it's just a name Sony gives as a marketing gimmick for their discs, it's nothing special...Sony discs are pretty good quality, i have quite a few of the Taiyo Yuden made 8x dvd+r under the Sony brand, great discs~ docTY
kivory666, My own opinion is that "Accucore" is indeed a gimmick related to the High Quality Dye used in these discs. Epecially the MIJ ones! Yaiyo Yuden made Man! YUDEN00 T02! The DVD+R ones that is. I Love those!
hehe, yah, Sony is the master of marketing gimmicks...i like the discs you mentioned too, but, for those in the "know", they ARE manufactured by Taiyo Yuden, with Sony's brand name on them...good stuff~ i have a LOT of Sony products actually, i find them to be pretty good...electronics and gadgets, etc...many people HATE Sony as a company and in general, but, i personally like SOME/MOST of the products they sell in the market~ that's just ME~ docTy~
The real gimmick is believing that there is difference between disc made in Taiwan or Japan as it relates to SONY 8x +R/-R blank media. I purchased two 50 disc spindles or SONY 8X +R MIJ and as usual the +R media is error prone whether it's made in Taiwan or Japan (I say this from experience). The second disc used from the +R MIJ spindle produced movie copy that froze while the made in MIT -R spindle produced the same copy with no trouble. Do understand this can happen with either blank media. Be glad that SONY has a standard that they advertise for quality. It goes a whole lot further than the hearsay bable suggested at times here at the forum. Just think ACCUCORE above all else sets a quality expectation for the customer. read the label and you'll see the difference when you record. ACCUCORE: ACCuracy COmpatibilty REliability Wide Compatibility. (FACT) SONY disc play in most if not all DVD players with no trouble. Archival Reliabilty (FACT) Your SONY recorded media will maintain picture and sound quality. Fast Addressing (FACT) Cheap media tends to fish for start. Giving the the constant shreeking before initializing. SONY DVD media doesn't, just press play. Stable Writing. (FACT) I have had no disc related read errors with SONY media that were not file related. i.e. "Burn Process Failed" Does not mean you can not get a bad disc. Temperature Adaptability I have yet to experience any heat or cold related trouble with any DVD recorded media. Name another blank DVD media brand name besides SONY that asked you to trust in there product and list on it's label what you can expect in terms of quality. (This does not include the typical explaination of how the blank disc can be use while recording). To sit back and pick appart SONY's apparent dedication to quality is ignorant when no one here can prove one single negative claim. There is other quality blank DVD media, but do any of them care what you get from their blank recordable DVD media? People think for your selves. The gospel truth is your own personal experience. Not someones biased opinion of persuasion. (Notice, I put no specific blank media down to emphasize my point).
Just found a great deal on some Ricoh DVD+R 4X discs (RICOHJPN R01). I've burned about 300 of these discs with no coasters and good results on Nero scans. While they are not quite Taiyo or Verbatim quality, I have found them to be quite good. 100 pack for $23 US http://www.allmediaoutlet.com/allmedia/ricoh-dvdr-4x-47gb-silver-shiny-dvd-media-group-1892.htm
@Saugmon Thanks for the info on the printers. I guess I need to do some investigating on that style of media before I jump in both feet first. Where do you by your media at? I have always bought Verbatims at either Best Buy or Newegg. I like their media best. I found out that the silver Verbatims are for silk screening. I have never heard of printers doing that. It must be commercial type printers. Strat
Those silver verbs can probably be thermal printables as well. I believe you can get a thermal printer for around $70-$80 last time I looked at them. Probably cheaper now? Just search for thermal printers. I don't do a whole lot of full hub printables. Usually I get the hitachi made Maxell +8x full hubs at wal-mart. I'm waiting for Office Depot to have their buy 1 get 1 free of maxell sale. This week OD has a heck of a sale on their verbatim 16x.Spindles of 50 for under $14 I also really like the verbatim +8x in the full hub printable.The plus format is more expensive than the dash full hubs for reasons unknown when buying on internet stores like meritline/rima/americal/and supermediastore.com. Staples have the sony 8x on sale this week. Lots of Yuden000-T02 on the japanese spindles of 50 in the plus 8x. Best buy also has them a buck cheaper. Office depot 8x speed media is also very good.These are made by ritek. As you can see, I buy locally on sale media.All under 35 cents each when on sale,with the exception being printable media. There is some very good quality media out there on the fuji/sony/maxell/verbatim.Look for made in japan on those labels,with the exception of verbatim.Lots of tys/hitachi/and the quality metal azo dye of verbatim among them.
@Dakotafan Go to OfficeMax. They will price match the OfficeDepot Verbatim price. I work there and although I would prefer you to go to Depot and have them take the hit on selling stuff below margin, we'll take your business anyday!
