JVC CMC Pro - Powered byTY Technology Watershield Glossy White Inkjet Hub 16X DVD-R - 50-Pack

I bought these optical discs for 2nd tier data archiving after having had several hard drives AND RAID drives go south on me. Additionally, I wanted to print full color visual keys to help differentiate the discs from one another and decided on the Epson Artisan 837 Wireless All-in-One Color Inkjet Printer, Copier, Scanner, Fax, iOS/Tablet/Smartphone/AirPrint Compatible (C11CB20201).Everything arrived quickly and properly packaged (not always the case). Setup took 20 minutes. I designed a test DVD cover, popped one of these babies into the printer, hit print and 30 seconds later: WOW!Absolutely stunning color and detail- nods to Epson for that as well.BUTI noticed a few typos I missed in my zeal to see the final output. So it's Trashtime for this disc. Unfortunately, I had some sensitive info on the printed cover I wanted to remove. The disc had had about and hour or 2 for drying. This is what I did to try and remove the info from the printed surface of the disc:1. Water: Under the faucet. Cold water. Hot water: NOTHING (This was printed by an inkjet right?)2. Mineral Spirits: NOTHING (Not even the slightest smear.)3. Ethyl Alcohol: NOTHING (What?! No smudges here either.)4. Acetone: NOTHING (You've got to be kidding me! This will dissolve just about everything plastic I own!)5. Methyl Ethyl Ketone (basically paint stripper): NOTHING (I think the disc was laughing at me at this point.)I WAS finally able to scrape off the irksome info with my trusty utility knife.So, what's my feeling about the durability of the printing surface of these Taiyo Yuden discs? INCREDIBLE! VERY!

I've been using printable disks for the past 3 years or so. Whenever I buy I do a fair amount of research trying to find the best disk because I want them to look nice and I don't mind paying a few bucks extra. I also hate throwing away disks halfway through the spindle because I find something else better.Print at home disks have been a mixed bag for me. Both the matte and glossy stick-on labels are of mediocre quality. After that, I switched to the Taiyo Yuden printable disks (similar to these), but in matte finish. This was an improvement in quality, but still not great. The matte disks just turn out dull and not very crisp to me. I figured that was just a result of printing at home and learned to live with it.Now that the matte disks have run out I have bought these and am extremely impressed. The color vibrance and image sharpness is exceptional. It's easily on par with a glossy photo print you get from a quality print lab. They are miles ahead of the matte disks in image quality. I use an Epson Artisan 710 printer along with the Epson disk printing software and have no problems with these disks. The ink dries quickly and doesn't smudge when I take it out of the disk tray.Taiyo Yuden also has an established reputation as a top quality disk maker. The last 100-count spindle of Taiyo Yuden disks I went through burned 100% perfectly. I trust these will perform similarly.For at home printing, these are THE disk to get.

I am a photographer that was looking for a way to replace lightscribed client CDs. I heard about printable CDs so I purchased an Epson Artisan 835 Color Inkjet All-In-One (C11CA73201) and did a test print on the Memorex printable CD that was included in the package. I wasn't too impressed with the look so I went online to look for a glossy printable CD and found the Taiyo Yuden Watershield DVD-R. It was expensive but compared to getting CDs printed online the cost wasn't too bad.Once I actually printed onto the DVD and compared it to the Memorex there was no comparison on which one was better. The colors were vibrant and text was crisp. The Memorex CD was dull and cheap looking while the Taiyo Yuden DVD looked professionally done. My only concern is that it was somewhat easily scratched but it may be because I was too anxious to test it that I did not leave it much time to dry.Compared to lightscribe CDs these are much more professional looking and are definitely worth the price.

I dont burn a lot of cd/dvd, but I do for making home movies or slide show presentations from vacations. in the past I would use normal discs and then print on a sticker label. That label would then get placed onto the discs. Not a fan of that, and sometimes it seems to have unbalanced a disc within the drive. So pleased to have made the swith to printable discs. And most know TY are some (if not the) best out there.Pros:- flawless burn every time. Not a single bad burn- the "printability" of them is very nice. Is it highest grade possible? I dunno, but very good for home use, or to seriously jazz up those home movie presentation (using Canon printer)- reasonably pricedCons:- I ran out of them two quicklyNote: if you would like to ask questions or see more info my review, please ask away and I will update.

Love this product. Watershield protects and the print quality and color pop are great. Very low fail rate when duplicating.