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Hi everyone.

Having some probs with some "bargain" Asda DVD-R discs :

A friend got me some Asda own-brand DVD-R discs (8x speed) for Christmas.

However, I tried to burn data onto them, and they didn`t work - this was initially on my PC and then tried on my laptop. Tried 5 or 6 out of the 25 and then gave up, so I gave them back to her. Also tried backing up my "important" (ie expensive!) DVD films and that didn`t work.

Eventually my friend got me a replacement; she got hassled by ASDA staff as she didn`t have a receipt although she only wanted to replace faulty Asda own brand goods, not a refund.

Anyway, the replacements are all faulty - I have tried all 25 discs in the pack. She told me that the original 25-pack was 20pence for 25 discs, from the Sutton (Surrey) Asda. That was a great bargain - apart from the fact that none of the discs work!

I have successfully burned data onto both Maxell and Panasonic DVD-Rs (16x speed) without problem.

Has anyone else had problems with Asda own-brand discs? I will post on the General or H/W forum, too, but as these discs were only 20p, I thought I`d post here.


F_M

Would never buy them myself but a mate at work gave me some of these so I could burn some stuff for him and my drive wouldn`t even start to burn to them, just ejected them straight back out.

I`ve recently updated the firmware on my drive so it`s fairly obvious that these discs are just cheap useless crap!

Not that that comes as much of a surprise!

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Better verify that neither you, nor your friend, work for a rival.

Some people on here are very cynical :/ ;)

Just seen Str8`s post so it appears these are rubbish.

I wonder if they are mis-labeled + Rs?

This item was edited on Sunday, 21st January 2007, 17:43