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Some reviews posted here are from people who did not purchase this item from Amazon. The product lot number is totally different than the current stock of Amazon. The product lot that Amazon was/(is?) selling had/(has?) a large number of defective discs. People who bought their discs retail, and gave a review of good quality, isn't a good indicator of the discs you will get. Based upon the people who purchased their discs from Amazon and gave reviews, it seemed/(seems?) likely you will get a defective spindle. This may not be the case anymore.

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I purchased a spindle in May 2004, and it contained about 70% defective DVDs. I returned it to Amazon in July as a defective product. They took the product back, even though it was past 30 days, and they paid for return shipping. (You won't get that great customer service at a retail store).

Amazon told me there would be a slight delay on my replacement discs because they were changing their supplier. I received my replacement discs about 10 days later. After inspecting the discs, I found no visible physical defects. I've burned about 10 discs and have had no failures. It would appear that the new supplier has corrected the defective product problems.

In conclusion, I would recommend this product from Amazon.

I've been using Ritek (Ridata) +RW discs in my Philips DVDR80 dvd recorder for over 6 months. I've recorded approximately 200 of these discs with no "coasters." For those of you who don't know, many name-brand companies "repackage" Ritek discs under their own brand names at a higher cost to the consumer. Ridata is just Ritek's retail "brand" name.

I got the first package and there were visible defects around the edges of all 25 discs. The discs would burn fine but then freeze and skip near the end when played. I returned it for a 2nd spindle and experience the same thing.