Title: Buyer's beware, this is not the product it use to be.
Product review: I have used Sony DVD-R media for several years with great success, but my equipment can't even initialize these. Using free DVD identifier software, you can read the manufacturing information on DVDs. The Sony DVD-R's use to be "SONY16D1," made by a company named Daxon. Now they are "RITEKF1" made by Ritek. Different DVD burning equipment tend to like different DVD media, so these may work OK for you. It's not Amazon's fault that Sony has switched to a different manufacturer, but you next time you buy some media, you might look at the DVD indentification information and then look at this site for some information about that media, [...]
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