Official docTY Taiyo Yuden thread

kivory explain to me why theres such a price difference with the online retailiers between the dash format and the plus format ,i use the dash format because there quite a bit less expenisive. any input would be great

 

aabbccdd,

actually, to be completely honest with you, i DON'T KNOW why there is a price discrepency between the dvd+r and the dvd-r format online~ i'm not going to lie just to have "an answer to every question" that is posed to me~ hehe

i am GUESSING that the online retailers have to pay MANUFACTURER's MORE for the dvd+r format when they buy them? no clue~

sorry, if anyone else knows the REAL reason WHY dvd+r costs more than dvd-r, i would like to know too~

docTY~

 

thats cool there the same price( DVD-R DVD+R)in the B&M stores like BB and all but NOT online no biggie using clonedvd 2 with anydvd the TYGO2s DVD-R play in every standalone i have thrown them at

 

yeah, if the dvd-r work well for you, i see no REAL reason to change to dvd+r~ (despite the booktyping thing on dvd+r)

you are using some of THE premier dvd-r format discs anyways, so you need not worry~

i believe that even creaky with his "sexy" TY Verbs in the UK (TYG02) coded are HIS choice of discs as well, just another preference of dvd-r once again~

docTY~

 

I have always wondered why TY +R's were more expensive too, thought they must really be special. So I just keep buying the -R and they were work "flawlessly" and I can save some money. Just ordered 100 from Supermedia, when you get down to your last 150 you start to panic, lol.

 

Arniebear,
or in docs case when he gets down to the last 1500 discs he starts to panic. Just kiddin doc. I guess you wouldnt be Doc Ty unless you burned a lot of them.
Sorry to hear about gear79. We had some fun in here. I didn't know about him leaving, but i can understand it. When you are as popular as gear, it is probably best to go inactive if you are not going to be around. Imagine the PMs he would have to wade thru if he was gone for a month or two? We will miss you gear79 buddy. Come back when you can. In the mean time, i will try to keep up the humor attacks.

 

Arniebear... Being in sales my thoughts on the price differences is Demand of the product, being the DVD+Rs can cover 99 percent of what people use them for data, games, movies when bitset to dvd rom. So they actually cover all the bases compared to the-Rs which are limited. But thinking about this deeper, they made the DVD+Rs so as not to pay the loyalties to whomever invented the DVD,which became the DVD-, maybe it was Pioneer?, so one would think that by bypassing the loyalties the DVD+disc in fact should be cheaper to sell. But since it covers more areas than the DVD-Rs and the demand is so high you will be able to sell it at a higher price. I am sure the build cost per piece DVD- and DVD+ are exactly the same. Its a game of supply and demand.

 

Personally, I think the distributors all read AD and know we keep recommending +R's and jack up the price, lol. To me it does not matter though, I usually get the Fuji or Sony +R TY's when they are on sale, and just order the -R from online. It works for me. Just like to spread the wealth around.

 

What about the Yuden CD-R for music? Is it worth it, or a Sony, Prodisc or Ritek can do the same quality of audio? Thx for the answer.

 

From one Doc to the other
Your posts made me a TY convert, although I still use AZO Verbs. The Yudens and the Verbs just seem to be the best out there by a very long mile.
Thanks Doc!

 

does anyone else have lower printout quality on TY 8x dvdrs (white hub printables)? i mean, it doenst come out "bad" but the maxell cdrs come out incredible, but lately these tys come out of the printer looking not so well..this may be just a bad batch, i did have to return 24 flawed discs so maybe thats the case? im not complaining and i dont plan on switching media im just curious if other users with experience in other printable media have better results, if i should just chalk it up to a bad batch or should i keep tyrin to tweak the printer ..(im using the epson 320 by the way)

 

as do I dr_no, as you can see by my sig, i DO IN FACT highly recommend the Verbatim AZO media as well~ naturally, i use more Taiyo Yuden than i do Verbatim, but that does NOT make my opinion of Verbs any worse~ they are RIGHT UP THERE AT ThE ToP w/ TYs~

@maxburn

yeah, your "guesstimate" is pretty close, i do start to panic once i'm down to a few hundred TYs...but, that hasn't happened in a VERY long time~

@arniebear

HAHAHAAHA i was thinking along those lines too, but dilligaf9's logic makes sense...or it might be a combination of your 2 theories...the DEMAND from AD suggesting dvd+r to users, results in a shortage of SUPPLY from manufacturers so they just raise the price i agree with both of you~

@bauerv15

i honestly can't answer your question as it's been AGES since i've burned a CD while Taiyo Yuden's quality control is tops ACROSS THE BOARD, whether it be CD media or DVD media...you can believe that their CD products are VERY HIGH quality...as to whether they last longer and are "better" than Prodisc, Ritek, etc. i don't have enough experience with CD media in general to give you a FACTUAL reply~

@ThyDemise

while i have the Epson R300m inkjet printer, it's also been quite awhile since i've burned and printed onto any inkjet printable TYs (i mainly use the silver non-hub printables because i personally prefer them over the white hub printables for that holographic look..just a matter of taste) i haven't really tried THAT many other inkjet printable discs, so i won't give you a false sense of security by proclaiming that TY printables have the "best" printing surface out there...that simply could NOT be true~ but, when you are actually COMPARING between 2 or 3 different kinds/brands of inkjet printables...what matters MORE to you? the quality of the video/data that you have burned on there? or the printed surface?
i for one would take the QUALITY backup over the way my cd/dvd "looks" on the surface, sometimes we have to compromise GReAT quality media with a somewhat lack-luster printing surface...or on the other side of the fence, CRAPPY quality burn with a beautiful surface that is perfect for printing...it's all about COMPROMISE~

docTY~

 

Well judging from the fact that everytime I visit the retail stores the stock of +R's and MIJ's are all gone and the MIT's are always left, I figure there must be a lot of people keeping up with media from this site. Since I started on this forum over a year ago, the pickins seem to be slimmer. It is a credit to you DocTY you have educated everyone. Lol, too well now I got to really hunt for the good stuff.

 

LOL arniebear,

i share the wealth as you say too~

i'm sick of arguin in THAT "other" thread...waste of my time...since when did a media discussion turn into a religious debate over MY code of ethics and/or beliefs~

a "blanket" statement is exactly what is happening over there, a person ASSUMES that he knows everyone's "human nature" down to a "science"...whatevers...i have slighty more original dvds than thou possess, but AD is NOT a bragging forum in my eyes...the FACT that i am NOT a carpenter will reveal the 2nd fact that the "home-made bookshelves" that i attempted to build in my dedicated home theater room are honestly, laughable~ LOL

they DO hold MOST of my originals (i built up 3 sides of the room from floor to ceiling with my special "shelving system", leaving only 1 wall empty where the door resides~) it's too bad i'm not a "woodsman" or else i could have something NICE in terms of shelving....it's all about COMPROMISE..i make due with what i have and what i am, or in this case NOT, capable of~

have a good one my friend...i'm DONE with that thread...let the admins deal with it accordingly, i don't come to AD to instigate flame wars about morality/politics/beliefs/religion or anything along those lines, if i wanted to do that, i would have joined a CULT of some sort~

docTY~

 

I agree, it is not a question of what one has or does not have, too Marxian. Who am I to judge the moral character of those I do not know, that is a higher power's job. All we can do is just give our advice and hope it helps. It does not matter what someones username is that is their business, they choose it for their own reasons. We all come together on this forum cause we share the same hobby/passion/addiction. We have laughs and share that is what the forum is, if it degenerates to flaming we all loose. I have had my say on the thread. I hate subjective statements, too biased. You too have a good one Doc, forget about the other BS because that is all it is. I spent too long in college debate, too let it go but now I too am finished with the thread.

 

Nice sticky doc. I know you have an adhesive personality that ppl just can't resist. Kind of like media flies being drawn to media flypaper. It's all good. Keep up the good work buddy.

 

thanks for the compliment Mort81 buddy~ how is ur home theater sys. coming along? all done and is it "mind/ear-blowing"? hehehe

i try to stay on topic as much as i can in this thread, but, hey, considering i post maybe once or twice in the safety valve per month, this is MY way to "let off some steam"

i really don't mind the "off-topicness" at all, see, look a few posts above...i took the thread to a diff. world and arniebear joined me LOL

ok...enough ranting for now...have a good one my friend~

docTy~

 

a quick answer then back on topic kapish. It's all good, even got my DVI cable. Digital all the way. Sounds most excellent especially DTS. I can't really take full advantage since I live in an apartment and my neighbor right next door is a catholic nun. Very nice lady and has never complained yet. I've even asked her but that was before I got the surround system.

Most excellent picture quality with the DVI cable. HD and digital channels never looked better. I wonder why they don't have that for your set top dvd players so you could go digital video as well as digital audio. Back to TY's. Don't forget to include verbatim in your excellent media discussions once in a while.

I just got done with LOTR trilogy extended versions. There are 2 dvd9's for each movie (actually 4 if you include the extras) but I combined them with dvdremake and then encoded them with dvd rebuilder pro/cce making 4 passes and burned them onto verbatim DL dvd's with imgburn. The folders were between 14.1 gb and 14.4 gb prior to encoding. There were parts that you could tell the compression was a little excessive but not real noticable and they all played back flawlessly. No freezing or pausing even at the layor break. OK so sorry, back to the topic.

 

@Mort

Did you leave ImgBurn to automatically set the layer?

 

arniebear,

Yeah I left it at calculate optimal.