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Where to Buy Blank CDs and DVDs
Article last updated March 31, 2009
Be careful when
buying media! While it is best to use media brands
made by a trusted media manufacturer, it is equally
important to buy from trusted company that both
values customers and carries the quality products you seek. The best
"deals" are often the worst media available,
especially from brick-and-mortar stores or individuals/companies that use
eBay as an online storefront. Unscrupulous online stores have been known to
sell fake discs or refuse returns on defective products.
Be sure to see the blank
DVD media FAQ for more info on DVD quality.
Suggested
Merchants Reviewed — #1 Rated Stores
These are companies that stock excellent products,
with excellent prices. In many cases, we have personally
spoken with the ownership or employees, and are confident in
their knowledge and dedication to providing excellent
service to customers
Amazon.com
| USA | Rating: #1
Review: They often sell retail-packaged brand-name media like
Verbatim and Taiyo Yuden.
Meritline.com
| USA | Rating: #1
Also known as: cdrdvdrmedia.com
Review: Nice selection, excellent prices. Rarely
are they out of stock on products.
SuperMediaStore.com | USA |
Rating: #1
Review:
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.
MediaMegaMall.com
| USA | Rating: #1
Review: Excellent prices on some of the best media available,
including Verbatim inkjet and dual-layer discs. Friendly and
knowledgeable staff, with a genuine desire to be an
excellent media supplier. Good selection and easy to
navigate.
Blankmedia.ca
| Canada | Rating: #1
Review: Canadian online media seller (no
import taxes!) with a large selection of media at great
prices.
Amazon.co.uk
| UK | Rating: #1
Review:
With an ever-growing inventory of available items, Amazon UK
has a very nice stocking of first class media, such as
Verbatim, with some of the best prices found in the UK.
SVP.co.uk | UK |
Rating: #1
Review:
Large selection of
DVD media, excellent prices, and they provide media ID in
the disc descriptions. Also has video hardware and other
related supplies.
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Merchants Reviewed — Alphabetical Listing
Rated #2 - These
companies have a modest selection of products, with decent
prices. However, there is a small aspect that holds them
back from being a suggested company. These reasons are
mentioned in the review.
Rated
#3
- These companies carry
some decent products, although prices could be better. Very
often, these companies stock a lot of junk media, pushing it
with marketing.
Rated
#4 - These are awful operations, often garnering
complaints. Most of what they carry is overpriced junk, and
the customer service and attitudes border on the shady and
slimy.
Amazon.ca
| Canada | Rating: #2
Review: They often sell retail-packaged brand-name media like
Verbatim and Sony.
Americal.com | USA |
Rating: #3
Review:
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.
BeachAudio.com |
USA |
Rating: #3
Review:
Best Buy, BestBuy.com |
USA |
Rating: #2
Review:
Carries several brand-name
medias using first/second-class media ID codes. Often has
good sales on Verbatim (Mitsubishi/MCC) media.
Burn-media.co.uk | UK
|
Rating: #
Review:
Decent selection of
DVD media, decent prices, and they provide media ID in
the disc descriptions.
CheckoutStore.com |
USA |
Rating: #
Review:
CDRwinkel.com
| Germany |
Rating: #
Review:
Decent selection, decent prices.
CDW.ca
| Canada |
Rating: #
Review:
Sells
first-class retail-packaged media like Verbatim and Apple
for decent prices. Excellent to work with as a
business-to-business operation.
CDW.com | USA |
Rating: #
Review:
Sells first-class retail-packaged media like Verbatim
and Apple for decent prices. Excellent to work with as a
business-to-business operation.
CompUSA.com | USA |
Rating: #4
Review:
This store 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.
Dvd-and-Media.com | UK |
Rating: #
Review:
Lots of high grade DVD media like
Maxell and Verbatim, and at decent prices.
Effectuality.ca,
Effectuality.com | Canada
and USA |
Rating: #
Review:
Excellent
selection of media and DVD case supplies. Very competitive
pricing, also ships to the USA.
Esbuy.com | USA |
Rating: #4
Review:
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.
Fry's Electronics, Frys.com
| USA |
Rating: #3
Review:
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.
Futureshop, futureshop.ca
| Canada |
Rating: #2
Review:
The Canadian relative
of Best Buy.
Geeks.com
| USA | Rating: #2
Review:
GotMedia.com | USA |
Rating: #2
Review:
IoProducts.com | USA |
Rating: #2
Review:
Modest
selection of high quality media with competitive
prices.
J&R Music and Computers,
JR.com | USA |
Rating: #
Review:
Many of the
highest grade name-brand media for a decent price. Including
Apple, Maxell, Panasonic, etc.
JPLDisplays.com.au | Australia |
Rating: #
Review:
Nice selection of high quality media with very
reasonable prices.
Microcenter | USA |
Rating: #3
Review:
Decent selection, decent prices.
MWave.com |
USA |
Rating: #2
Review:
ncix.com
| Canada |
Rating: #
Review:
Decent selection, decent prices.
NewEgg.com | USA |
Rating: #
Review:
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.
Nierle2.com | |
Rating: #
Review:
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.
Norwaydisc.no
| |
Rating: #
Review:
Verbatim/MCC media sales at reasonable prices.
Office Depot,
OfficeDepot.com | UK
|
Rating: #3
Review:
Often has good sales on Maxell branded media.
OfficeMax, OfficeMax.com
| USA |
Rating: #2
Review:
Optical-disc.co.uk | UK |
Rating: #
Review:
Overstock.com
| USA |
Rating: #3
Review:
PCX.com.au | Australia |
Rating: #
Review:
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.
Play.com | UK |
Rating: #
Review:
Rima.com | USA | Rating: #2
Review: 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.
Selectmedia.com.au
| Australia |
Rating: #
Review:
Decent selection of media. However, you have to call
them for pricing.
Shop4tech.com
| USA |
Rating: #2
Review:
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.
Staples, Staples.com
| |
Rating: #
Review:
Carries most brand-name
media using first/second-class media ID codes, typically at
very good prices, especially when on sale.
TapeResources.com | USA |
Rating: #
Review:
Described as an excellent
seller of bulk media and the quintessential place to buy DV
accessories.
TheNerds.net
| USA |
Rating: #2
Review:
TheTapeCompany.com | USA |
Rating: #
Review:
An excellent source for bulk
analog and digital media and storage supplies. Very fast
shipping, excellent customer service with knowledgeable
employees.
TigerDirect.ca
| Canada |
Rating: #2
Review:
TigerDirect.com
| USA |
Rating: #2
Review:
UKDVDR.co.uk
| UK |
Rating: #
Review:
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.
Vanns.com
| USA |
Rating: #2
Review:
Walmart, Walmart.com
| USA |
Rating: #2
Review:
It's convenient to have a store that is
open 24 hours a day and carries first-class Sony DVD blanks at
reasonable prices. Sony discs are available both
online and in the traditional brick-n-mortar stores. Prices
at other online stores, such as Amazon, are still better
than Walmart.
Xgates Computers | UK |
Rating: #2
Review:
Offline store in Crossgates, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.
Reported as having many media, and at decent prices.
Yesbuy.net (Promedia) | UK |
Rating: #
Review:
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.
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