Smart Buy DVD-R

zelos · #1 14-05-2003, 07:21

Hey a computer store around me has a DVD-R called Smart Buy i was wondering if anyone knows if they are any good i'm kinda thinking they aren't cause they're only $8 (Canadian) for 5 or something but then again Ritek ones (if they had any here) are only like $3 / dvd so if anyone knows post a msg

I just found the site for them. Here it is:

http://www.smartbuydisc.com/index2.htm

If anyone thinks this would be a good dvd-r post a reply, also if anyone knows what a good nm is for dvd-r please post that as well.

ottoman · #2 15-05-2003, 04:33

Yes, smart buy. They sound good?????

UrrBodyH8sMe · #3 15-05-2003, 06:19

is the smart buy dvd-rs light pruple dye on the bottoms or dark pruple dye on the bottoms?

ottoman · #4 15-05-2003, 15:21

Hmmmm, that isn't always the case. Verbatim r light purple and seem to be okay. Ritek are dark purple and seem to be okay.

It's just the name. 'Smart Buy'. Sound sh1t to me.

Stick with a brand that r tried and tested!

scamper · #5 15-05-2003, 19:58

what do u mean verbatim are light purple mine are the same colour as ritek , traxdata

UrrBodyH8sMe · #6 15-05-2003, 20:05

im useing light pruple bottom leaddata dvd-rs and they seem to work fine on my games but on kingdom hearts the movie into skips relly bad unlike my copy of it on ritek dvd-r dark pruple and some say drak pruple ps2 reads better then light pruple so far thats the only game i had a problem with but i got so many games i have not yet played them all

ottoman · #7 15-05-2003, 23:24

Quote:

Originally posted by scamper
what do u mean verbatim are light purple mine are the same colour as ritek , traxdata

What verbatim r u using??????

Verbatim don't use the same dye as ritek and traxdata and r nowhere near the same colour.

scamper · #8 16-05-2003, 06:45

im just using 2x verbatim , i know there not made by ritek but they are the same colour dark purple , just to make sure i wasn't loosing it ive just got my pack of verbatim's out and my ritek and unless im totally colour blind they look the same colour to me

ottoman · #9 16-05-2003, 08:41

okay, now I confused.

I have a verbatim 2X and a traxdata here and they totally different colour.

Have just checked verbatim website and they do General purpose 2X and 4X and authoring dvd-r. Not a mention of different colour dye dvd-r so I can only asume that the general purpose all use the same dye which definitely ain't the same dark purple as traxdata.

scamper · #10 16-05-2003, 09:07

hey ottoman give me ur email as ive just scanned my verbatim disc's so you can see what i mean

bighap · #11 16-05-2003, 10:58

There are different types of Verbatim. Look here, here, and here. I have used the first ones listed and they worked perfectly for me. The color is extremely close if not the same as Ritek.

zelos · #12 16-05-2003, 11:32

Yeah hey i got an e-mail back from the company and they said the reflectivity rate of the dvd-r's are actually 45-85% so if this is a good rate post a reply

ottoman · #13 16-05-2003, 12:18

Quote:

Originally posted by bighap
There are different types of Verbatim. Look here, here, and here. I have used the first ones listed and they worked perfectly for me. The color is extremely close if not the same as Ritek.

Um.....Am a bit confused. U showed three different quantities of verbatim but not three different types of dvd-r.

Check verbatim website. They say nothing about doing different dye dvd-r's. Simply that they do metal azo dvd-r's. 2X and 4X and authoring dvd-r's so we must all be talking about the same product here.

PS. Scamper, check yr PM's m8ee.

bighap · #14 16-05-2003, 12:41

The second and third "here" might be the same, as I can't see the dye of the third "here", but I can tell you that the first "here", the ones that I used, the dye looks nothing like the other. It has a dark purple dye similar to Ritek.

ottoman · #15 16-05-2003, 13:12

did the one's u got have an inkjet printable flipside bighap?