Philips DVD-R blank discs (4.7 GB data / 120 min Video/ 16x High Speed recording) 100 blank discs package - DM4S6B00F/00

These are amazingly reliable. Two mis-burns in an entire stack, and I know which butter-fingers is to blame. That's why I'm hiding in the cellar. So pretty, too; until you do a burn, you can't even SEE the grooves!

Copied to several of the Discs and all were successful, ran disc verification after and got a 100% pass. I was surprised that these being Philips that they were so cheap.

got what I paid for :

looks good and works well

Item l wanted arrived as arranged

Outer box was intact but the heavy 100-disc stack was not kept in place by the tiny amount of crumpled paper packing used in the empty space in an unnecessarily large box. In transit the base of the plastic case was broken and had burst out of the shrink wrap so that the spool was partially out of the lid. The lowest disc was shattered & the next disc scratched, plus particles had got between several other adjacent discs where gaps had opened up between them. This debris could be blown off & does not appear to have caused damage - but only usage will prove this.I have purchased Sony & Philips stacks of these DVD-R discs many times - the products are good but the packing is sometimes poor.I have seen minor damage to the cases before (because of movement inside the outer cartons) but not as bad as this and resulting in useless discs.

These discs have always been ok for my needs, as i copy conventions for friends who are unable to attend in person. they are reasonably priced, and i like the face with its lines to write information on.My main concern is the state they arrived in. When I opened the box, the discs were scattered all over the bottom of the box. The plastic cylinder that the discs are normally contained in had broke at its base, allowing the discs to spill out into the bottom of the box. As yet i can't detect if any discs are damaged?I did complain to Amazon about the damaged box, but as yet i have not had a reply.

Previous experience with blank discs has been unfavourable with a requirement to format the discs which often proved unformattable. These discs are already formatted and record well.