I've burnt more than 2 spindles (100 dvd-r's each) of Ritek G04 media
with Pioneer D-107. Absolutely no duds.
Unfortunately, I had to sell it off as I was moving. I'm in the market for
another Pioneer. Maybe D-109 (16x).
I'd suggest, from my experience, to buy a Pioneer. Innovative technology,
very silent and vibration free.
Sony's are just rebadged LITEON's (in Australia). LITEON are also
OEM suppliers for Compaq/HP, I think.
Liteon users have reported problems with el cheapo Princo and
Shintaro media.
NEC's are great for
their price - about AUD 90 (INR 3060). Only
LG's are popular too.
My advice - get any drive, see what media works best with it
and stick to it. Don't buy spindles of 100's etc till you know for
sure they have a good yield rate with your drive i.e. less coasters.
I can guarantee -
Princo (el cheapo),
Ritek G04, G05 (excellent, sometimes branded
as Ricoh) and
Taio Yuden (best media on this planet, TY01, made in Japan
TDK's are Taio Yuden's )
- will work well with Pioneer drives.
Cheers,
Keith
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