Verbatim 43746 BD-R DL 50GB 6x - 10 Pack Spindle

Unfortunately I have not used the discs due to my CD/DVD drive will not read them. I will need to change my drive unit to make them work.

The price is good value, but inadequate packing material in the parcel box resulted in the cake-box being badly broken and unusable.

Needs a good burner...!

Bought these discs to back up files etc. and used my 2012 Pioneer BDR-206DBK Blu-Ray Recorder to do the writing. I've had no issues so far, they seem good Discs and I haven't had any coasters at all. As for longevity, I cant comment - only time will tell. As with any Blu-Ray disc, I would advocate handling them with care and avoid getting finger marks, grease or dirt etc on the surface of the disc as it will make them difficult to read for any reader; I always grip discs on the very outer edge and/or wear gloves to alleviate the possibility of causing issues relating to reading the disc.I know its stating the obvious but, you'd be amazed how many people think discs are indestructible !!!! LOL!!!

Brought these to store a large amount of video and picture files. They are designed so that you can print onto the disc, but can still easily be written on as needed. The discs themselves seem to be well made and don't appear to be any more flimsy than other brands I have used in the past. I have stored and transferred data to them with no issues so far. In terms of longevity, then this is only proven by many years of storage, which is somewhat open to interpretation (as they still use an organic material). M-disc, which is more expensive is the only type of disc that professes to last many generations long (theoretically 1000 years), but I have written onto (cheap) CDs approaching 20 years old that still work fine, but they are stored in a metal box away from light and indoors (so no extreme temperatures), so make of that what you will, as to if you trust storage via this medium or not. Otherwise happy with the cost to quantify to storage ratio of these.

I was wondering if these were LTH (worse) vs HTL (better) but it was not officially mentioned anywhere. The underlying surface colour is blue-ish grey, which usually indicates an HTL disc. ImgBurn reports them as "Recorded Mark Polarity: HTL" and the Blu-ray Disc Association website also reports them as HTL by providing the disc manufacturer and media id "CMCMAG-BA5".This means that these discs are excellent value for money from a renowned brand!

Ok, so you'll need a blu-ray burner to burn / read these discs. But that said...They are great for data backup storage. External hard drives can fail, whether solid state or disc based. So I like to back up important family movies, memories etc on something else as well, and blu-ray discs are a great option.These ones can store up to 50GB each, so enough for tons and tons of photos (my entire back catalogue in fact, and that's quite a few from years of travelling). They can also hold lots of .mov files, great for family videos etc.Longevity, I'm not sure. Too soon to say. We were told back in the 80s that CDs were indestructible. It turned out they weren't. If these last me 10 or 20 years, with care, I'll be happy, I'll have made new copies by then, assuming I'm still around to do so! I don't much mind if they outlast me, or not. But if anyone needs to archive really important material for future generations, they might prefer to use the highly stable and reliable M-discs instead.

Easy to order and delivered well packaged and on time. Just used the first disc and it worked fine. Plain label allows me to write as much or little as I need. Pleased with my purchase.