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Review on πŸ’Ώ High-Quality Memorex 25 GB 6x Blu-Ray Disc BD-Rs - 30-ct Spindle for Optimal Data Storage by Luis Estrella

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I have 200 GB of data to back up on LG BE08LU20 (latest firmware 2.0). And that's valuable data - photos and videos of my 2-year-old daughter earlier this year. I use Toast 10 Pro to write data with all plugins including Blu-ray plugins (latest patch too). It has been burning since January with no complaints, and I asked Toast to verify the data after burning. But for February there are two coasters. Although the write was 100% successful, the toast data failed validation. That's because I'm leaving a few hundred megabytes of free space - I thought I'd be smart to leave some free space. I've used Verbatim discs in the past and have never had a problem filling the disc to the last byte; even Verbatim BD-R DL (50GB)! In short, don't trust your data on those Memorex BD-R discs unless you've made sure they were burned correctly, especially with something as precious as family photos and videos. Very disappointing, I have previously been a regular Memorex customer and have never had a problem with their drives. If you want to protect your data, buy Verbatim Hard Coat blank DVD and Blu-ray discs instead. The drive is effectively 20GB instead of 25GB. It seems that when the writer writes on the outer edges of this disc, the data becomes unreadable. Again, this only happens with this drive, not the Verbatim drives I've used in the past. So be sure to check any data you write onto these discs, especially if it is important.

Pros
  • also understandable for the old ones
Cons
  • Without insurance