The code won't necessarily tell you who really made the media. Most Verbatim media ships with the "MCC" code, yet is made by CMC, Moser Baer or...
The RICOHJPN media is made by Ritek too. They handle all production for Ricoh -- and apparently also gets to borrow their media code as part of...
Ritek uses RITEKG0X for DVD-R media and RITEKR0X for DVD+R, if I recall correctly. No, Memorex doesn't sell fakes, they're too big for that....
All media codes can be faked. These days it also seems like they're all being faked... It's also possible that your media isn't fake, but...
The MCC code does not necessarily mean that these are of the same quality as Verbatim media, nor has anyone promised that it will be. Prodisc may...
My golden rule: If it's cheaper than Princo, then it's a fake ;-) More seriously, there's no way to tell whether it's real simply by the...
Prodisc has a license from Mitsubishi Chemicals (who also owns Verbatim) to use that code on their own media. I *think* they also have the right...
Well, I would agree that many brands can't be trusted, but simply relying on media codes instead isn't much of an alternative. In fact, one might...
The market for optical media is a real mess. But as long as there's a demand for dirt-cheap media I suspect someone will be happy to fill it....
I don't want to be rude, but these discs have now been officially confirmed as fakes (see bbmayo's last post):...
Try upgrading your burners firmware. You can find the latest version here: http://liteonit.com/ODD/English/e_downloads/e_firmware_dvd%20rw.asp
Ridisc is a brand owned by the Scottish distributor e-net. The idea is probably to make people believe it's a Ritek brand, which would also...
Nobody said anything bad about the RICOHJPN media. The mere fact that CMC or Prodisc manufactures something doesn't necessarily make it crap, as...
The difference between DVD+R and DVD-R is explained here: http://www.videohelp.com/dvd The 2x/4x/8x denominations indicate at what speed the...
Trust me, cheap media can go bad a lot faster than that. I've experienced it myself (with cd-r's) and I've heard plenty of horror stories from...
Well, I can't say I'm surprised. My opinion about this Sonic media should be pretty clear to everyone by now (ie. they're fakes), so I'll leave it...
Well, they *do* ship to Europe, but at these prices I can't imagine why anybody would want them to. I live in Denmark (boring to visit I'd...
The MID code will probably be either RICOHJPNW11 or PHILIPS.041.
Don't read too much into these codes - even the RICOHJPN media from Memorex is manufactured by Prodisc or CMC. They've just licensed the code,...
I've never heard of it, but the price doesn't seem all that good. For a few cents more you can get branded, high-quality media (like Taiyo Yuden...
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