BUYER
GUIDES -> Where to buy good media
Be careful when
buying media. It is best to use trusted media brands and
media formulas, and to buy from trusted companies that both
value customers and carry only quality products. The best
"deals" are often the worst media available,
especially from companies that use eBay.com and Yahoo.com
Stores for their online storefronts. Many have been known to
sell fake discs, rip off customers, and disappear after mere
weeks.
Be sure to see the Blank
DVD Media FAQ for more info on DVD quality.
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Page is composed of several sections:
(1) Preferred stores, (2) Good USA stores,
(3) Good
European/UK stores, (4) Good Canadian stores,
(5) Good Australian stores, and
(6)
Warning! Not suggested!
Preferred
stores
- Rated #1 (USA): Supermediastore.com
aka DVD-RWmedia.com:
Excellent selection, excellent pricing, and fast shipping.
Customer service, should they be needed, and quick and
courteous, and real people
answer the phone if you need to call for anything. Rarely
are they out of stock on products.
- Rated #2 (USA): RIMA.com:
Decent selection and competitive pricing. They have some of the best deals for 100-, 200- and 500-disc
spindles. Excellent return policy on defective media. Has
been known to be both fast and slow, depending on your
location and day you order.
- Rated #3 (USA): Meritline.com
aka cdrdvdrmedia.com:
Decent selection, decent prices. If something is
out of stock, they normally prevent their web site from
allowing you to order it. Shipping can be slow at times, and
they've sometimes been 2-3 times longer than SMS or Rima.
Great deals on
media-case combos.
-
Rated #1 (UK): Blankdiscshop.co.uk
aka SVP.co.uk: Large selection of
DVD media, excellent prices, and they provide media ID in
the disc descriptions. Also has video hardware and other
related supplies.
- Rated #1 (Canada): Blankmedia.ca:
Canadian online media seller (no
import taxes!) and has a large selection of media at great
prices.
Good
USA stores
-
AllMediaOutlet.com aka Blank-cd-cdr.com:
This supplier has long had an excellent selection of
media, with competitive prices.
- Iopshop.com: Modest
selection of high quality media with competitive
prices.
- Amazon.com:
They often sell retail-packaged brand-name media like
Maxell and Fuji. However, because the media is sold by brand
and not maker/ID, you could end up with cheap media like CMC
or LEADDATA.
- NewEgg.com: Lots of blank DVD media, often at decent prices. Just
be aware of what you are buying, as there have been reports
of otherwise-good media being bad, for unknown reasons.
- Taperesources.com:
Described as an excellent
seller of bulk media and the quintessential place to buy DV
accessories.
- J&R Music and Computers, JR.com:
Many of the
highest grade name-brand media for a decent price. Including
Apple, Maxell, Panasonic, etc.
- Shopperwiz.com:
Similar to Newegg, but with a much
larger selection of some high grade media. Includes brands
like Verbatim, Maxell
- TheTapeCompany.com:
An excellent source for bulk
analog and digital media and storage supplies. Very fast
shipping, excellent customer service with knowledgeable
employees.
-
Fry's Electronics aka Outpost.com:
Huge
selection of media, and often the best prices you can find
in stores. Excellent selection of DVD-RW and DVD+RW. Sells
lots of video hardware too.
-
Office Depot, officedepot.com:
Often has good sales on Maxell branded media.
- Staples, staples.com:
Carries most brand-name
media using first/second-class media ID codes, typically at
very good prices, especially when on sale.
-
Best Buy, bestbuy.com:
Carries several brand-name
medias using first/second-class media ID codes. Often has
good sales on Fuji and
Verbatim (MCC) media.
-
Circuit City, circuitcity.com:
Is known to have good sales on TDK media.
- Walmart, walmart.com: A store that is
open 24 hours a day and carries first class blank DVD media at
reasonable prices, usually Sony and Maxell. Available both
online and in the traditional brick-n-mortar stores.
- CDW.com:
Sells first-class retail-packaged media like Verbatim
and Apple for decent prices. Excellent to work with as a
business-to-business operation.
Good
European/UK
stores
- CD-rmedia.co.uk:
Respectable selection of media with excellent prices.
- Dvd-and-Media.com:
Lots of high grade DVD media like
Maxell and Verbatim, and at decent prices.
- BB-Discs.com:
Carries TDK, Verbatim, Traxdata, Taiyo Yuden and Ritek from authorized suppliers.
Prices reasonable.
-
Nierle.de:
Large selection of
DVD media, excellent prices, and they provide media ID in
the disc descriptions. They are also careful to label the
fake media IDs found on their budget media as fake.
- Xgates Computers: Offline store in Crossgates, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Reported as having many media, and at decent prices.
- Burn-media.co.uk:
Decent selection of
DVD media, decent prices, and they provide media ID in
the disc descriptions.
- cdrwinkel.com:
Decent selection, decent prices.
- Norwaydisc.no:
Verbatim/MCC media sales at reasonable prices.
Good
Canadian stores
-
Futureshop, futureshop.ca:
The Canadian relative
of Best Buy.
- Effectuality.ca: Excellent
selection of media and DVD case supplies. Very competitive
pricing, also ships to the USA.
- CDW.ca: Sells
first-class retail-packaged media like Verbatim and Apple
for decent prices. Excellent to work with as a
business-to-business operation.
- ncix.com:
Decent selection, decent prices.
Good
Australian stores
- Selectmedia.com.au:
Decent selection of media. However, you have to call
them for pricing.
- PCX.com.au:
Not the best prices, but still reasonable, with a nice
selection of excellent quality media. If you want them to
check a media ID first, ask, they may do it for you.
- JPLDisplays.com.au:
Nice selection of high quality media with very
reasonable prices.
Warning!
Not suggested!
- Shop4tech.com:
Their in-house discs may be cheap
(Matrix, Sonic, etc), but the
quality has historically been some of the worst media
around. You have to dig
through the site to find mainstream media, and it often has
high pricing. Individuals claiming to
be shop4tech employees have been banned from online video
sites more than once for immature
behavior.
- Americal.com: Expensive and
not always honest about their products. They are known to exaggerate
about the quality of their discs, cases and other supplies. Also known to pull a bait-n-switch and
send you products different than what was ordered.
- Yesbuy.net:
Terrible customer service, not great
prices, and in the past, they have sold fake media as legit.
Typically stocks lots of low grade media under various
made-up brand names.
- Esbuy.com:
The products pictured are not what they
have available, and the discs may be completely different
from what is ordered. Prices are
extremely high. Almost all of their media is low-grade
garbage sold under their name brand. Customer service reps were quite clueless.
Refunds/RMA is a huge hassle.
- CompUSA, CompUSA.com:
This store (both online and
brick-n-mortar) has one of the worst return policies on the
face of the planet. Avoid them at all costs, no matter what
you plan to buy. Even if the media is bad, you're stuck with
it.
- UKDVDR.co.uk: Some of their dye information has been
incorrect in the recent past, and people receive something
different than what they believed they were buying. Much of
their better media has been replaced with low grade junk.
Page Last Updated: June 18th
2006
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