large enough to hold oversized digital movie files. Each disc holds 4.7 GB of information or 120 minutes of video.

Product Details

• Brand: Sony
• Model: 100DMR47RS4
• Dimensions: 5.50" h x 5.50" w x 6.20" l, 3.92 pounds

Features

•  4.7 Gb
•  120-Min Storage Capacity
•  Accucore Technology
•  Recording Speeds Vary
•  Spindle Pack

From the Manufacturer
From the Manufacturer Nobody knows more about optical technology than Sony.  We co-developed the Compact Disc, the DVD and the Blu-ray Disc formats.  We launched the world's first Blu-ray Disc recorder and first Blu-ray Disc media, and we are also at the forefront in refining optical media.  Our AccuCORE technology delivers superb Accuracy, COmpatibility and REliability.

Sony's high precision disc molding technology makes a true flat disc. When a disc is not flat, recording as much as the original capacity may become impossible, or recording may even stop halfway due to skips that took place during data writing. Sony's adoption of a unique recording dye realizes fast and accurate address detection from low to high speeds.   Sony has designed and continues to make advances with highly reliable recording materials. Higher quality materials and precision engineering prevent "jitters" and error rates even after long term archival storage.

Another benefit of Sony's unique recording dye is the amazingly accurate play-back and writing ability with various brands and styles of drives and recorders.                     Sony's advanced recording materials provide decreased error rates and picture distortions that occur in many other brands resulting from temperature changes. Sony AccuCORE media makes for vastly improved recording stability.

Customer Reviews

fine, reliable media
Sony makes a very reliable blank DVD-R that can handle up to 4.7 GB of data. Moreover, these blank DVD-Rs are capable of recording data at speeds up to 16x. The data I record onto these lasts for years, proving the test of time. I have used these as data discs, discs to record video and discs to record audio. Great!

The DVD-R discs are compact and easy to store. While the discs are still blank, store them in the circular case on the spindle that they came in. After your burn data onto them, I would recommend storing them in slim jewel cases instead of paper sleeves. It's just better protection for your DVD-Rs that have data stored on them. Don't store these discs, burnt or blank, in rooms that become very hot; this causes damage to any brand of this type of disc and you could lose data over time.

There are two caveats that many other people note about any brand of this product: when you are burning the data onto the blank disc, don't be surprised if you see that the data is burning at a rate slower than 16x. This can happen if your burner doesn't have the capacity to burn faster, or it may be a quirk. I am not a professional so I cannot be certain of precisely what causes this phenomenon; but I assure you that the extra minute or two (tops) that you wait to get your DVD-R completed is worth the wait. In addition, DON'T write on these using Sharpie ink pens. The ink can seep through the top coating of the DVD-R disc and slowly but surely compromise your data--and you wouldn't want that, now would you? If you need to label the discs, label its' jewel case using a post-it note. At least that's what I do.

Overall, Sony blank DVD-R discs store data reliably over the years and I believe that an extra minute to burn the data onto the blank disc is well worth it in the event that it doesn't actually burn at 16x.

Use them in good health!

Reliable!
I'm burning DVD's on a Mac Powerbook G4 1G with a 2x SuperDrive. I tried Verbatim, Maxell, Memorex, Imation...all had a failure rate of anywhere from 25-75%. I switched to this Sony DVD-R as a last resort before I was about to upgrade to a new PowerBook with the 8x Superdrive. I have now burned 25 DVD's without a failure.

I have burned many DVDs using Sony DVD-Rs - no problems
I've had a Plextor drive for a few years now and have only used Sony DVD-Rs with it. I use an eMac and a Powerbook, and I have never had any issues with the discs themselves either when burning or when using them - even a couple years later. I cannot say the same thing about Memorex or TDK.