once again, great info to know. had i known all this a year ago, much less knew about this site, i would have never bought crap media, but alas, i did, now i have learned. but luckily, i have not ruined my burner (or is it possible for crappy media to ruin a burner). i did run a test on a few recently burned dvd's i had done in the past, some on good media and some on bad, and funny thing is, the bad sure as heck showed up bad, and the good was excellent. imagine that, i think they were tdk and some office depot, the o/d id'd as ritek 02, but the crappy was cmc mag, and showed to be 100% bad, but plays fine. @ creaky, can you explain the PIE and PIF, or is that another forum? or pm me... i learn more and more every day, and look forward to reading your input.
@gear79 - the PIF stuff is in first link im my signature. It links off to the the cdfreaks website where the real geeks do that kind of thing day in, day out. I experimented for a while to see what it all meant, and found i had some burns that defy words. The worst i can say is 'utter rubbish' otherwise i'll need a swear box!. Some other stuff from my sig, you'd never guess i detest bad media with a passion -
we all start somewhere gear~ im glad creaky and i have helped shed the light somewhat for you regarding Verbs and TYs respectively~ i THINK i can safely say we cover each other's back in terms of questions regarding those 2 medias in particular, between the 2 of us, we have it FAIRLY well covered
@ creaky i'll send ya 2 dollars creaky, buy me one too !!! as i learn, i will try and help out, i think i have a handle on all this good stuff now !! funny thing is, i went to circuit city, asked the guy in the media section for some good media, he told me "it's all the same dude, just different names" you should have seen the look on my face as he told me that, i could'nt help but not to laugh. then i thought, if creaky or kivory heard this, i am sure there would have been some hurt employees laying around.......... ;-) just thought i'd share that with you two, give you a good laugh today !
Hiya k666...Long time, no hear from... Have you RE-verified the info about my media I purchased from Meritline? Sure is good talking to you guys again...
i sent you a PM msudawg last week or 2 weeks ago, did you get it? it HAS been re-verified..yours are fake, and so are mine...in my PM i stated to you that i asked for a FULL refund from meritline, which they complied..it just hasn't been credited to my account just yet, but, i already got the RMA and returned them...lemme know if you got the PM, it was pretty lengthy and took me some time to compile for you, hope it wasn't deleted
Yes, I did get it....my fault... Well I will PM you back with some questions on some due process...lol....Thanks again and nice talking to you again my friend.
you two - it's not possible i got some fakes after all, is it ?, how did you tell yours were fakes...?...
kivory666...where would you recommend I can get 100% ligit TY?? I have been burned in the past any recommendations?
honestly, i would suggest supermediastore, rima in the past from my own experience of purchasing, i have yet to run into fakes from those 2 stores. shop4tech i received fakes, and just this ONE incident from meritline makes me weary of them now (16x TYs)...but, my 8x TYs in either format have been authentic~ i think the quality control of meritline has gone down as of late, but, like i said, this was a 1 time incident only for 16x TY, the other ones are just fine hope that helps ya out nohelpme~ @creaky yours are fine, i assume you mean the TYG02s' u got in UK? it's the 16x TY over here in the U.S. that were shady after i rechecked and verified w/ my representative from TY North America~ @msudawg good hearing from you again as well my friend...it's a shame what happened to both of us
found these on e-bay........ in both -r and +r, and they even say they are authentic. but by the time you guys see this, the auction may be over, but i have seen them re-list it after auction expires. i placed a bid, only 10 bucks, (not a bad price) and 12 in shipping, but got out bid by 50 cents. ohwell, i bid again on the one i posted, but the +r not the - ............check em kivory !! http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=80135&item=5217361625&rd=1
@gear79, That looks really sweet, but somehow I don't have faith on Ebay stuff and all. I would say get it at http://www.supermediastore.com/taiyo-yuden-dvd-r-media.html or any online stores that has it on stock. Another thing is to get them at your local Best Buy, Circuit City, Target, Wal-Mart, Sam's Club, K-Mart, etc. and make sure to get the FUJI 8X DVD+R "MIJ", that's the real genuine TY right there. However, if you want to take the chance and do a lil gambling, then feel free to.
well, according to the seller, his facts are somewhat misconstrued~ this is a 50pk of Taiyo Yudens...he states they are dvd-r format; however, the media code he claims on them is for the DVD+R format, i have yet to see a dvd-r w/ the YUDEN000T02 coding~ that is where it is fishy...but, his comment about the GG000xxx serial number is correct~ so, they MIGHT be authentic, it's just somewhat shady when you consider he tells you it's dvd-r format, yet, puts up a dvd+r coding for TY~ (right above it i might add). so, i never recommend buying media off ebay, since you just never know, i will give it to this guy that they are authentic, but his facts are mixed up...YUDEN000T02 coding is NOT for the dvd-r format as he stated, it's for the dvD+R format~ 2ndly, $10 plus $12 shipping = $22 total plus tax in CA (assuming nobody outbids you), where i am in, NOT a good price when you consider the authenticity issue. you could just as easily buy them from supermediastore.com and KNOW 100% that they are genuine TYs and they have a fairly good return policy as well w/ supermediastore; i don't know how willing this seller would be on returns IF you DON'T purchase the "optional insurance" that he/she offers~ anyways, i would purchase AT YOUR OWN RISK, i would NOT buy it myself, but, that's just MY own opinion..as i NEVER buy media from ebay, EVER~
Yep.... YUDEN000T02 is for the 8X DVD+R "MIJ" only. I'm 100% totally agree with General kivory on this. So, gear79, your best bet/safest is to go with http://www.supermediastore.com - however, the choice is yours to make. It's your call, your $$dollar$, but think about it alright.
yeah, eBay is great for a lot of things, but i would NEVER buy blank discs from someone on eBay. As the guys have said there's plenty reputable websites to buy from
