hey i've been using memorex dvd +r to backup all my movies about 45 to date and have had no coasters. well, i'm all out and it's time to buy more. i've been reading all these comments about how "ty" are the best due to being more compatible, last longer, and have better quality. so, i want to try them out. everyone is talking about the ones on sale at supermediastore, 100 pack for 37.99. but these are dvd -r and i have always used +r. i am definitely going to buy a new dvd player down the line because my playstation is having a hard time to load movies since i added a modchip, plus i just want one. are these ty dvd -r going to be compatible with a brand new dvd player? i have a pioneer dvr-107d, which is dual format compatible.
You'd be more likely to get hit by lightning than find a dvd player that won't play TY -r disks. But, that of course means that it can happen. Of course, most people aren't going to worry about getting hit by lightning when they go walking in the rain, so I'd say you can be pretty confident that TY -r's will play in any dvd player you plan on buying. I've played them in a PS2, a philips, a sony, and a zenith, and I've never had any problems.
what about that guy in the beginning of this thread that couldn't play his on that jvc. would it be more reliable, since i have always used +r to stick with it
I think there may be something wrong with that guy because I went back and looked at his post and his player If you read what formats that player will play it says DVD-R not +R. So it is a little puzzeling to say the least as to why his player will play the + but not the -. Your best bet would be to read what your player supports, but you will probably not have any problems reading the -R TY's. If you are that worried about it then just get the +R, but get Taiyo Yuden!!!
NO, PAL, there is nothing wrong with me and NEVER been hit with lightening either! I'm the guy whom has the JVC XV-NP10 and guess what, it still don't play the TY dvd-R. It keeps trying to read it and won't play! If you don't believe me, you can come down and try it for yourself! The older Panasonic I have plays the TY! I may be a newbie, but I know what plays and what don't play in my dvd player, okay? The TDK DVD+R play flawlessley in the newer JVC and in my 6 year old Panasonic dvd player. Everyone says the -R play in practically everything, that's bullcrap! I've burned movies for over 20 different people and every single one of them can play the TDK+R format! Now that I got the TY-R, about 65% of those same people can play them. I'm not sure of which brand of dvd players they have, but I'm sure it's quite a vast selection of brands. I kept the original 100 I first bought of the TY silver matte DVD-R because it wasn't worth my time to send the unused discs back, pay shipping and pay a restocking fee to get a few bucks back! The other 100 I ordered and never opened were refused before they got in my home so I'll at least save a few dollars on that order! In this first batch, I've burned about 35 of them so far and 3 didn't play right with pixelation problems (they were burned at 4x)and just stopping while playing. I've noticed on two of the discs before burning, there were small pits on the recordable side and small scratches already so I trashed them. Maybe I got a bad batch? I trust what everyone says about the quality orf the TY's but if I order the next time, I'll get the +R format and buy less!
hi, i just ordered my Taiyo Yuden dvd-r's discs from Supermediastore.com on 2/19 and received them today on 2/22. using nero CD-DVD speed i found out my discs were media code: TYG02 Does this mean Supermediastore gave me the newer versions of the TY dvd-r's? thanks in advance.
I bought the TY DVD-Rs 100 pack from supermediastore and they arrived in a pack labeled "Value DVD-R" The inscription on the disks is “GD000269”, on the inside ring. In smaller numerals on the opposite side of ring: “0105” Taiyo-Yuden is nowhere on the discs. Are these the discs you all have received and are these truly TY discs. We've used taiyo-yuden for years to back up our graphics and don't want to mess with inferior media. Thank You
yeah, i had the same concern. taiyo tuden isn't labeled anywhere on the disc. when i ordered the discs i thought i was getting the 4X discs but they sent me the 8X instead. i ended up paying $35.00(including shipping) for the 100 discs. can anyone else confirm that these are TRUE TY dvds?
lindarose and mygraine, im in the same boat..same inner serial number on the ring, and same concern(s) my 3500 NEC AG can't do PI/PIF test so i really can't be sure either the 4x media did write a 8x easily w/ DVD Shrink (NEC 3500AG 2.18) on 3 different movies..playback was flawless below is the complete code from DVDinfo, as u can see it spits out TYG01 ... anyone else with a PI/PIF scanable drive and with these 4x DVD-R disc care to clear up this whole situation, thanks Complete Media Code 00000000 00 6A 00 00 01 40 C1 FD 9E D8 52 00 02 86 0D 13 .j...@....R..... 00000010 66 78 80 00 03 54 59 47 30 31 00 00 04 00 00 00 fx...TYG01...... 00000020 00 00 00 00 05 88 80 00 00 00 01 00 06 08 0F 11 ................
What is the difference with tyg01 and tyg02? I am looking to get taiyo yuden 8x dvd-r hub inkjet printables from supermediastore.com also
Thanks all for your input. guess I'll keep my discs. You were all so helpful and I really appreciate it. I was so disappointed with supermediastore. But all is well, I think. I'm happy I found this site. You folks are too good. thank you, thank you and again
Yup, the 4x TY disks supermediastore has on sale are genuine. I've gone through about 1/5 of the 100, all flawless as usual. @gerard514, tyg01 are 4x, tyg02 are 8x. Thats the only difference.
my own sense of it is that rather than "fakes" what is going on is the marketing of various manufacturing runs, with perhaps different contracted specs, different level of quality control or even rejected batches that are resold in a supposedly limited way but then get ont the market. they would have the given codes, but any variety (or lack of) label, "brand" etc. the code would be "legitimate" yet the could be vastely different quaility. TY and Ricoh both sell media not only under their own name but are also contracted to sell under other brands. The question never asked when discussing fackes is the much more likely scenario that a buyer might say we will take lower specs, we want faster turnaround, we want less loss from quality control failure, etc. Also some of these manufacuterers might have been used to "disposing " of poor runs by selling the disks with the limitatin they could not be sold with any the manufacturer listed in any ads or product descripton or not sold in certain markets. Our company contracts a lot of manufacture and these scenarios are not uncommon.
54 burns so far ... not one bad burn ..all @ 8x ...whatever they are, they are at TY's quality stnd's glad i got three of these at 26.99 a piece
These are genuine oldstock Taiyo Yuden brand TYG01 disks. @S2K, It is possible that the disks Taiyo Yuden sells to be rebranded are inferior stocks, but there is no evidence, anectdotal or otherwise, that disks actually made by TY have been unreliable. Seeing that there is no evidence that any media TY produces is of substandard quality, I feel that they are the one manufacture to which the rules of thumb you stated don't apply. @gerard514, Taiyo Yuden brand disks have no identifying marks of either the disks themselves, or the packaging. It doesn't matter where you buy them, they won't have identifying marks on them.
