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Question: Would I need to buy a specific burner to use these discs or would it work with dvd burning software and the dvd player I have on my macbook pro?
Document: 25 GB Blu-Ray discs are in the works - you'll need a new burner though, as the high powered laser wouldn't be in existing Blu-Ray lasers (remember they don't use the same one as DVDs/CDs).Another problem is the lack of cases in the spindle. These discs can't really be written on (at least I don't think they can) and there's no label to speak of.
I duplicated a DVD-Video onto it so I can test it properly on the various drives around my place.The aforementioned LG burner both burns and reads the disc no problem. As do both my older model "fat" PlayStation 3 and my wife's 2009 MacBook Pro. I would like to try it in some older DVD drives from some Power Mac G4 and G5 models I have, but that'd require me digging them out of the closet - a project for another day.
How much can you say about a blank DVD? They work -- I can record to them just fine. Since their benefit is longevity, vs. standard DVDs, I'll have to update this review in 50 or 100 or 1000 years to let you know if they hold up.Before you buy them, just make sure your burner supports M-Disc. As far as I know, LG is the only brand that does, currently.
I ordered a pack of ten of these for use with a MDisc LG drive I purchased. Burning the discs was no different than any other discs I have burned, it uses the same programs, methods, etc. making the process easy. I have  burned 7 discs so far with no problems and the discs have proven to be readable in several drives in several computers and my Sony BDP.
I only learned of these discs after receiving a newLG Electronics 14x SATA Blu-ray Internal Rewriter without Software, Black (WH14NS40). I figured I should investigate this disc and read up on it.The discs use a "rock like" recording layer - similar to obsidian - which is physically burned and pitted using a high powered laser, rather than an organic dye being changed with a low power laser.
I purchased a 10 pack of M-Discs to try for archival records. I also purchased the LG burner from Amazon that was recommended on the M-Disk website. I use M-disks to archive family history files and images for placement in the Family History Library in Salt Lake UT. I started placing DVD's in the library in 2001 and I have checked some DVD's since that time that have some bad places on them in only 12 years.
I photograph weddings and there is hardly any event more important in people's lives than the wedding day. I shoot digitally, custom process all the RAW files, tweak in Photo Shop and burn to M-Disc for the ultimate archival solution. My clients could not be more happier than knowing their very important wedding images are archived for many decades if not even hundreds of years on these discs. Highly recommend to other wedding photographers who have also chosen to sell their digital work on discs for a higher premium price.
These do require an M-Disc compatible burner. Most of the middle of the road and up LG drives will do the trick. I used the entire pack to archive a photo library- and encountered no defects or other issues. I wanted something that I wouldn't simply rot away over four or five years- and these discs may enjoy a service life surpassing this entire genre of media.
I'm hoping the prices will drop a bit so I can buy a larger pack and start using them more.
However, once the disc is recognized on insertion, there is no difficulty reading the data.I then tried the disc in another 6 disc readers to which I have access. One reader, a clunky old Samsung external DVD drive, has no difficulty recognizing the disc at all. But one of the readers totally failed to work with it. The other readers will recognize it, but not 100% of the time.
Answer: You need an LG burner that has the M-Disc logo in order to burn discs, but M-Disc is playable on any brand DVD player