is richojpn a good disc , i got some memorex that coded out with this

hi ,

i got some memorex disc that coded out richojpn and i assumed that they were made in japan . are these disc junk like the cmc mags or are these better , i have heard that these are good disc . thanks

 

dvdman101 , your starting to many new threads about stuff thats be covered a million times stick with this thread

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/28/114809

or

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/558703

or

http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/540513

and YES richojpn is very good media

 

I've been going through all of my DVDs that were burned more than 5 years ago. The manufacturer that is having the highest failure rate is Maxell with the MIJ discs coded MXL001 . . . second worst are the KHypermedia coded CMCMAGR01

My RicohJPN coded discs have been holding up pretty well . . .

 

I'll attest to the reliability of Ricoh media. Ricohjpn-R03 are very abundant in the memorex +16x spindles. I can't dog on memorex anymore.

 

Are those MIJ Maxells you speak of the Hitachi variety? I sure as hell hope not cause I stocked up on some recently lol.

The ones I have code out as MAXELL-002-00

 

Those are the Hitachi/Maxell discs . . .

Of course they are the 4x variety . . but I'll never purchase MIJ Maxell DVDs again!

 

I haven't gotten a hold of any of those maxell 001's in the +4x speed. I have burned quite a few of the -4x MXL-RG02.Some of the -4x Ritek maxells had disc separation on the inner hub. All my +4x maxells were Ricohjpn-R01 and I'll have to double check them.


All in all,Most of my burning issues was with the slower 4x speed media,including verbatim -4x. Sony 4x was horendous. The 8x and 16x media is a lot better now.

 

I really don't have to worry about purchasing DVDs for some time now. When KMart had the Sony 50 packs on sale, I went to Sears and bought out all of their MIJ +R 8x Yuden 50 packs. Then Circuit City had 25 packs of Sonys on sale. Again, I went to Sears. Turned out that between what they had in the back and on their shelves, there were 55 - 25 packs of +R 8x Yudens and I purchased waaay too many Verbs on sale at Office Max . . . Now the wife says that I can't purchase any more until I'm down to less than 500 . . maybe 1 or 2 years

 

Will packs of the the Ricohjpn Memorex DVDs have the MIJ designation? I'm interested in getting these if there is a good sale on Memorex in the future but only if there is a definitive way of telling that they are Ricohjpn and not CMC, AML, MBI crap.

 

Ricohjpn are made in taiwan. The last several batches-purchased from staples-the top side of the disc had small bubbles etched into them.

I've also encountered Ricohjpn-R03 on a batch that didn't have the etched bubbles. Only on the plus format. I don't know about the dash memorex.

 

catfreak I hear you on the big buy out ! You Done Good !!! . What's that old saying ? " you can never be Too rich, To0 thin , Have too much Hard Drive space ,Or Blank DVD's Preferebaly Taiyo Yudens , or Verbatims !!!" - LOL!!!! Well let's see ? doing pretty well with the Verbatims , Still have some spindles of Taiyo Yuden in the Silver Thermal, Sony & Fuji Varieties ,+ assorted Officedepot & Maxell MIJ & MIT ( Riteks ) And I got 2 500GB external HDD's on Black FRiday so that's covered! on the skinny part well that's a work in progress but we're trying to get that squared away too !!!! MY wife's pretty cool on me buying movies ( DVD's ) and blank disc ! She doe'snt hassle me on that & She get's what she wants from QVC ( I've created a monster ) so we're all happy !!! On your lovely wife not letting you Buy more blanks till you get down to 500 ? well have you thought of Backing up a lot of Complete Seasons of TV programs ( Multi- Disc Sets ) That's one way to go through the stacks a little sooner LOL!!!!!!!!! anyways ! Take care & happy holidays & Good luck with the Furry little ones Ciao!!!!!!!!!!! or Should that be Meow???????

 

saugmon- etched like embossed Designs /branding or etched like poor Manufacturing ?

 

Good to know. Thanks saugmon!

I'll probably grab a pack from my Best Buy during the next sale since their blank media stock gets cycled out fairly quickly compared to other stores.

 

Bigtoxy!

Here's 1 batch--one of my brothers,which looks nearly identical to a verbatim +16x along with the (large bold white lettering on the inner hub= Bold-MEMOREX and Is it live or Memorex on the opposite side of hole) Very bold and easy to read. Right next to the center hub,small letters that are clear.


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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:RICOHJPN-R03-004]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [DVD-ROM]
Manufacturer Name : [Ricoh Co. Ltd.]
Manufacturer ID : [RICOHJPN]
Media Type ID : [R03]
Product Revision : [004]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GiB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x-2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x , 6x-16x]
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Put that disc beside a verbatim,and very hard to distinguish which one is the verb.

My last batch,which I thought had the etched bubbling,is more of an etched blocks in a symetrical pattern. Blocks are 1.5 mms square,shiny,rest of disc is matte. On the inner hub,the white lettering is significantly smaller,in small cap and only says: Is it live or memorex above and below the center hub.Next to the center hub,very small black code.


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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:RICOHJPN-R03-004]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [DVD-ROM]
Manufacturer Name : [Ricoh Co. Ltd.]
Manufacturer ID : [RICOHJPN]
Media Type ID : [R03]
Product Revision : [004]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GiB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x-2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x , 6x-16x]
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Hard to read the white lettering.