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I recently had problems (a whole lot of problems) with Memorex's DVD+R (16X) I write a photographic column and wanted to know if this was an isolated incidence or one that is pervasive. I first call Memorex and talked to a customer service person-Carlos. He stated that there may be a compatibility problem with my burners. I have three burners, all Pioneer. I said that I would find out but if there were known incidences that they (Memorex) should put that on their label.
I called Pioneer and talked to three departments before I got a very knowledgeable representative from their technical staff. I told her I was a writer and am researching Memorex and asked if there was any firmware that I was missing. She said that on one of my drives there was one firmware update. I asked if there was any compatibility problems with Memorex 16x dvd+r discs and she said that all 16X discs should work. I asked if she knew anything about the Memorex discs and she said that they (Memorex) were having a great deal of quality control problems.
I went back to Memorex and talked to Gerad. He told me that the discs were not compatible with my burners. When I told him about my conversation with Pioneer, he backed off and he said that if I send Memorex a disc from the top ,the middle and the bottom of the pile along with a receipt, that they will look into this. I told him that I would be writing about this experience in my column and he said thank you for calling Memorex.
I have read many of the reviews about how difficult it is to get all of the parameters of the discs in specification and that some fortunate individuals have had little trouble with their disc and I say-Good for them. As for the difficulty in maintaining quality---I DON'T CARE!! It's their job to produce a workable product.

I wish they had a rating for zero stars. I bought the fifty pack and had 12 good burns and 38 coasters. That's a 24% success rate. I subsequently bought verbatim data life and have burned 14 so far with no coasters. Memorex has really gone downhill.

I used a 25 pack of these doing DVD backups, and the last 5 or so failed. I thought it was my software, so I got new software. Guess what? My first disc out of the new package of 25 that I bought failed, too. It's not my burner (as another reviewer suggested, implying that people should learn to read), as it's brand new and doesn't require the firmware upgrade they mention. They just suck and have a high failure rate. So the consensus seems to be that TDK or Sony are best. I'm buying some now and save myself the frustration.

I bought these discs at CompUSA because I needed a few before I got the ones I ordered online. Well, I just wated a good 25 bucks because out of 5 discs, I got one that burned good. Not much bang for the buck. I have burned many discs but never Memorex, usually Verbatim or Ridata or MAM. Very disgruntled with these discs making coasters. Maybe my burners don't like them but whatever the case, I won't buy them ever again. I thought Memorex made good products?

The DVDs I burned successfully showed the movies in excellent quality. The only problem is that for every 3 good burns I get one bad one. I'm using the Plextor DVD burner (love it!!), but I'm going to try my luck with a different DVD brand. The failure rate for Memorex is unacceptable. It's less the cost that bothers me, but more the time wasted on burning coasters.