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Amazon has 50-Pack Spindle Verbatim BD-R 25GB 16X Blu-ray Recordable Media Disc on sale for $34.43. Shipping is free with Prime or on $35+ orders.

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  • 50 high-grade non-rewritable BD-R discs with a one hundred year archival life and OEM drive certified
  • Verbatim Blu-ray discs are treated with a super hard coat to prevent scratches, resist fingerprints and reduce dust build-up
  • Single-layer Blu-ray discs offers up to 25GB of storage space to back-up your video, music, photos and can work on any writers up to 16X
  • Compatible with the latest Blu-ray hardware including Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic, Dell, Lenovo, HP, and LG

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Amazon has 50-Pack Spindle Verbatim BD-R 25GB 16X Blu-ray Recordable Media Disc on sale for $34.43. Shipping is free with Prime or on $35+ orders.

Thanks to community member neonazzer29 for finding this deal.

Features:
  • 50 high-grade non-rewritable BD-R discs with a one hundred year archival life and OEM drive certified
  • Verbatim Blu-ray discs are treated with a super hard coat to prevent scratches, resist fingerprints and reduce dust build-up
  • Single-layer Blu-ray discs offers up to 25GB of storage space to back-up your video, music, photos and can work on any writers up to 16X
  • Compatible with the latest Blu-ray hardware including Sony, Pioneer, Panasonic, Dell, Lenovo, HP, and LG

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Written by slickdewmaster | Staff
  • About this Offer:
    • Our research indicates that this deal is $7.47 less (17.82% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $41.90 at the time of this posting.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
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holysin
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I know math's hard man, but if you're going to thread crap at least do the simple math correctly 25GB*50 is not 750GB (that's 25x30) it's 1250GB which is shockingly enough more than a TB (still if you're happy with HDs, that is and likely always will be *much* cheaper.) - and before anyone @'s me, yes it's not really 25GB usable per disc , but a 1TB drive is equally not 1TB usable, they're using the same sort of math drive makers do which is what we all do when giving the price per tb of a drive. We don't convert and then divide, we just divide by the 1000byte number as it's easier.

But really, who the actual **** is going to see this and say, hey I need to buy a burner so I can jump on this? Absolutely no one. This is for those of us who use BD-Rs currently *FOR WHATEVER REASON*.

For those curious, uses for this are largely DV, piracy, or law-firm based (DV: here's a copy of your wedding, piracy: send compressed tv shows /movies to parents/people with readers or for SUPER LONG STORAGE/copy smaller 1080p BR movies, law firms: send client data/police interviews to expert witnesses) which is why the higher size discs aren't readily / affordably available for consumers in the US (BDXL discs are up to 128GB per disc and are quite pricey in the US, much less so in Japan , and most modern burners / readers support them ala the LG WH14NS40.) If you want more space and have a BD burner that supports them the best current deal on the XL media that I've noticed in the us is the 100GB versions for ~$6.50 per @ amazon ( https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-1...00POY826G/ ) In japan it's closer to $3 per.

This is a pretty standard price for BD-R media, but usually for this price you end up going to plexmedia or ridata at a much lower claimed writable speed.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk
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Wedding videographers, personal video/data backups, etc.
asuka
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Crucial data in case of EMP. Doesn't have to be nuclear war. SSD and HDD alike are susceptible.

This is why Sony makes 5.5 TB discs that they refuse to sell to the public. Called ODS. Credit card companies back up all transactions onto them.

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Mar 26, 2025 02:53 AM
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SeriousCabbage4648Mar 26, 2025 02:53 AM
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Got some to to backup family photos as cold storage. Cuz HDD can get expensive when failure happens.
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Quote from darkNiGHTS :
Oh man, my sleeping BD-R deal alert came back to life. Haven't thought of these in years. Honestly a really bad value per TB. Only 0.75 TB in this spindle for $35. I suppose if you already had a blu-ray burner and wanted home videos or photos archived in a stable format, but 25 GB per disc is a PITA. But if you don't have a burner already as others have said just spend your money on redundant HDDs. You can buy 4 TB hard drives for just over $20 on eBay. Just get some of those and a secure storage case for HDDs from Amazon and call it a day.
I know math's hard man, but if you're going to thread crap at least do the simple math correctly 25GB*50 is not 750GB (that's 25x30) it's 1250GB which is shockingly enough more than a TB (still if you're happy with HDs, that is and likely always will be *much* cheaper.) - and before anyone @'s me, yes it's not really 25GB usable per disc , but a 1TB drive is equally not 1TB usable, they're using the same sort of math drive makers do which is what we all do when giving the price per tb of a drive. We don't convert and then divide, we just divide by the 1000byte number as it's easier.

But really, who the actual **** is going to see this and say, hey I need to buy a burner so I can jump on this? Absolutely no one. This is for those of us who use BD-Rs currently *FOR WHATEVER REASON*.

For those curious, uses for this are largely DV, piracy, or law-firm based (DV: here's a copy of your wedding, piracy: send compressed tv shows /movies to parents/people with readers or for SUPER LONG STORAGE/copy smaller 1080p BR movies, law firms: send client data/police interviews to expert witnesses) which is why the higher size discs aren't readily / affordably available for consumers in the US (BDXL discs are up to 128GB per disc and are quite pricey in the US, much less so in Japan , and most modern burners / readers support them ala the LG WH14NS40.) If you want more space and have a BD burner that supports them the best current deal on the XL media that I've noticed in the us is the 100GB versions for ~$6.50 per @ amazon ( https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-1...00POY826G/ ) In japan it's closer to $3 per.

This is a pretty standard price for BD-R media, but usually for this price you end up going to plexmedia or ridata at a much lower claimed writable speed.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk Wink
Last edited by holysin March 25, 2025 at 09:43 PM.
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Quote from KrisK1984 :
I miss the days when these were free or close to free after mail in rebates.
I never got a single one of those rebates 😢
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smokemeateverydayMar 26, 2025 05:41 AM
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holy cow just got flashbacks of burnin' movies in the 90's - that alone was worth reading this post! the good ol' days!😁
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Yankee495Mar 26, 2025 07:41 AM
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Some of us are stuck in the past and what to stay there. Just kidding.

Who uses these discs? Photographers, people backing up scans of family photos to spread around to family in case of a fire or other disaster.

I have a ton of hard drive storage but use Blu-ray to back up my photos, from my now old, but very capable, D7100. The list of who uses Blu-ray discs is just too long to list. Just when you think you've thought of everything someone will add to that list. They're not just for video. You can store anything on them.

There's such a thing as vintage computer collectors who use floppy disks, CD, DVD and BD with those computers.

I'm shocked that people can't understand why anyone would want an optical drive. I've read posts from gamers who say they should just quit making computer cases with 5.25 bays because they're ugly. They also say two 4TB NVMe SSD's are all you need.

They're living in a bubble. Computers are general purpose computing devices, not game consoles. I had to spend quite a bit to get a good case with plenty of fan and storage mount options because they're not made in quantity anymore. Glass cases are the thing these days, so companies don't produce many with 5.25 bays, if they make any. Most have one or two 5.25 bays, and most of those are junk.

Then you have larger specialty cases that are not produced in large quantities and they're expensive. I ended up with a anidees AI Raider XL that has twelve 5.25 bays. It has two Blu-ray burners and a front USB hub. The rest of the bays are used for intake fans. I'd say it's the best large case, under $400-$500, with lots of fan and drive mount options, and it's a great looking case with good filtering.

You can buy TV boxes that that can record to a USB hard drive. You could record all of your favorite TV shows and store them on hard drives, but 8TB won't last long. Look up Encyclosphere. You're not going to put that in 8TB of storage space.

I'm not trying to knock anyone's choice of case or whatever. I'm just pointing out that there's lots of people doing things with their computers that other people have never thought of. Sure, there's cheaper Blu-ray discs, but if you're using them for backup of anything, you want good ones. I'm sure plenty of people will tell us what they use them for. This is a good deal.
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Quote from ElatedLeopard7914 :
What do people even use these for these days? This is coming from someone who still buys physical media and has a Panasonic UB820. I just don't see the point in blank 25gb discs. Most UHD 4K films are 50-100GB. So what do you put on a 25GB BD that you can't put on an external drive?
Crucial data in case of EMP. Doesn't have to be nuclear war. SSD and HDD alike are susceptible.

This is why Sony makes 5.5 TB discs that they refuse to sell to the public. Called ODS. Credit card companies back up all transactions onto them.
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Quote from asuka :
Crucial data in case of EMP. Doesn't have to be nuclear war. SSD and HDD alike are susceptible.

This is why Sony makes 5.5 TB discs that they refuse to sell to the public. Called ODS. Credit card companies back up all transactions onto them.
Interesting I never knew this info. I remember back in the day I used blank DVD-Rs to burn music onto using Nero Burning Rom. I could get about 25 albums on one disc. I had them in my 6 disc changer in my 2007 Nitro. I really thought I was doing something LOL.
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Quote from holysin :
I know math's hard man, but if you're going to thread crap at least do the simple math correctly 25GB*50 is not 750GB (that's 25x30) it's 1250GB which is shockingly enough more than a TB (still if you're happy with HDs, that is and likely always will be *much* cheaper.) - and before anyone @'s me, yes it's not really 25GB usable per disc , but a 1TB drive is equally not 1TB usable, they're using the same sort of math drive makers do which is what we all do when giving the price per tb of a drive. We don't convert and then divide, we just divide by the 1000byte number as it's easier.But really, who the actual **** is going to see this and say, hey I need to buy a burner so I can jump on this? Absolutely no one. This is for those of us who use BD-Rs currently *FOR WHATEVER REASON*. For those curious, uses for this are largely DV, piracy, or law-firm based (DV: here's a copy of your wedding, piracy: send compressed tv shows /movies to parents/people with readers or for SUPER LONG STORAGE/copy smaller 1080p BR movies, law firms: send client data/police interviews to expert witnesses) which is why the higher size discs aren't readily / affordably available for consumers in the US (BDXL discs are up to 128GB per disc and are quite pricey in the US, much less so in Japan , and most modern burners / readers support them ala the LG WH14NS40.) If you want more space and have a BD burner that supports them the best current deal on the XL media that I've noticed in the us is the 100GB versions for ~$6.50 per @ amazon ( https://www.amazon.com/Verbatim-1...00POY826G/ ) In japan it's closer to $3 per.This is a pretty standard price for BD-R media, but usually for this price you end up going to plexmedia or ridata at a much lower claimed writable speed.Thanks for coming to my ted talk Wink
I'm just glad someone mentioned this. It's easy to see hard drives are cheaper per TB. If that's what you want, then buy hard drives.
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For those that don't know, Blu-ray media is quite a bit more rugged than a lot of other backup methods. Back on the old MyCE forums (RIP), people were even doing experiments with just burying burned discs in their yards for months or years (without any cases or protection) and then checking to see if they still worked. There's a website where a guy boiled some discs in water (turns out they can't survive too much boiling though, but they survive a little bit IIRC).

So, no, they're not a good option for backing up your PB of stuff, but they're a great option for that really important data that you want to survive when your house gets flooded, or if you want the data to last 50+ years in storage.
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Quote from KrisK1984 :
I miss the days when these were free or close to free after mail in rebates.
Tell me when Blu-Ray discs were ever free or close to free after rebates! Maybe you're thinking CDs and DVDs?
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Quote from slippydealer :
For those that don't know, Blu-ray media is quite a bit more rugged than a lot of other backup methods. Back on the old MyCE forums (RIP), people were even doing experiments with just burying burned discs in their yards for months or years (without any cases or protection) and then checking to see if they still worked. There's a website where a guy boiled some discs in water (turns out they can't survive too much boiling though, but they survive a little bit IIRC).

So, no, they're not a good option for backing up your PB of stuff, but they're a great option for that really important data that you want to survive when your house gets flooded, or if you want the data to last 50+ years in storage.
Yea bdr were always stronger than the cdr which split and peeled.
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Quote from asuka :
Crucial data in case of EMP. Doesn't have to be nuclear war. SSD and HDD alike are susceptible. This is why Sony makes 5.5 TB discs that they refuse to sell to the public. Called ODS. Credit card companies back up all transactions onto them.
Is this something different from the discs you mentioned that were made by Sony? https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/pr...chive.html
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Quote from ElatedLeopard7914 :
What do people even use these for these days? This is coming from someone who still buys physical media and has a Panasonic UB820. I just don't see the point in blank 25gb discs. Most UHD 4K films are 50-100GB. So what do you put on a 25GB BD that you can't put on an external drive?
You don't even know what the Archiving is. You only know what you see and what you believe.
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Made in China according to the specs.
This guy doesn't even have this BD-R. This BD-R is MADE IN TAIWAN.
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Archiving.
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