Verbatim DVD+R Life Series offers 4.7GB or 120 Minutes of write-once storage capacity, good recording quality, and compatibility with 1X to 16X DVD+R writers. Verbatim’s DVD+R Life Series 16X media allows users to record up to 4.7GB of data or 2 hours of video in approximately 5 minutes. With good read/write performance, rely on Verbatim to capture life’s events. Compatible with 1X-16X DVD+R Hardware Record 4.7GB or 120Min of data and video in approximately 5 minutes Ideal for recording up to 2 hours of DVD quality home movies and video clips Back-up 4.7GB of important data Read compatible with most DVD-ROM drives and DVD video players Limited Lifetime Warranty
Model Number:
97175
Product SKU:
15902914
UPC:
23942971757
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Verbatim DVD plus R Life Series blanks are being treated as a low cost option for archiving, backups, and burning movies or TV shows. The discs are described as holding up well over time, with examples of media still reading after nearly 18 to 23 years. The main drawback is that Life Series is the cheaper Verbatim line, not the premium AZO dye version, and these are not dual layer discs. That makes them a practical pick for basic storage when capacity and top tier media quality are not the priority.
People archiving files on optical media, because these discs can still read cleanly after more than two decades in storage.
Life Series DVD+R discs are described as the cheaper Verbatim line that is not AZO dye, so they may not match premium long-term reliability expectations.
They can hold data for many years, with one disc still reading fine after 23 years and another spindle stored since 2008 still intact. For archival use, DVD blanks are still limited by organic dye aging, so M-Disc or HTL Blu-ray is the safer long-term choice.
No, these are the cheaper Life Series discs rather than Verbatim's AZO line. They are still usable for everyday burning, but AZO/Taiyo Yuden discs were considered the higher-end option for long-term storage.
Got binders and stacks of these filled with torrented anime from animesuki and tokyotosho. Tested one of them late last year, and it read no issues. 23 years later, not bad at all.
Though truth be told...CDR is probably more valuable than these now for mixing music. Fun fact...the 2025 Lexus IS was the last car with a built in CD player. The 2010 SC430 was the last car with a built in cassette deck.
DVDs died before I was able to finish up my last stack of 100. I have a spindle of about 75 that has been on a shelf in my basement since the fall of 2008...so almost 18 years. I remember buying a portable 500GB WD hard drive that fall that set me free from the torture of burning CDs/DVDs!
Back when recordable CD's first came out, I would drive 250 miles to a Fry's store in the Bay Area to buy 10 discs for $100. That was quite a deal back then, but the technology was still new; so about every 7 of 10 discs would be ruined in the burning process. Anyway, I found that the ruined CD's were great for repelling birds from the fruit trees. I would drill a small hole in each disc, tie a fishing swivel through the hole and hang them on branches. DVD's work equally well for this.
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Dont these last longer for backups compared to most other options? Not everyone trust or wants to use a cloud service.
M-Discs or HTL Blu-ray blank discs yes, DVD blanks no as the organic dye will eventually deteriorate. Unfortunately, Blu-ray writers are more difficult to get now that both manufacturers have discontinued them.
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Verbatim DVD plus R Life Series blanks are being treated as a low cost option for archiving, backups, and burning movies or TV shows. The discs are described as holding up well over time, with examples of media still reading after nearly 18 to 23 years. The main drawback is that Life Series is the cheaper Verbatim line, not the premium AZO dye version, and these are not dual layer discs. That makes them a practical pick for basic storage when capacity and top tier media quality are not the priority.
These DVD+R discs can read fine even after many years of storage, which supports using them for long-term backups.
DVD+R media can be a practical offline backup option for people who do not want to rely on cloud services.
DVD+R blanks are described as having very good error correction, which can help with long-term data storage.
DVD+R can work well for burning large amounts of TV and movies for offline viewing when streaming is unavailable.
Life Series DVD+R discs are described as the cheaper Verbatim line that is not AZO dye, so they may not match premium long-term reliability expectations.
Burning reliability can be inconsistent with recordable media, including past experiences where many discs were ruined during the burn process.
DVD+R blanks may still face long-term reliability limits because organic dye can deteriorate over time.
These discs are not dual-layer, so they are a poor fit for users who need more than single-layer capacity.
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Though truth be told...CDR is probably more valuable than these now for mixing music. Fun fact...the 2025 Lexus IS was the last car with a built in CD player. The 2010 SC430 was the last car with a built in cassette deck.
Dont these last longer for backups compared to most other options? Not everyone trust or wants to use a cloud service.
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Sad actually that physical media like this will go to waste since it will outlast hard drives in many instances.
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Ironically, Best Buys is still here whilst Fry's no more.
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then the rebate never came
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