Blank DVD Media

I don't always send out my DVDs to be mass replicated.

For smaller projects I burn them myself using the multiple dvd burner that I talk about in this article.

One thing that was vitally important to me was the compatibility factor.

Since I was burning my own DVDs, I wanted to make sure that my customers would not have any problems using them.

With professional replication, this isn't a problem. They are produced the same way that motion picture DVDs are produced. They are as compatible as possible and will work in 99%+ of all dvd players.

For my own burned dvd's, I wanted to get as close to this as possible.

One of the first considerations I had was what format to burn the DVDs in. There was DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW etc... I won't bore you with the details of these various formats but the reason they exist is that several companies were trying to create "the" standard at the same time as each other.

All of my research has shown the DVD-R mode to be the most compatible.

I then started researching the various DVD-R blank media available. I discovered the brand that government agencies use due to its reliability. That brand is "BeAll". It is used by such U.S. agencies as NASA and others.

There are a few different choices in the BeAll brand. My pick is the 1-4x BeAll white inkjet printable dvds. If you don't have plans to print labels on them using an ink jet printer, you can save yourself .10 to .15 per disk by getting the non inkjet version.

Here is a link to Meritline if you want to check them out. I order the "BeAll 16x DVD-4 White Inkjet Printable" DVDs for my uses.

The last time I ordered 100 of them, it came out to about .36 each. That is when shipping costs were factored in as well. The last time I checked, you could get the DVDs for .28 cents each in bulk.

I have found this media to be superb. I have not had a single failure to date with them (my fingers are crossed). They are very, very reliable and universally compatible. Definitely a good choice.

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