# Best price for dual-layer recordable DVDs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 15, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-price-for-dual-layer-recordable-dvds/411821 "2007-07-15T03:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-price-for-dual-layer-recordable-dvds/411821/1 "2007-07-15T03:03:26Z")
Sorry for posting such a simple question in GQ, but I’m not sure where else it would go. Mods, please move it if appropriate. I’m setting up a big file server for a friend’s business, and he’s going to be using recordable DVDs to do his backups. But one of the files they use is a giant 5.5GB database, and so I thought we were out of luck until I remembered that they actually make dual-layer DVD+/-R discs. (Since I never have use for them myself, I had forgotten they even existed.) I went to Best Buy and got lucky on a 20-pack that was on sale for $29.99, but the sale is over now and their regular prices are more like $45-$50 for a 20 pack. Can anybody point me to an online vendor that’s significantly cheaper? I tried a Google product search, and the best price I found was [here](http://www.jr.com/JRProductPage.process?Product_Id=4068132&JRSource=googlebase.datafeed.MEM+DVD%2BR8.5-25), at $34.99 for a 25-pack. That seems like a darn good price to me, but I’d prefer 4x discs instead of 2.4x if possible (it appears that only DVD-R dual layers are capable of 4x recording, but I could be wrong; in any case, either +R or -R will work fine). So, does anybody else know of a cheap and reliable source for some dual-layer discs? Thanks for any help! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-price-for-dual-layer-recordable-dvds/411821/2 "2007-07-15T03:30:14Z")
If the data is important enough to need to be backed up, then media quality is far more important than media price. ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-price-for-dual-layer-recordable-dvds/411821/3 "2007-07-15T05:09:53Z")
[QUOTE=LSLGuy] If the data is important enough to need to be backed up, then media quality is far more important than media price. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I guess I should have specified that I’m looking for a source for regular Memorex or Sony or Verbatim media, or some other well-known brand. I’d prefer not to deal with ultra-cheap generic brands, for exactly the reason you specify. The link I posted is for Memorex DVD+Rs, but I haven’t had a problem with Sony or TDK or Verbatim either. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-price-for-dual-layer-recordable-dvds/411821/4 "2007-07-15T05:53:03Z")
Really, I’ve found in all my time of buying recordable media is that you have to wait until the brand you like goes on sale and buy a bunch. I cruise the Sunday circulars for Best Buy, Office Max, Staples, etc and find great deals - except with no real regularity. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-price-for-dual-layer-recordable-dvds/411821/5 "2007-07-15T07:35:27Z")
Far from being the cheapest but arguably the best as far as reliability goes are Taio Yuden discs. [Example](http://www.dvdshoponline.co.uk/Taiyo_Yuden.html) ---
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-price-for-dual-layer-recordable-dvds/411821/6 "2007-07-15T20:12:10Z")
[QUOTE=Myglaren] Far from being the cheapest but arguably the best as far as reliability goes are Taio Yuden discs. [Example](http://www.dvdshoponline.co.uk/Taiyo_Yuden.html) [/QUOTE] I looked at your link, but the only Taio Yuden discs were 4.7GB. I didn’t see any dual layer discs. Do they make dual layer discs as well?