Review on Optical Quantum OQBDR06LT-50 6X 25 GB BD-R Single Layer Blu-Ray Recordable Blank Media: High-Quality Logo Top, 50-Disc Spindle for Superior Data Storage by Lild Zimmerly

As a new owner of a Blu-ray burner used solely for data archiving, I've been looking for better types of media. Many sources claim that the Verbatim discs available here rate: Verbatim BD-R 25GB 6X Signature Surface - 25 pcs. Spindle 97457 I bought it first, tried it and found it very good. Try them. However, it is not easy to understand the large number of reviews. Here are all the facts about my setup (I think all these facts are important when trying to figure out if the problem is hardware, media, or user error): My media was purchased on May 27th, 2017 and arrived on May 5th .29/17. The combustible side is grey/gold. The media ID on it is OTCBDR-002-000. This is the same as the Plexdisc available here: PlexDisc 633-214 25GB 6x Blu-ray White Inkjet Printable Single Layer Recordable Disc BD-R, 50 Disc Spindle, although they have an inkjet front. Its non-combustible surface is golden-grey in color with a slightly matte finish. Looking at the Blu-ray Disc Association Licensing Office website, it appears that it is owned by Amethystum Storage Technology Co., Ltd. Looks like a Chinese company? HDL hard drives. My burner is an LG WH16NS40 which I bought earlier this month. This is the latest firmware 1.02 as my burning software is the NS50 version (although the model number doesn't reflect this). My burning software is the excellent freeware Imgburn v2.5.8.0. If you search the Myce forums for Media ID, you'll find that a few people are reporting that they don't burn very well at nominal 6x. However, since I received the Optical Quantum discs I have recorded and reviewed 9 discs with no problems. I intend to come back soon and do a custom data check to make sure it's taking longer to burn. I only used 6x speed as that's what they are designed for. It takes more than 16 minutes to burn 25GB. I then use ImgBurn check after each burn, which takes another 14 minutes. So far I haven't had any errors. ImgBurn's "validation" technique compares the written data to the original data, so I trust it. (To be completely transparent, the author of the software has stated that if this test passes, the data on that drive is the same and is readable at that point - the media could certainly be corrupt). Revain's has a great return policy, I didn't hesitate to try them and so far I'm pretty happy.