Memorex any good?

well, at least we know catfreak cares aboout his burner....

that made me laugh buddy.... put a smile on my face....


now, hopefull we got the original poster converted !!

 

lol...catfreak...that last statement you made was hilarious..."it(memorex)will burn me eventually"...dont make me laugh buddy...You guys act like "your" media would still be here if we were nuked by an atomic bomb...damn...My memorex is gonna last just as long as your Yuden, Verbatim, Maxell, etc....bet on it.

And alkohol...thats a shame that your experience with memorex didnt work out...really. You ever think to blame anything else BUT the media? Your writer perhaps? I bet you'd come back at me saying what top-of-the-line high dollar dvd writer you've got, right? lol. I bought my writer(liteon) from WalMart, dude...cheap too. I use Memorex. Been burning successfull dvd's for over 3 yrs and none of them have given any playback problems. So, whats the deal? Oh, its gotta be the media. We couldnt look like an ass and admit that all the money spent on our dvd writer was wasted b/c it doesnt perform well using various media. FYI, I've used at least 5 diff brands of dvdr media with my writer...all successful. I think you guys are barking up the wrong tree. Either you didnt know what you were doing when you tried memorex(you were probably all noobs at the time, and thru your "noobism" wasted your memorex by making "noobish" errors.)Then you heard everyone suggesting another media, got your sh*t together, and learned how to burn a few dvd's. Either you didnt know what you were doing...or your writers, that I always hear you all speak so proudly of, are sh*tboxes. You should admit it, but I know you never will. You're sheep, and you have to follow the flock. Later.

And, yes, everytime I see a thread that openly labels Memorex as bad media...I will speak up. Why not? You guys think it sux....I dont. This is a discussion forum, and your opinions are no better than mine.

 

@ DVDeviant.......
there are a few members in here who swear by memorex (aka venom) and a few others........ but i am no noob to backing up nor with media, i too have a lite on burner, but it is an oem drive, no wally world part.......

but i'd like to ask this..... why why why, so many people say memorex is bad... nevermind the hype and biased statements others say, this is just a simple factual question.
if memorex media is priced the same as 'supposed better' media, then which would you buy?
and answer me this, and i re-itterate, i am no noob to burning, but why would my media (when i started burning and used memorex) have so many errors and fail, and now i have switched to verbatims and fuji (MIJ) have minimal to no errors and play flawlessly?
same thing for audio media, i at one time, had memorex as well, and immediately after a burn, i play the cd in my car cd player, and it skip almost instantly, but i burn the same audio on a 'supposed better' cd and have no skipping......... same burner, same program, same exact tracks.............

not a knock at you, i don't want a debate or argument, i am just stating personal experience...
nothing that you say, and no offense, will make me switch to memorex media, i will stick with what works for me.... point made.
and if memorex works for you, then i respect you !

i think nothing less of you if you choose to use memorex, if it works, it works.
i just wanted to add my comments !


edit: for typo

 

I have no problem posting the codes for the Memorex discs that I normally use. And yes, I know that Memorex puts their name on-top of disk manufacturer names to sell under the Memorex name. I'm glad you openly acknowledge that. When someone new asks here about Memorex, the main and almost ONLY thing I hear is "Memorex Sux". Which isnt true and in my opinion...is not something an intelligent experienced member here would say. And you insist I dont back up my statements/opinions?! Gimme a break. The majority of your(group) replies are simply "Memorex sux. They're only good for coasters. Find new media." Its not only MY opinion that this media is reliable....its a fact. A fact is proven to be true is it not? I'm not the only one I know that uses Memorex media. In fact, the Afterdawn community is the only place I've heard such things...which always brings me to the "bandwagon" statements. I know that many of you are experienced, but in threads like these you(the group) acts like they lack experience and/or intelligence and/or any kind of professional attitude when helping someone out. The "MEMOSUX" thing I hear repeatedly is brilliant, by the way. Oh, that sounds like you're offering the members here a rational explanation as to why they should go out and buy Verbatim, etc.

My point is that I dont really understand the point you keep bringing up to me. You say " OK, you use Memorex and it works. That's fine for YOU." OK..you guys hate it and that's fine for YOU. The bottom line is that Memorex doesnt suck. Your attitudes on the matter do.

Anyways, you guys know that I'm not on here constantly trying to start flame wars. I rarely post at all, but I do visit quite frequently....And if I feel the urge, I'll voice my opinion, until I am no longer able to do so here. Whats so bad about that? Just hard for me to keep quiet on this subject when I swear by memorex media, as do alot of people I know.

Anyways, here's the codes for the Memorex brand I've been using for quite a while.



Media Information
Region information N/A not a DVD-VIDEO
Media code/Manufacturer ID RITEK R03
Media Product Revision Number 02h
Format Capacity Blank Disc
Free Blocks 405405696
Free Capacity 4.38GB(4.70GB)
Book Type DVD+R
Media Type DVD+R
Manufacturer Rated Speed 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 8.0x 11080KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 6.0x 8310KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 4.0x 5540KBps
Available Write Descriptor CLV 2.4x 3324KBps
Data area starting sector 30000h
Linear Density 0.267um/bit
Track Density 0.74um/track
Number of Layers 1

Complete Media Code
00000000 08 02 00 00 A1 0F 02 00 00 03 00 00 00 26 05 3F .............&.?
00000010 00 00 00 00 00 00 03 52 49 54 45 4B 00 00 00 52 .......RITEK...R
00000020 30 33 02 38 23 54 37 09 00 3C 65 00 A0 5F 14 14 03.8#T7..<e.._..
00000030 0A 0A 0A 0A 01 19 1B 0B 0B 0E 0F 01 00 00 00 00 ................

 

I have no problem with Ritek or Ricohjpn produced Memorex discs. Both are fine manufacturers of optical media. What I have a problem with is that sometimes when you depend on a particular brand, they slip in CMC Mag ProData and Philips manufactured media which, at least in my humble opinion, is total landfill material! I can understand why you're a Ritek fan (very low coaster rate) and I've had good success with them, also. The Memorex that I bought that were made by Ricoh were rare (at least here in Indiana) as most Memorex that I've seen here is CMC which I will not waste my time and money on.

 

no wonder your media is working for you then.........


if this is what you say you use and have used often..

but......... do you happen to burn on the CMC MAG media??

just a question.

 

Another memorex lover, UGHH!

DvdDeviant:

Any other codes off your memorex besides ritek-R03? Perhaps you got some memosux cmags stashed away on your video racks?

How much you pay for them?

What do those +8x spindles look like? Quantity,color,do they say Is it live or is it Memorex?

You got lucky with the ritek-r03,those have a very good MID code.


BTW, I can get the Office Depot Brand +8x media for under 25 cents each when on sale. These are Ritek-R03,guaranteed.

I've got a buddy who bought me a 30 pack spindle of +8x memosux from wally world and they coded as:

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Unique Disc Identifier : [DVD+R:CMC MAG-E01-000]
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Disc & Book Type : [DVD+R] - [Not Available]
Manufacturer Name : [CMC Magnetics Corp.]
Manufacturer ID : [CMC MAG]
Media Type ID : [E01]
Product Revision : [Not Specified]
Blank Disc Capacity : [2,295,104 Sectors = 4.70 GB (4.38 GiB)]
Recording Speeds : [1x-2.4x , 4x , 6x-8x]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ DVD Identifier - http://DVD.Identifier.CDfreaks.com ]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

He paid about $15.00 for them,what a ripoff! He could have went accross the street to staples and picked up a 30 pack of fuji taiyo yudens for $9.00


I have no trouble with cmags personally,but some of my friends and family dvd players and ps2s do have trouble with the cmags! My benqs will burn anything in the plus format,at well over 99% success rate and playback rate.

Good running pc,quality burners,but unfortunantly not everyone achieves my success rate.Not many peeps can get those cmags to work.Not many peeps can play their backups in 50 stand alones and pc drives.That's why I do not recommend memorex to anyone.Unless you know what the MID code is on them before you buy them,be cautious.


Look at all the many nero logs that creaky and I look at every day and see the media as cmags.Not burning,throwing dma into pio mode are just a sample of what they can do on lower quality burners.

My new HP pc that myself and my dad bought a couple months ago: It came with no windows OS bootdiscs.Me and my dad had to make our own bootdiscs.We only had 1 shot,and no extra copies could be made.We had 3 choices:
10 cds
2 dvds
1 DL dvd

These dvds are going to be some of the most important stuff I have put on dvd,Did I use memorex to backup my own and dad's HP pcs? Not,I used the best media I had,Yuden000-T02. I feel better because I even replaced that HP lightscribe 640c with my benq,just because of the quality of my backups and I wanted my OS backups to be as error free as possible!

Now what happens when some newb buys memorex to backup his/her own OS and they get a hold of those notorious cmags?
When it comes time to reformat their pc,they're probably going to have to purchase the full version of windows because theirs cmag backups may not work!

 

DVDeviant,

Look, I don't want to initiate a battle in here, so I'll just go the easy way around. We're all here to help newcomers and learn from what we lack of knowledge.

I understand where you're coming from - you have your own choice of media, and I have mine, coming from my own perspective. I totally comprehend your statements and I respect that, which is of course your opinion. However, you've just lost in this argument hysterically by starts calling me names that you're not acknowledging of. In addition, you DON'T have the right to call me "noob" and "ass" when you DON'T even know jack about me whatsoever.

No, it is not a shame that my short experiences with MEMOSUX didn't work out. It is a SHAME that MEMOSUX had crap manufacture such as CMC MAG and uses CHEAP ass dye on their junk media. Calling me "noob" and "ass" doesn't change the fact that Memosux is CRAP or should I call it "SUCKS."

The last time I checked Pioneer and Sony are good burners; at least I've never made any "coasters" using HIGH QUALITY media such as Taiyo Yuden, Verbatim, Maxell and Fuji. Oh I forgot to say this, but for your information, I bought my Pioneer DVD-RW DVR104 and SONY DRU 710A when they first launched on the market. And of course my DRU 710A is in fact a Lite-On SOHW-1633S.

Now let's get real and have a look at these tests results.

Here is MEMOSUX aka CMC MAG


Here is the famous Taiyo Yuden


Here is the top notch Verbatim


And here is the High Grade media from MAXELL

 

LOL, the PROOF is in the puddin'~

dang, look at those CMC MAG scans...$hiet~, quality score of ZERO (0) not good at all~ while all the other 3 medias that everyone else here professes as being "good quality media" get a score of 93...hmmm...i'll take a quality score of 93 ANYDAY over that of 0 (zero)~ LOL

the facts are there...i'm not going to argue this any further either, but the "regular" members here ALL agree that we can't make a "blanket statement" saying ALL Memorex media suck, as per your MID coding dvdeviant, you got the GOOD ONES under the Memorex brand, i can't dispute you in saying that Ritek sucks, because the FACT IS, Ritek does NOT SUCK, it's very good quality media...

so, let's end this discussion and your defense of "Memorex" media...you got the Ritek manufacturered ones and i AGREE with you that these are very good, BUT, IF you want to argue that the CMC MAG produced Memorex media are good, then we can continue till the cows come home...

i think the other members here should try to be a little more specific when we comment about Memorex, we all tend to overgeneralize at times when we hear about Memorex because MANY of us HAVE had very horrible experiences/results using them...i know I have personally, so...

i think it would be a good idea to just simply state, " CMC MAG manufactured discs SUCK, regardless of which "brand" it's sold under"

now if anyone wants to argue the statement i just made above...feel free to, there is SO MUCH evidence from MANY MANY users, including myself, to back up our "horror stories" of CMC MAG produced discs (ie. the coasters, the failure rates, the errors, the quick degrading of the dye, etc)...i will be MORE specific as to how i speak of Memorex in the future, BUT, i will continue to say "CMC MAG SUCKS" till the day i die~

it's one thing to be a staunch supporter for a particular BRAND of dvd blank media, it's a COMPLETELY different thing to be a supporter of a BAD/POOR QUALITY DVD MANUFACTURING company~ 2 separate entities, not to be confused with each other...

docTY~

good day to you all~

 

creaky, I'm not disputing the fact that you have helped lots of people here. I dont understand why you feel the need to prove that to me. When I usually reply to a thread like this, its b/c of memebers such as asskohol, that make the simple statement "Memorex sux" I dont usually see you take the approach, creaky, and my initial posts are not directed at you as much as others that have that poor attitude. However, you always seem to be the one to answer back to me first.

kivory666 pretty much summed everything up, I guess. My Memorex discs are good, which is why I defend them. Specifying which Memorex discs(CMC) are bad is the right way to go, as he suggested.

 

@ dvdeviant

just wanted all this bickering and arguing to END, that is all~

as i stated earlier, i AGREE with you 100% dvdeviant in that YOUR particular batch of Ritek manufactured Memorex branded media is good, whether you call it "luck" or whatever else in purchasing THOSE particular ones, that is it. it's just the CMC MAGs (which is prevalent on a LOT of Memorex branded media) that i will argue are NOTORIOUSLY/horribly bad and DO IN FACT, SUCK~

but, there is NO reason to "call someone out" dvdeviant, alkohol did NOT have a "poor attitude" in his most recent reply~ he basically scanned and posted up FACTS with supporting evidence to the HORRIBLE quality of the CMC MAGs that i ALWAYS speak so lowly of~

whether it is "implied" or "taken literally" when people say "Memorex sucks", do not take it so personally dvdeviant...yes, i admit we ALL overgeneralize now and then, i am guilty of this too; but when posts are made to CLARIFY and reiterate what was REALLY intended in the first place, there is NO reason to open up another can of worms to attack a person/member in particular.

you have to understand that MANY MANY members here on AfterDawn are not ALL adults yet~, there are MANY kids here that just post and repeat what others have said in the past, just so they can feel good about being a part of our community here @ AfterDawn~ i know for a fact that a LOT of the newer/more recently promoted "senior members" here are KIDS, you can tell right away by the way they write on here, how they articulate their views, and by the sometimes "childish" comments they have~ they are KIDS, they don't know any better~! while i find it annoying just like the next person, there is nothing we can do about it~ kids will be kids and adults SHOULD act like adults~

anyways, alkohol is a friend of mine on here, so i took that comment of yours in a bad way, he is experienced in dvd burning and DOES in FACT know the difference between poor/bad quality media and good quality media; whether he "overgeneralized" about the whole "Memorex sucks" statement or not, WE ALL have~ just don't take it so personally and we will all get along just fine~

good day to you dvdeviant, no hard feelings, i am asking a mod. to close this thread when i end this last sentence.......


docTY~

 

i have never had success with memorex and i guess i'll have to change the taiyo yuden brand as they are as useless but not for the reason you guys think.It seems that the australian market of said taiyo yuden discs are all fake.I have the coasters to prove it.Until this is fixed up i think its back to the princo's and ritek's.

 

No complaints from me on the ritek media. Very good quality and perform identically to my yudens!

I do get those Ritek-R03 on the Office depot brand media +8x for 25-28 cents apiece when on sale.They had a huge sale 2 weeks ago,buy 1 spindle of 50 for under $38,but get 2 more spindles for free! Unfortunantly staples had the fuji tys for 30 cents apiece so I blew my wad there,LOL

DVDeviant: How much you pay for the memorex riteks?

 

Futureshop.ca has a wicked deal on Fujifilm 8x's 100 pack, 32.99 for em worth the check out

 

I've started using memorex ( 8x )when verbatim went out of stock in my town and was never sorry.Burned already few hundred ( heavy bittorent user )and no coaster so far.My burner is NEC 3540A,software is in most cases NERO or Decrypter.