When I searched for "Light Scribe" enabled disks I was shown a set of 50 Memorex LightScribe DVD+R's. Along with the a description that correctly followed the picture. After ordering and receiving my product I received a regular 50 pack of DVD-R's that were not LightScribe.

I did not fault anyone until I went to Ritz's customer service for help since they were the vendor. This was absolutely no help because I was told that I would be charged a 15% restocking fee as well as the additional shipping charge to return something that was not what I ordered in the first place. Never once was I offered by Ritz to simply swap the items out for what I had thought I was supposed to be receiving. I was told that Amazon's website probably led to an improperly labled or completed item and that was the reason for the mix up but that it should now be properly displayed...and it was for a 10 dollars more than what I had paid for.

I understand when mistakes are made and if website updates cause problems with improper links being followed on similar items, but the way in which Ritz Camera and their policies handled this situation was shameful and I intend to never purchase anything from them either online or at local stores again for the sly way in which they covered their own foul up.

Memorex 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 video I record onto these lasts forever. I have used these as discs to record video both with and without audio.

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 record video 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 information stored on them. Don't store these discs, used or blank, in rooms that become very hot; this causes damage to any brand of this type of disc and you could lose your recorded video over time.

There are two caveats that many other people note about any brand of this product: when you are burning the video onto the blank disc using computer software, 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.

Overall, Memorex blank DVD-R discs store video 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 `em in good health!

For various purposes, I go through a great deal of CD and DVD recordable media. From time to time, I have had occasion to purchase Memorex media of various description, usually when others have purchased media on my behalf.

EVERY BATCH of Memorex recordable media I have purchased over the past decade or so is virtually guaranteed to produce AT LEAST 3% coasters, OFTEN A GREAT DEAL MORE. Aside from the coaster production, often data errors will render whole segments of music CDs or movie DVDs unusable once they are burned.

I have seen a few reviews by others that have encountered similar results and NO, my comrades in Memorex dissatisfaction, YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

To anyone who enjoys having to re-burn data to disc due to media failure, Memorex is for you! For all others with greater sanity, I would recommend avoiding ALL Memorex media.

Much as Memorex made their mark in the 1970s by having slick advertising rather than quality product, they do much the same today.

Just today, thinking that I would once again try Memorex DVD-R media ONE MORE TIME (thinking that somehow they had suddenly improved their standards), I immediately got a coaster from the FIRST DISC OUT OF THE SPINDLE.

Better than Memorex is TDK, Verbatim, Sony, and many store-branded media (especially Fry's Electronics "GQ" brand). Failure rates that I have experienced with these brands have been as low as 0%. My experience with Memorex media has yielded an average failure rate of 3% (3 out of 100 on a spindle, of course) to 5% (5 out of a spindle of 100). To me, this is an unacceptable failure rate.

My previous attempts to return a few defective burned discs to retailers have been laughed at, and I believe that is what second-tier manufacturers like Memorex count on. AVOID THEM!!!!

Just finished off the last of my memorex's and plan to buy more. Bought 3 50-pack spindles, ZERO coasters, all burned at 16X speed. Will buy many more, plus a great deal for the price!

I've owned the RCA DRC 8030 DVD recorder since June, and I'd have to say that roughly one third of all DVDs burned showed pixelation artifacts on playback. Sometimes the pixelation was minor, sometimes there would be large green horizontal streaks on the frame and actual simultaneous audio buzzing, but regardless, what I ended up with was a coaster in one-third of my recording attempts. The movie played right off the DVD recorder hard disk is perfectly clear, so that is not the problem. The problem seemed to be independent of film/program length or recording speed. Switching to DVD+R's has eliminated the problem completely, so I can only assume that the DVD-R was the source. I would therefore not recommend this product for archiving movies, at least for my particular brand of DVD recorder.

I never feel like I need to put the review. I may got a bad lot of this product. I tried a few disc to back up my data by Nero program and Philip drive, dell computer E1405. It failed more than half. At first I think that my drive is bad or my computer have something wrong, so I formatted and reinstalled all programs and then tried it again. It failed again. I think about buying a new dvd writer. I never think that the disc is bad, but when I write my data on Verbatim after I failed with Memorex. Verbatim worked great!!! It saved my money before I buy a new dvd writer. I cannot explain what happenned. If Memorex staff read this, please let me know. 1 star for wasting my time and I don't know what to do with 45 memorex disc ???

Not even one bad DVD. All of them burned and finalized properly.

The disks arrived from this seller ahead of the posted time. Only one problem. The hub of the spindle was broken.

I have used about 30 of these DVDs to transfer old VCR tapes to DVD with a LG DVD/VCR recorder and a Phillips DVD recorder. I have had no problems whatever. The DVD-R works great. I recommend them to one and all.

I just had to toss a spindle of 50 of these coasters. Tried probably about 10 of them on three different burners/computers, and they all failed. I switched back to Verbatim DVD-Rs, and everything worked fine on all three machines. For my two cents, avoid Memorex like the plague.

Great Product. Black and white lightscribe on gold background... Nice! Recording quality is excellent.

I use them on ILO DVD recorder and also for recording home movies or data disk. I have not had a problem with any of them ever. I love them! Plus, a great price!

If these were free, i'd still would not recommend them, due to all the time that you will waste with faulty recordings.

It is the discs, I must assume, since my burner works fine with other brands.

Anyway, (now) I think it's best to invest a bit more and get good media...

I have been using Memorex dvd-r blank media for more than a year and have gotten fine recordings with my new dvd player/recorder. Not all of my recordings were successful, no product I know is 100% perfect, but the majority have been successful with Memorex dvd blank media.
This 50-pack spindle was purchased from Amazon because I know I can rely on them to give you the best in quality and value plus free shipping. Moreover, I have never really been disappointed with anything purchased from Amazon.
After trying many dvd-r blank media, I found Memorex dvd-r spindles to be affordable and reliable for a better than average performance.

I think those who are complaining have broken drives or computers. I have been using these for about a year with zero defects.

I use Sonic burner program and these discs have worked perfectly fine. Good quality and quantity, perfectly satisfied with this product.

The first CD in this pack was damaged even before writing :(. Well, I was able to write the second one without issues. Hope the rest of them would be fine too.

I see a lot of negative reviews here, but I've been using these discs for a couple months now with my PowerBook G4's Superdrive, and I've had no problems, at least none that I would attribute to the discs themselves. One review laments Toast Titanium 7, which in my experience is a very finnicky, buggy program. I too had a number of failed burns with that program, but I was able to remedy the situation by saving my dvd projects as disc images, and then burning them later with disc utility after I had a chance to mount them and check them out. For the price I payed for these discs, if I remember right, almost half the price of a 25 pack from other companies for a 50 pack from memorex, I am very very pleased. If you're looking to play around with dvd burning, and I guarantee you you will make a few mistakes and have to throw away a few discs before you get it right, this is the best deal you'll find anywhere.

These DVD's are really good... I have yet to have any problems...

I've got a LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-1673S burner (Revision JS02) in my fast G4 Mac running OS X Tiger and burning with Toast Titanium 7. Although my burner is nominally 16X-capable, it only burns at about 6X in my setup, probably due to the slow (ATA 33) bus it's on.
I've used a number of different brands of 8X and 16X disks, both +R and -R, and have had a verification failure rate of less than 2% -- so few, in fact, that I often don't bother verifying video DVD's anymore when burning TDK or Maxell discs. (I always verify data DVD's, since errors in those are not ignorable.) But with Memorex, I've gotten about 20% failures, including a couple of aborted burns! In one case, the disc had a blank band between two burned ones!
The Memorex discs I'm referring to have Manufacturer ID "CMC MAG, AM3". According to videohelp.com, these are sold under at least 7 different brand names. The reviews there are rather mixed, which is not IMHO good enough!
I have not, BTW, have had any problems with the Memorex DVD+R discs I've tried. But I stopped using them because one of my players won't recognize the +R format.

I have used three other brands of 16x DVD-Rs and none of them have been problematic with my new (Tivo) dvd burner. This is the first brand that just hasn't worked. These discs were a waste of time shopping for, they were a waste of time dealing with failed burns, and they were a waste of money. I am not even going to attempt to sell the unopened package in the Amazon marketplace since it wouldn't be fair to other buyers. For your information, I have had no problem with Sony, Fuji, and Verbatim.

Since I got my first DVD burner with my G4 Mac, I've been buying Memorex for creating video DVDs, as they were readily available. In the last 6 years, I think I've had maybe 10 coasters. And only recently have I come across my first DVD player that wouldn't play these discs. I wish I could remeber the brand, but it escapes me at the moment. I'll continue to buy them as they have performed great for me.

I've used them for backup as well asnd have seen a couple of verification errors when done. Unfortunately I haven't had other brands of DVDs on hand to test, but I still hold the Memorex brand in high regards.

It's not always the best idea to burn at the highest speed anyway since this can introduce errors, no matter what brand you use. Many repilcation companies will tell you that they burn at no higher speeds than 4x.

I've got four 16X PC burners with the most up to date firmware. Out of 20 attempts, I have 20 coasters. I don't have this problem with any other brand of 16X speed discs. Like the Memorex 8X discs, the 16X discs work well in my home theater DVD Burners but only in SP mode and at 1X record speed. In EP or 2X-16X record mode, the discs pixelate on playback.

I know a lot of people have problems with this media, but I have used many of them and I am very satisfied. I wish they could do something about the occasional surface defects (which don't seem to be a problem), but what product is perfect.